The article
The Windows 10 spring update no longer lets you disable web search in Start - workaround reports that the following registry update
is required in Windows 10 version 1803 :
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search]
"BingSearchEnabled"=dword:00000000
"AllowSearchToUseLocation"=dword:00000000
"CortanaConsent"=dword:00000000
It remarks :
those entries are completely missing from the "Search" registry key, so you can safely delete them should you want to revert.
I would still recommend to at least create a system restore point before doing
any registry modifications.
A reboot might be required.
User @mtd has contributed below these commands for applying the updates to
the registry:
reg add HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search /f /v BingSearchEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0
reg add HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search /f /v AllowSearchToUseLocation /t REG_DWORD /d 0
reg add HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search /f /v CortanaConsent /t REG_DWORD /d 0
There are reports that Windows 10 version 2004 has broken the above fix.
The article
Disable Web Search in Taskbar in Windows 10 Version 2004
has a summary of the current state of the problem.
The current solution seems to be to download and run this
PowerShell script
as Administrator:
Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Scope Process
.\disable-web-search.ps1
As only a workaround, this PowerShell script blocks the online search using
Windows Firewall rules, so forcing the search to operate in offline mode.
You can configure how updates are delivered directly through Windows:
- Open up "Settings"
- Go to "Update & Security"
- Select "Windows Update"
- Under "Update settings", select "Advanced Options"
- Select "Choose how updates are delivered"
- Turn on "Updates from more than one place"
- Have "PCs on my local network" selected
This should allow your machines to download the update from other machines on your network as well as from the internet, which should definitely help speed up the overall download process for all of your machines.
Best Answer
Here is a screen shot showing the full-sized ISO images for the Windows 10 Creators Update (version 1703), along with the x64 size highlighted for your reference:
Also, if you are concerned about the additional size involved with the inevitable cumulative update that will install once you are online, the current patch (15063.13) is relatively small at only 11 MB:
As a result, your data plan should have some breathing room to work with even if you decide to download the ISO image to install. If you wait until you receive it automatically via Windows Update, it should be noticeably less than that.