KB3035583 Installing Windows 10 using Windows Update?

The next step in Microsoft's plan to make everyone "love" Windows 10 ...

Microsoft has announced that October 31, 2016 will be "End of Sales" date for Windows 7 Pro and Windows 8.1 ... this is the last date on which Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) can sell computers with Windows 7 Pro or Windows 8.1 pre-installed.

According to netmarketshare, the top 4 operating systems in market share are:

• Windows 7      55.71%
• Windows XP    11.68%
• Windows 8.1    10.68%
• Windows 10       7.94%

Even giving Windows 10 away free has not resulted in much of a market share (7.94%) for Windows 10 as compared to the versions of Windows that customers really do love (Windows 7, XP, and 8.1 combined market share of 78%).

After October 31, 2016, we will not be able to buy a PC with Windows 7 or 8.1 pre-installed .... and Microsoft thinks that will result in customers loving Windows 10!!!!

Why does Microsoft so desperately want us to love Windows 10? Perhaps it is because once Windows 10 is the only available version of Windows, Microsoft will announce that Windows 10 will become subscription only (i.e, customers will have to pay an annual fee in order to use Windows 10). That's only a guess on my part, but it seems to be the next step into making Windows a service.

An operating system that is subscription only?  Yeah, I could see them doing that. However, I think that might blow up in their face. Then again, maybe not. I tried to explain to an 'older'  friend what MS was doing and he simply couldn't believe a 'reputable company like Microsoft' would do that.

The next step in Microsoft's plan to make everyone "love" Windows 10 ...

Microsoft has announced that October 31, 2016 will be "End of Sales" date for Windows 7 Pro and Windows 8.1 ... this is the last date on which Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) can sell computers with Windows 7 Pro or Windows 8.1 pre-installed.

According to netmarketshare, the top 4 operating systems in market share are:

• Windows 7      55.71%
• Windows XP    11.68%
• Windows 8.1    10.68%
• Windows 10       7.94%

Even giving Windows 10 away free has not resulted in much of a market share (7.94%) for Windows 10 as compared to the versions of Windows that customers really do love (Windows 7, XP, and 8.1 combined market share of 78%).

After October 31, 2016, we will not be able to buy a PC with Windows 7 or 8.1 pre-installed .... and Microsoft thinks that will result in customers loving Windows 10!!!!

Why does Microsoft so desperately want us to love Windows 10? Perhaps it is because once Windows 10 is the only available version of Windows, Microsoft will announce that Windows 10 will become subscription only (i.e, customers will have to pay an annual fee in order to use Windows 10). That's only a guess on my part, but it seems to be the next step into making Windows a service.

Coming back to (re)installing, Canadiantech. »I bring the OS completely up to date«. How? I take a Win7 out of an old box, or get an unknown status (my wife just came home with her office laptop erased, and a **** Win7 installed, courtesy computer departement, after leaving the job). Now what? Ask Microsoft online for updates and install all, avoiding the »bad« ones? Frustrating.

It's official ..... Microsoft has announced (see here, here, and here) that sometime in early 2016, they will (again) release an update that (if you have set Windows Update to "Install Updates automatically") will automatically initiate the Windows 10 installation process on your computer (regardless of whether or not you actually want Windows 10).

In the last paragraph, I used the word "again" because around mid-October 2015 Microsoft did almost the exact same thing ... then later apologized and called it a "mistake" (see here and here).

Next time Microsoft tries to coerce their customers into installing Windows 10 (especially those who are not computer savvy and have Windows Update set to "automatic") .... it will not be a "mistake" .... it will be "officially" intentional. Microsoft has already announced that they want to see Windows 10 on a billion devices within 2 or 3 years ... and it appears they are trying to accomplish that goal regardless of their customer's desires.

I think the universal recommendation from those who have followed this thread is:

Do not use the "automatic" setting in Windows Update.

I have a standard practice that I have been following for some years now.  It has saved my bacon so many times, and has never failed me.

When I re-build an OS, replace a HD, or get a new PC on my desk:

• I bring the OS completely up to date
• ensure all drivers are in place
• Install office and update it
• Install Any other stable, mostly unchanging apps
• Set my particular preferred settings
• Then I create a system image with a set of DVD+Rs (numbers from 2 to 6), and give them to my client.  In the event the system needs rebuilding, boot to the System Repair disk, find your way to the Restore from image selection, and do so.  It usually takes about 20 minutes.
• Bring Window up to date

This way, no install disk needed, no product key needed, all that is needed is updating, the client loading his unique apps, and his backed up data.

If your system is already loaded with data, you can do the same thing but you will need a large HD that will become your backup set, and it will include data which could be several years out of date

http://www.canadiantech.info/for-techies/windows-7-replace-your-hard-drive/

http://www.canadiantech.info/for-techies/re-build-windows-7/