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
    2016-02-10T19:25:16+00:00

    Gerry,

    This is the link that ManInEasternEurope was referring to:

    http://m.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2425381/microsoft-is-downloading-windows-10-to-your-machine-just-in-case

    The article has comments from Jeremy Korst, general manager of Microsoft's Windows and Devices team, about some of the tactics used by Microsoft to get Windows 10 installed.

    After reading the article, it seems to me that Jeremy Korst does not understand (or chooses to ignore) the fact that many customers, who are not computer savvy, will always accept EULA (End User License Agreements), will always accept default settings, will always click OK to a pop-up box, have no idea how to uninstall/hide an update or use System Restore Points to roll back, have no idea how to change a registry value, etc. [Those of us here who serve as "family and friends tech support" are very familiar with this type of user].

    Yes, computer savvy users (who do not want Windows 10) will always find a way to avoid the coercive tactics being used by Microsoft to get Windows 10 installed, but it appears that Microsoft is depending upon the behavior of users who are not computer savvy in order to boost the statistics for Windows 10 installations.

    I understand that Windows 10 is the key to Microsoft's strategy for implementing Software as a Service. Microsoft must have a critical mass of Windows 10 installations before they can begin to implement their strategy. One way to achieve that is to make Windows 10 a significant and order-of-magnitude improvement over any other previous version of Windows ... especially with respect to customer's needs. The other way to achieve that (critical mass of Windows 10 installations) is to coerce customers into installing Windows 10 (while ignoring privacy issues, forcing updates, etc).

    It appears that Microsoft has chosen the latter strategy ... and what you see here in this thread (and many other threads/forums) is "push-back" from customers. That "push-back" might be considered as merely tilting at windmills ... but as you have noted in the links to your previous post ... that "push back" has produced some results (i.e., Microsoft has begun to publish some release notes for Windows 10 updates).

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-02-10T18:32:52+00:00

    I wouldn't know , as I've KB'd all of them LoL

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-02-10T16:03:16+00:00

    New development:  KB3123862 looks to be a replacement for KB3035583

    http://www.infoworld.com/article/3030211/microsoft-windows/experts-recommend-dont-install-microsoft-patch-kb-3123862.html

    Woody Leonhard reports that there are no new Win10 exploits this week for Win7 keepers.  This refutes the many press stories in the last several days that predicted new threats.

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-02-10T14:51:38+00:00

    Well, not really.  Nevertheless these are very interesting articles.

    How Microsoft is getting away with launching a product so full of problems is beyond my comprehension. In any other industry they would not survive.

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-02-10T14:42:36+00:00

    Please be kind enough to read the thread. We know the options that are available.

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