KB3035583 Installing Windows 10 using Windows Update?

wow. I read most of these comments and though about how much complaining is taking place with zero constructive discussion. I disagree wholeheartedly with the comments on not loading windows 10.

In my company of 3000 computers we are running 20% of them on windows 10 already. We hope to have completed upgrading the bulk of our devices before the cutoff date. Windows 10 is stable and more secure that all the operating systems before. In my opinion, you need to upgrade to windows 10. (1) - Its free temporarily. After that you will pay. Why would you want to not take advantage of a savings for yourself or your customer. (2). Its is more secure than windows 7./8/8.1. (3) - The windows update process in Windows 10 is better than what it is in the previous operating systems. Far less interruptions from updates. (4) - It keeps getting better. Don't you get that. All the previous versions of windows have been stuck from changing. Now we have an OS that keeps up with the times. That is after its been tested on 3 million insider devices. I doubt you did any testing on that scale. (5) The app store is great. Windows 7 has no app store.

Upgrade to windows 10 everyone. Don't disable the updates. You are missing out on a great experience.

Thanks for taking the time to keep us updated on this.

Also, Happy New Year!!

Since October, I have had Windows Update set to NEVER CHECK FOR UPDATES, as Canadian Tech advises.  I have restricted my updates to Security Updates and so far have not had a problem on two desktop computers, both running Win7.  I also have installed and updated GWX Control Panel and Spybot Anti-Beacon.

When the day comes that M$ misrepresents a Security Update in order to trick users into installing its malware, there may be the basis of a class action suit.  Regardless of other provisions of the EULA, the option to choose or not choose specific updates implies a reasonable expectation to not be tricked in that respect.

I am the originator of this discussion way back in April.  I have posted several times before in this very much participated discussion.  I would like to provide all of you with my latest recommendations on how to take control away from Microsoft and make it yours.  This process works!  I support 150 client computers.  Not a single one of them has the Win10 problem after this process is complete.  All are happily running Windows 7 computers AND do Windows updates manually once per month.  Here's how................

THIS PROCESS APPLIES TO WINDOWS 7.  I do not know if it will work for Windows 8(.1)

http://www.canadiantech.info/for-techies/prevent-windows-10/

Prevent Windows 10

January 29, 2016

Microsoft has turned a decades-long respected process — Windows Update — into a malware distribution system.  It is for all intents and purposes forcing innocent and content Windows 7 computer users into “upgrading” to its new Windows 10 version.  It promises to allow return to Windows 7 within 30 days.  That return process is flawed and leaves your computer virtually unusable and requires re-installation of Windows 7.  For some owners without a re-usable Microsoft product key or a factory restore partition on their computers, it results in a useless thing that used to be a computer.

Windows 10 is a completely new and very different Windows.  Nothing like anything you have used before.

1. It is primarily an advertising/sales vehicle.  That’s the keen motivation and reason it is free.
2. By adopting Windows 10, you sacrifice any privacy — essentially, anything on your computer is Microsoft’s and its partner’s to use as they see fit.
3. Windows Update becomes non-optional.  You, as owner of your system no longer have control over what happens to your computer.  Microsoft will re-make Windows (on your computer) into what serves its purposes without asking your permission or opinion.
4. Windows 10 as a system is still full of un-fulfilled promises and bugs.  Many of your programs will not run on Windows 10.  In fact, the “upgrade” process removes some.

So, if you like Windows 7, and most do very much so, I advise you to reject Windows 10 for the foreseeable future.  Be advised that Microsoft has committed to support Windows 7 until at least January, 2020.  Most of your current computers will last that long.

You must adopt a protective stance to prevent your Windows 7 system from becoming something you do not want.

I advise my clients to change the Windows Update Setting to Never check for updates.  Once a month, on the 2nd Tuesday, they will get an email from me advising to manually start WU and then hide every update except for ones specifically labeled Security.  In other words, only security updates will be applied.  In all of 2015, not a single update that was not security, was something that improved Windows 7.

http://www.infoworld.com/article/3016033/microsoft-windows/enough-already-microsoft-pushes-windows-nagware-patch-kb-3035583-for-sixth-time.html

Some may scoff at this idea.  Well they are incorrect.  Never means you are never giving Microsoft a chance to decide what you download and install.  It does NOT mean you will never update.  The difference is that now you take control and the responsibility of updating of Windows and Office.

Some may believe that Microsoft would not do such a stupid thing.

You must read Woody Leonhard (one of the most respected writers in the trade)  http://www.infoworld.com/article/2983777/microsoft-windows/how-to-clean-the-windows-10-crapware-off-your-windows-7-or-81-pc.html?nsdr=true Woody calls the Windows 10 download “crapware.”  Woody’s advice is that if you have Windows 7, keep it, you are better off by far.

If you see the Windows flag on the bottom right of your screen, chances are pretty high, your computer already has the Win10 files. Even if you do not, it may be on your computer shortly anyway.  Here are instructions on how to rid yourself of it:

First download and run GWX Control panel.  A free app:  http://ultimateoutsider.com/downloads/

http://www.infoworld.com/article/2979572/microsoft-windows/gwx-stopper-an-easy-way-to-permanently-delete-get-windows-10-nagware-in-windows-7-and-81.html

It will allow you to prevent any future operating system upgrades and delete downloaded Win10 files, but it will not remove any of Microsoft’s installed or attempts to install spyware.

This process works, but it only works if you do all the steps and do them in order.

1. Take Windows Update off automatic — Never check for updates
2. Windows Update, Installed updates, WAIT a long time till you see the green bar complete its long trip to the right
3. Now, search for each of the listed updates, uninstall them.  You must wait until the list is re-created each time.
4. If there are others you want to uninstall, click Later
5. Then, clear the search box and after the list is again displayed, enter another KB number.
6. Restart the PC.  It may take a long time to process this.

If you choose “check for updates, but let me choose whether to download and install them”, Microsoft will download “important” updates like KB3035583 to your computer.  It will be pre-checked — selected.  Unless you check Windows Update (WU) and discover this BEFORE you shut down, it will install it during the shut-down process.   Hiding accomplishes nothing.

This is more than annoying.  It goes way beyond that.  It is underhanded, dishonest and just plain wrong for Microsoft to do this.  There is no offer to accept or refuse.  There is no informed consent.  There is not even an idea of what it is your getting and what the result is if you change your mind.

List of updates that if already installed should be removed:

KB3035583

KB2952664

KB2977759

KB3021917

KB3075249

KB3080149

KB3083710

KB3083324

KB3090045

KB3112343

KB3022345

KB3068708

As soon as some lawyers figure out a way to make money from such a class action lawsuit, they will initiate one. 

To have a viable lawsuit, someone has to have a loss.  So far, there has been a great amount of irritation, but I don't think anything that translates into a provable dollar loss  ( like the deaths resulting from GM ignition switch fiasco ).

Too bad users can't make a case on expectation of privacy and invalidate sections of the user agreement that pertain to where you agreed to give up those rights in exchange for "free" Windows10.

I doubt if this is totally true, but I suspect there is more than a kernel of truth in it...

http://conspiracy.wikia.com/wiki/Windows_10:_User_betrayal