What exactly does KB2952664 do?

ThrashZone, love your "Kill them all and let god sort them out" attitude but I have to concede the point langware is trying to make.

My colleagues and I support several hundred Windows users (also some MAC and Linux) in the Baltimore/DC Metro area. Most of these are small to medium-sized businesses many of whom have allowed their users to have admin rights on their machines. This is not an ideal scenario and we have done our best to counsel the business owners that this is not, in the long term, in their best interests, but we can only do what we can do. I'm sure you can see where this is leading.

We have been getting calls from clients who are panicking because they have been "upgraded" to Windows 10 and they want to know "what happens next." More often than not we have been able to "UPGRADE" their systems back to Windows 7, though there have been a couple of DOA machines. Worse, several clients have found themselves unable to use business-critical applications because they are not supported in Windows 10.

These are not bad people; the are simply individuals trying to make a living. While I cringe at the thought of so many people using computers who really don't know what they are doing, it is none-the-less the world in which we live. That, and it provides me a means of employment ;).

And before we go saying "if you don't know how to use it don't touch it" remember, if we apply that same logic to everything the number of people with a valid license to operate a motor vehicle will drop by about 60%.

Actually, that might not be a bad idea.

The most logical reason is the update settings are off that's all,

You or someone has other updates causing that listing to be classified as important which by the way is a main GWX update

KB2952664

KB2999226

KB3035583

KB3075249

KB3013531

KB3021917

KB3068708

KB3080149

KB3123862

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

>My two cents is if anyone does not understand the windows update settings options and refuse to alter them according to what they want should not be surprised if win-10 is installing in front of their face one day :)

What about the millions of Microsoft customers who are not computer savvy? They do not understand windows update settings (or even where to find them) .... and many of them do not want Windows 10. Why should they find that Windows 10 is installing in front of their face?

How hard would it be for Microsoft to implement an option that says:

Do you want Windows 10? Yes? No?

If the user clicks No .... then Microsoft no longers tries to push a Windows 10 installation to that user.

>I have yet to see any win-10 related update classified as Important

Here is a screen shot of the March 2016 updates showing that KB3035583 (which is on your list) has been unhidden and classified as Important ...


I agree with you ... that there is a long list of updates that either nag the user to install Windows 10, push Windows 10 installation files to the users hard drive, coerce the user into installing Windows 10, or implement Windows 10 type telemetry collection.

If a user hides any of those updates, Microsoft should honor that and not unhide the update. If Microsoft must re-issue an update that the user has hidden, then during the "Check for Updates", Windows Update should pop up a dialog box that says:  "Update KBxxxxxxx, which is hidden on your computer, has been reissued. Do you want to unhide the update? Yes? No?"

I understand Microsoft's overwhelming desire to get Windows 10 installed on a billion devices .... Windows 10 is the key to Microsoft's Software-as-a-Service strategy. But I do not agree with the way in which Microsoft is disrespecting their customers.

Mr. Cornell,

That is not the issue at all. In reading your most recent posts it is clear you have intentionally and categorically ignored factual statements made by other contributors.

I love dissent ; it's how we get to the truth. Your posts have shown an almost arrogant disregard for the truth and it is that which I find objectionable, not the fact that you disagree. You simply choose to ignore the findings of other contributors, the quotes accurately attributed to Microsoft, and any other evidence that opposes your point of view.

I stand by my accusation of rant because you, sir, are exhibiting a blatant disregard for other points of view; you are simply couching it in terms of "collegial" disagreement. That is not my opinion; it is evidence that exists in this thread.

If you would take the time to read all of my posts you will learn I am not ranting against Microsoft; I am a Microsoft Certified Professional and I am truly saddened by their "we know better than you" attitude in regards to Windows users. I was a Windows 10 Beta tester and I raised some of these concerns during the year-long test phase.

One of my friends has held his MCSE certification for over 20 years; his MCP number is 3 digits long, and like me he is sorely disappointed in the actions being taken by a company with whom he has had a relationship for most of his adult life.

If I choose to ignore/hide an update it is my choice. I may not own the operating system but I do own the hardware on which it is installed. Therefore, I get to decide how that hardware is used, maybe to my own peril, but it IS my choice. Microsoft's repeated attempts to coerce me into doing something I do not want to do is, at least, ethically dubious in nature.

Dissent is a process by which we share information; it should not be used as a club to beat people into submission