AvoK95 wroterolf wroteWell my knowledge is a little (maybe more than a little) outdated, but a long time ago, when Windows XP was not an old thing, your options for sparing your quota, related to windows update, where:
- Install WSUS
- Install a proxy (Squid) and configure it to cache windows update
WSUS might still exist, and the Squid trick might still work, but I wouldn't bet on it, since Windows 8 is not exactly Windows XP, and Microsoft has a tendency to make these things more difficult, not easier, with every update (as you mentioned, you must now log into an online account to download it), and they were already a bit difficult to set up back then, but I thought they were worth mentioning.
Still use WSUS on clients when I reformat their PC. I needed something like Squid to cache update files for the house, so thanks for that! :D
You're welcome, I did use Squid back then to cache windows update, and it did work to an extent - I had to edit the config file to force caching, because it does not do it by default. So you have to install it, and then learn the configuration syntax, and test configurations...
These resources might help (I hope they apply to Windows 8):
How to Configure Windows Update to Use a Proxy Server (so that you don't need to set up your proxy as transparent proxy)
http://answers.oreilly.com/topic/1391-how-to-configure-windows-update-to-use-a-proxy-server/
How do I make Windows Updates cache?
http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/WindowsUpdate
As you can see, it is not exactly a straight-forward, trivial task (but not a big project either), so up to decide if it's worth it.