Thank you to Pieter Geerkens- your reply comes closer to the truth.
"...The issue seems to be that the Microsoft responders are all working inside a domain with Group Policies set, while we are not. After considerable research, I seem to have found the answer by manually using netsh to set local Group Policies as shown here:..."
Yes, I think that those of us with this problem are not part of any domains where group policies control our settings, access or other policies. I think we are all owners of stand alone laptops. The biggest problem, though, is that Microsoft wants to take
away our ownership and control of our machines and decide for us what we need on our laptops. Microsoft push down updates, policies, and other settings as they see fit, and to hell with the individual owner.
On 2 January 2018 Microsoft pushed down updates that depleted the databundle at the office- I am not allowed to update my machine on the office network, and I want to run my updates at night from home, but Microsoft in their wisdom just took control of my
machine and did what they wanted. The end result is that I had to pay my employer back the complete amount of the monthly databundle (which is capped, as we don't usually use a lot of data) and my machine did not work smoothly for days because the download
did not complete and some applications and software were only halfway updated. It took me several attempts with three different reps from Microsoft- using even more data- to fix my machine and get back up and running again.
Instead of choosing settings, policies and updates for the individual user, allow us to choose for ourselves what we need, and when we need it. After all, we paid good money for the computer and the software on it- we should be able to decide what we want
or not.
The fact is that Microsoft wants our individual computers to connect to the internet, no matter what, and it is irrelevant how much we fiddle with the wireless settings- it resets the moment we exit the settings and the machines connect automatically at
the next restart. It seems the only way to prevent this is to become part of a domain with group policies that are controlled by a local host.
I also run two other laptops with Win7 and WinXP. I know those operating systems are outdated, but they work and I have control of my machine at all times. Why can't Microsoft return control of Win10 machines to the owners? My Macbook allows me full control
of the device and I never have problems. I use it much the same as the Win10 laptop.
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