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KB3035583 Installing Windows 10 using Windows Update?
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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Anonymous
2016-02-08T08:39:23+00:00 -
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2016-02-08T08:02:51+00:00 I have found the above to work however now I am unable to update my win 7 because it tries to install win 10 before any other update,
Does anyone know what i need to do to resolve this.
At present I am extremely disappointed with microsoft, If my option is to throw my recently purchased pc in the bin because of this i will purchase Apple, I just bought my first Apple product and with practice am enjoying it. If microsoft thinks its ok to waste thousands of dollars of my money then I say F*#$ You
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Anonymous
2016-02-07T23:58:08+00:00 -
Anonymous
2016-02-07T16:20:52+00:00 The functional difference between Check... but let me choose and Never check is that the former will initiate scheduled checks and the latter will not. Thus, Check will show any available updates that have been found since you last opened WU (and may notify you through the Action Centre icon in your notification area, depending on your settings), while Never will only show available updates when you manually check in WU.
Some may prefer the convenience of being notified and not having to wait for WU to check when they open it, others (like myself) may prefer only checking for updates when we are ready to research (and subsequently install or hide) them. Barring the future possibility of Microsoft exploiting the Check option, I don't see any bigger difference between them than that.
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Anonymous
2016-02-07T14:46:05+00:00 I agree. That is what I did.
Whether the information about Check But Let Me Choose is 100% correct is something I am undecided about but Never Check removes the need to worry about it.
The main difference between them that I do know of is that Check But Let Me Choose prompts you when there are updates available but Never does not seem to.
However for those who check regularly that is not an issue.