KB3035583 Installing Windows 10 using Windows Update?

Anonymous
2015-04-12T11:56:46+00:00

Would you please tell me how to prevent the installation of KB3035583 in my computer and if it is already installed, how to remove it?  Also, are there other updates that we need to be concerned about that enable this behaviour?

KB3035583 now appears as an Important update in Windows Update and is checked which means it will be automatically installed if the user does not uncheck it.  If automatic update is set, it will install without intervention.

There are credible articles that say that Microsoft either has installed or will install changes to my computer that will enable Microsoft to use it as an advertising platform and then install Windows 10 without first obtaining an informed decision to do so.  I truly hope this is not true.

On behalf of my clients and their 162 Windows "consumer" computers, I must tell you that we do not grant Microsoft or any other vendor the right to do this.  When other Windows players do this, we regard it as malware and take great care to remove it.

Microsoft got to where it is today by selling Windows.  We have spent decades learning how to use Windows and billions of dollars buying Windows computers and Windows software.  We own these systems.  They are ours, not Microsoft's.

Windows Update has earned a huge trust.  We trust Microsoft to use Windows Update to keep our computers safe and secure.  When Patch Tuesday comes along we install all the updates that Microsoft says are "important." We assume those to be either plugging a security leak or fixing a software error.

We all hope Windows 10 will be something we will want.  We will carefully review and consult trusted advisors before we install Windows 10.  We have seen Windows 8 and rejected it.  Windows 8 is a bad product we did not choose.  

Automatically installing Windows 10 on our computers would be a severe abuse of a well-earned trust.  Changing our computers to enable them to become advertising platforms is also an abuse.

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-07-05T20:38:50+00:00

    FIRST:  STOP YELLING AT ME. Turn off the caps lock..

    Second:  Any one with any real experience in Windows will tell you that "upgrading" an operating system is a very bad idea.  The only way to change operating systems is to clear the hard drive and do a clean install.  So, search the Microsoft website and find the download of Windows 10 in the form of an ISO file.  Burn a DVD with it and then initiate the install using the "clean" approach.

    Third:    Windows 10 is a disaster looking for a place to happen. Not a single one of my 150 clients will allow it to happen to their computers.  Why would you want to do this to yourself?  I can understand why and how someone could get tricked into this by M$ unethical trickery.  But mostly people work at preventing this.  I advise you to take a close look at it at some WorstBuy store before making this leap.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-04-13T20:35:41+00:00

    Hi,

    You can right click on the update and select Hide. 

    Microsoft's official description: "This update enables additional capabilities for Windows Update notifications when new updates are available to the user. It applies to a computer that is running Windows 8.1 or Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1)"

    Windows 10 is a free update for Windows 7 and up Users.  Once the update is released, users have 1 year to update systems to Windows 10.

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