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Thanks for posting the great news hollidayjr - your thread should save a lot of people a lot of time and money. Thanks to Gabe, too for the Linux info/encouragement.   Wildcats, I know what you went through since we got by on 250MB a day since 2005 until we upgraded to Gen 4 this year. At least we had saved up tokens to fall back on after the updates! Should have upgraded to Gen 4 a long time ago so won't wait any longer on the Gen 5 now that it is available in our area and all of you are having success with it. ... View more

Hi hollidayjr,   You are not the only one having the problem and I'm also surprised more Win 10 users aren't posting. We have a Gen 4 HN9000 and can eventually get the Win 10 updates downloaded but they take hours no matter what time of day or night.  The other problem I have not seen mentioned yet is that a Win 10 update listed in the Windows update catalog as using 1049 mb takes me from three to five gb on all of those size updates this year.  I have our win 10 laptop stripped down of everything possible to only use for banking, don't share the updates, and installed Glasswire after reading different threads on this board.  Glasswire and the Hughesnet meter match up on usage and it is all going to microsoft.  I noticed on the Glasswire graph that my downloads spike up and then drop down to almost nothing for periods of time and then spike back up - similar to another thread recently posted by Gabe using the Speed Test showing the difference between Gen 4&5.   I do not have the same problem with Apple updates on the usage matching up and I can get the Apple updates downloaded pretty quickly (even during bonus time) unless they get dropped off about half way through.  When I called Hughesnet support they suggested upgrading to Gen 5 for the faster download speeds, which makes sense. I have been waiting to see how Gabe faired with his Gen 5 upgrade and Win 10 updates and am glad to see his post and Ricky's.    A special shout out and thanks to Gabe for all his time and work he shares on the board.  This all takes so much time.   Hollidayjr, I'm not sure what other service you will be able to find that will work better for you.  You and Gabe have done all you can for the Win 10 problem on Gen 4 and I feel your pain with money and time lost! But now you've also contributed to the knowledge base on the board which I thank you for, and maybe someone will be able to come up with a fix or we will need to bite the bullet, hope for the best and upgrade to Gen 5.  Converting my laptop from Microsoft to Linux is also next on my list.   Helen      ... View more