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Create firewall “profiles” for Windows 7

Occasionally I tether my laptop to an iPhone and would really like Windows to stop all its' background network activities (such as checking for updates, sending telemetry, etc) at those times since I really don't want it to clog up an already bandwidth-limited 3G connection.

Is there any way to do this?

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Anton Gogolev
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Somebody else asked a very similar question a few days ago. You can install a third party firewall and set it to block all outbound network activity and specifically ask it to flag whenever a program attempts to communicate over the network. That way you can specifically allow the programs you need to use, such as internet explorer.

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