What exactly does KB2952664 do?

Yep

Hide them all and and don't add yourself to the M$ win-10 telemetry bonnet :p


http://www.ghacks.net/2015/04/17/how-to-remove-windows-10-upgrade-updates-in-windows-7-and-8/

If anyone is interested just paste this into your windows 7 search to see if you're participating already ;)

Change Customer Experience Improvement Program settings

If anyone is interested just paste this into your windows 7 search to see if you're participating already ;)

Change Customer Experience Improvement Program settings

It is important to note that opting out of the CEIP does not necessarily stop all (covert) telemetry operations initiated by Microspy - some have to be manually disabled through the Task Scheduler.

I haven't yet looked into all of the reported KB updates in this article, but I did go through the Task Scheduler items reported and found some that I had to disable.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/updates-to-hide-to-prevent-windows-10-upgrade-disable-telemetry.780476

Caveat emptor.

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?

Page 34

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 :/

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.