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
    2016-02-05T15:20:24+00:00

    It's one thing to present a different opinion and back it up with facts or other reasonable arguments. It is quite another to tell everybody that they should do what you think is right for them simply because it is what you have decided is right for you, then pass off legitimate counter-arguments as closed-mindedness.

    Most of us here have seriously considered the merits and drawbacks of Windows 10. I had actually been looking forward to it until I learned about the forced update policy. When Microsoft wants to give me a free device, I will treat it as theirs, accept their choices as to what is installed on it, and use it accordingly. As long as I buy the device I use, I will consider that I own it, and I will decide what is or is not download or installed on it. Period.

    Oh, and I still use Lotus 123 (97), because it is still the best spreadsheet software ever made. I also use Excel, for files I have to share with others, because I don't expect everybody else to conform to my choices just because I think they are better ones.

    I sincerely hope your retail company has a more respectful attitude towards its customers than your comments demonstrate you have (or expect Microsoft to have) for people capable of making their own consumer decisions.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-02-05T14:43:42+00:00

    As mentioned. I don't work for Microsoft. I work for a retail company with 3000 computers. I have no skin in this.

    Good to know you guys are objective and open to other peoples opinions. Especially ones that contradict yours.

    My old man ran lotus 123 for many years and hated excel. He eventually upgraded to excel and regretted all the years he sat with Lotus 123. Suppose one day you guys will work it out.

    Good luck with that.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-02-05T14:41:42+00:00

    Let me help you with that, IT person.

    There are people with computers (like me) or with perhaps specialist software (like me) for which the manufacturers are not going to issue Windows 10 drivers due the manufacturer having closed the division that made the item or having gone out of business or whatever.

    That means that people with computers or software that perfectly serves their needs will now have Microsoft knowingly turn their computer into a piece of junk.

    I understand that there are classes available that teach people how software works. Maybe you should try researching a subject before you air your opinions.

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-02-05T13:50:23+00:00

    Please re-read all the concerns that have been expressed here for answers to your questions.

    And rememberm if it sounds too good to be true ( free ) , it probably is.

    BTW -which division of Microsoft do you work for?

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-02-05T13:41:11+00:00

    Opinions are like A***holes 

    Everybody has one

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