KB3035583 Installing Windows 10 using Windows Update?

I refer to your previous comments in this thread.  That's what "come on here" means.

@wdburt

So where in this thread are you able to find an example of me recommending that a user should you use automatic update.

CORNELL SNIPE HUNT RESULTS

9/3/15 (3X) - Rejects NEVER UPDATE.

9/5/15 - Rejects AUTO UPDATE.

10/7/15 - Recommends "Check for updates but let me decide whether to download and install," claims he has experienced "No problems" with this strategy.

12/22/15 (4X) - Denies there is any need to remove KB3035583, again claims no problems if only the user will pay attention.

2/5/16 (2X) – Re Windows Update procedure, “I can work around it.”   “All updates taken here and not pestered by upgrade offers.  I have simply hidden the option to upgrade and the notifications.”

2/6/16 – NEVER UPDATE is unnecessary, and the updates banned by Canadian Tech and others here can be installed without disrupting Windows 7 or 8.

I will amend my comments to say that you consistently claim that you can accept all updates and maintain Win7 or Win8 in working order by paying sufficient attention to hiding the ones not wanted.  As I said above (12/22/15), this amounts to boasting of your ability to live life on a window ledge, so long as you do everything just so.

Yo Gerry

W10 downloading automatically:

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/microsoft-strikes-not-upgrade-windows-10/.

http://www.computerworld.com/article/3030564/microsoft-windows/microsoft-uses-the-force-you-will-upgrade-to-windows-10.html

W10 downloading and installing automatically and free software to reverse it if you've already got it (it's a long read but it's worth it):

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

The scammer is Monkey 57.

His comments about the website of the former Microsoft employee are libellous.

I think that either he found that the lonely hearts club was closed or Microsoft are paying him to find a way to keep people away from this thread.

Where I fundamentally disagree with you are the measures you recommend to stop the upgrade, which I feel are unnecessary. I have two computers that demonstrate that a user can install the updates you "ban" and retain Windows 7 / Windows 8 in full working order.

Gerry,

First let me address some recommended settings for Windows Update ...

I looked at the Windows Update tips (paragraph 6.3) that you provide on your web site (gerryscomputertips). Allow me to reproduce part of your paragraph 6.3 here ...

6.3. A lot of problems arise from using automatic update. You may prefer to change this setting so that Windows does not automatically update. Select Start, All Programs, Windows Update, Change Settings. Under Important Updates is a box showing the current setting. Click on the Arrow down to the right and change the selection to “Check for Updates but let me choose whether to download and install them” and click OK.

I agree with your recommendation ... although some posters here recommend that one select the option to "Never check for updates" ... and then periodically (once per month) change the setting back to “Check for Updates but let me choose whether to download and install them”, click the label that says "Check for updates", and just install the updates one wants/needs.

I also recommend UNCHECKING the setting that says "Give me recommended updates the same way I receive important updates".

Now, allow me to address what you refer to as "disagreements".

You state that you disagree with the measures being suggested here to ban Microsoft from coercing customers into installing Windows 10. The whole purpose of setting Windows Update to "Check for updates but let me choose ..." is to give the customer a choice in which updates will (and will not) be installed on their computer.

What is being suggested here is that for those customers who do not want Windows 10 installed on their computer, who do not want to be nagged by popups about installing Windows 10, who do not want several gigabytes of Windows 10 installation files downloaded (taking up hard disk space and using up bandwidth on what may be a measured Internet connection), who do not want Microsoft collecting telemetry data from their computer and sending it to Microsoft, etc ... what is being suggested is that those customers can choose to not download and not install specific updates. Those are the updates being "banned".

You stated that you have "two computers that demonstrate that a user can install the updates you "ban" and retain Windows 7 / Windows 8 in full working order." For someone like yourself who is computer savvy, it is possible to install the "banned" updates and still not be tricked/coerced into installing Windows 10 ... but many customers are not as experienced as you are, and for those who wish to avoid Windows 10 ... this thread can provide instructions and a list of "banned" updates to avoid.

Finally, my recommendation for choosing updates to be installed is that one choose the updates labeled "Security update for Windows 7", and not choose (i.e., hide) updates that are labeled "Update for Windows 7". Up to this point, the updates that have been "banned" (because they attempt to trick/coerce users into installing Windows 10) have been labeled "Update for Windows 7" ... so by generally avoiding updates labeled as "Update for Windows 7" while installing updates labeled "Security update for Windows 7", users who do not want Windows 10 can remain protected from a security perspective while avoiding Windows 10. Of course this is a generic recommendation but anyone who followed that advice in 2015 would not be missing anything critical.

I refer to your previous comments in this thread.  That's what "come on here" means.

@wdburt

So where in this thread are you able to find an example of me recommending that a user should you use automatic update.