What exactly does KB2952664 do?

That is what M$ risks by the methods they have used = People turning off windows updating completely.

Can't say I'm very far from excluding Optional software all together and see what shows up or not :)

Ironically, THIS is a big reason that I am not upgrading to Win10.  They are proving that they are forcing inappropriate updates on us.  Well, in Win10 you can't even choose -- you either take NO updates (not even security fixes), or you take them all.

Their latest trick of not supporting late processors with anything less than Win10 makes be believe that when I get a new PC it's either going to be Win10 or not microsoft at all, and because of all my purchased Windows software, I'm likely to be stuck with Windows.  This is the first time I have actually given some thought to breaking away from Windows.

As is I have to vet everything they release.  Don't believe that they are innocently causing it to be unhidden -- I might've considered that except that these traps are extremely evasive in what they claim to do, when you read the details.  As I see it, if they don't give a good reason to take it, I don't.  PLUS I no longer apply them on a timely basis because I have to wait and vet each of them.  I no longer trust them.  BUT remember,with Win10 you have no choice.

What I find truly perplexing (and even a bit humorous at this stage) is how Microsoft keeps "un-hiding" updates I have already opted not to install. My guess is they change a bit here or there in the code and it tricks my PC into thinking the update is different than the one that I hid the month before. As it is, I spend and hour or more every month reading the multitudinous posts that accompany each update cycle. Because - the truth is that some of the updates really are necessary for the health of my PC and my safety on the Internet. Microsoft is just making it a lot harder to stay safe.

I actually have two machines running Win 10 (one PC one Laptop) so that I can respond to client queries and comments. It's OK but I won't use it for my personal computing. Too much, "Look what we have JUST for YOU and, boy, don't you really wanna buy....blah, blah, blah." I simply cannot escape the feeling that, to Microsoft, I'm just another commodity, like a pork belly.

I've been keeping a spreadsheet since January of 2014 when MS first started their stealth program to install Win 10. I list the KB number, the date it was published and a short description (often with a hyperlink to a pertinent article). Anything in RED is to be avoided at all costs. Excel is great at letting me search for article numbers among the 340+ lines that are currently part of the spreadsheet. I send it to all of the folks at our consulting company in case any of their clients share similar feelings about Win 10, and i also share it with other friends who work in IT.

My feeling is that this is just another modern example of caveat emptor. I do not believe MS is an evil company, and I'm sure on some level they really do believe they are doing the right thing; it is just way too paternalistic and "Big Brother" for me to feel comfortable. I trust my wife, my dog, and my neighbor who helps me shovel the driveway; everyone else, not so much. In the words of Jeff "Joker" Moreau, "I don't trust anybody who makes more than I do."

I'm pretty sure Microsoft falls under that heading.

Microsoft will keep trying to force Win 10 on everyone who uses the Microsoft OS and most people will eventually succumb (look at all the people who drink the Facebook cool-aid). A few of us will nurse windows 7 along and/or eventually migrate to Linux (I run four of those), but this is unfortunately the future. Our lives no longer belong to us, and judging by what I read in the newspaper, most of us don't care.

Hiding is the first step

Actually never downloading and installing is the first step :)

These updates do not remove very good but then again what update has ever uninstalled all remnants of it's self :/

Hiding might NOT help! It is recommended to STOP Windows Updates - see latest Canadian Tech's resume on page 34 of 

KB3035583 Installing Windows 10 using Windows Update?

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