Recent content by Steve80

I do have Skydrive but its disabled cause I don't use it. Not using an online backup program, and I do use iTunes, though I never have it open unless I'm doing something on it, like adding a file or burning a cd.

Yeah, I agree that "estimated" isn't really trustworthy, though I do have a daily limit of around 4-5 GB of data then my connection slows to a crawl. It seems like every time it resets and I get on the internet, its just a matter of minutes before I hit my limit and get throttled. I also get a...

Thanks DavidY for taking the time to respond, but alas, its unfortunately not the answer to my problem....I did try you're suggestion, but sadly my results were to no avail :(

This much data usage and nothing more than a browser open...?

Ok, did that. It seems like the most active thing there is my browser, Pale Moon....and there is a few other things there, but they don't seem to take up much of anything, but nothing shows me what could possibly be transferring GB's in a matter of minutes...still confused...

I did...App History shows NO usage of anything, as I already disabled, and/or, uninstalled all apps already that I don't need or want. It's not that. Network shows 0MB for everything in the list...Something is using something, but not sure what... Thanks for the reply Jim.

OK, so I have read a lot of threads on here regarding excessive data transfer in Windows 8. I have followed many, if not most, of the steps to reduce this but I still have a major issue. I have disabled/uninstalled all (that I can see) live tiles and apps I don't want or need. According to...