Monday, August 12, 2013

How to show/hide Estimated Data Usage in Windows 8.1

In Windows 8, you can right click on Wi-Fi Router and you can show or hide Estimated Data Usage for any particular Wi-Fi router, check this post for more info. In Windows 8.1 Preview when you Right Click on any Wi-Fi adapter nothing happens, you can not show/hide estimate data usage, can not set metered connection, cannot forget any network, nor you can view connection properties. This small tutorial will guide you from where you can show/hide Estimate Data Usage.
To show/hide Estimate Data Usage follow these steps -

Step 1. Go to PC Settings. Open Right Charm bar, and press Settings, (or press CTRL + I)
 Step 2. Go to Network here, then by default Connections Tab will be opened

Step 3. Now click on the Wi-Fi adapter for which you want to edit settings (In this I'm choosing bLaCK_hAWk)
 Step 4. From this screen you can turn On showing estimate data usage in the Network list
 Step 5. Now you can see your total Up/Down data count on Network List.

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