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
    2016-02-06T15:30:22+00:00

    I might not be the "sharpest tool in the shed" ,as one of you pro Windows 10 people pointed out , but I  think I am sharp enough, old enough and wise enough , to realise a scam when I see one

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  2. Monkey57 3,535 Reputation points
    2016-02-06T15:19:32+00:00

    This thread is designed to mislead users into not installing security updates......... A perfect storm for scammers.....

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  3. Monkey57 3,535 Reputation points
    2016-02-06T15:16:00+00:00

    Make your own choices.... But don't lead others down the path of getting scammed.

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-02-06T15:14:31+00:00

    I suggest that we stop replying to Monkey57. His posts have not brought new information. Everybody knows that one needs the security updates. This forum reminds people that they need them. What is his point?

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-02-06T15:13:47+00:00

    The apparent purpose of this thread seems to be:

    1. convince novice users to either not install security updates, or uninstall security updates.
    2. lead them to a private website, where because they are unsecure, allows the owner of that website to take control of visitors computers.
    3. reap the benefits of doing this from a Microsoft website, with many novice users. 

    You said that "Your view only serves to perpetuate an environment in a novice users device, ripe for a scammer to take advantage of."  I asked why.

    Now, instead of addressing my views, you reply with speculation about "the apparent purpose of this thread."  Your new comments are completely flaky.  No one here has suggested avoiding security updates.  That bit about leading users to a private web site is another figment of your imagination, and marks you as paranoid.

    I amend my previous remarks: Not only have you not read or absorbed the thread, you are obviously just spewing inanities.  It is a complete waste of time to regard your posts as saying anything meaningful.

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