Have you used the .bat file procedure? Some sites I've read are doing that, but I haven't seen any feedback on whether that works or not.
I'm sure if that would work from keeping those "invaders" from coming back, Canadian Tech would have said so.
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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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Have you used the .bat file procedure? Some sites I've read are doing that, but I haven't seen any feedback on whether that works or not.
I'm sure if that would work from keeping those "invaders" from coming back, Canadian Tech would have said so.
The Windows Update Standalone Installer can be used to create a batch file that will uninstall unwanted updates that have already been installed.
However, I do not think the Windows Update Standalone Installer can be used to hide and/or remove unwanted updates that Microsoft has unhidden and re-inserted into ones list of Important or Optional updates.
Regardless of whether one has set Windows Update to "Never ..." or "Let me choose ...", we will continue to have to be careful and insure that unwanted updates (such as those that implement "Windows 10 nag", those that implement sending telemetry back to Microsoft, etc) are unchecked and hidden before allowing Windows Update to proceed with an update cycle.
Batch it out? Could someone please create a batch file using "wusa" for the command ("DOS") window, throwing out the unwanted "updates" one by one. If an update has already been discharged, the wusa error message should not halt the batch. We then could run this batch ever so often at the end of a working day, even schedule it as task.
Wusa: "Windows update standalone installer", https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/934307 – Fritz
I have read those user's complaints and I am among them:-) The bottom line is like some other big corporations, they really don't care what those that bought and buy their products think or prefer.
I'm reminded of what happens to those that bite the hand that feeds them.
Remember curiosity and the cat:-)