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
    2015-10-19T00:46:20+00:00

    redbear2,

    Regarding Microsoft's free email in the cloud .... I've been using web based hotmail.com (which became outlook.com) for a long time. My biggest complaint is that Microsoft keeps making changes (the new outlook.com Preview is described in the second link of your previous post) without actually listening to what their customers want (sounds familiar ... lack of customer respect seems to be plaguing all areas of Microsoft).

    Current outlook.com customers have no say in whether or when their account gets converted to the new outlook.com Preview. Once an account is converted, there is no way to go back. Check out the feedback site for outlook.com Preview to see what customers are complaining about.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-10-19T00:22:15+00:00

    Couldn't resist peeking?  LOL.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-10-19T00:02:50+00:00

    LOL at the iPhone. Well, I've heard that the carrot works better than the stick:-)

    The big trick in the making is the Cloud. Sounds like their "free" email is going there. It will be interesting to see how many will follow.

    https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Welcome-to-Outlook-on-the-web-28bac523-cc12-4b52-b13c-4436cd181edc?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US

    https://blogs.office.com/2015/05/21/new-ways-to-get-more-done-in-outlook-com/

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-10-18T23:44:28+00:00

    Microsoft is desperate to increase the number of Windows 10 installations.

    Unhiding and/or re-issuing updates such as KB3035583, KB3083324, KB2952664, etc. is just the first step ... I wonder what we tricks we will see next???

    Perhaps Microsoft will start offering people a free iPhone if they install Windows 10 on their PC   :)

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-10-18T23:43:45+00:00

    You said: OK, I know that, but it's still worth reporting that MS keeps reintroducing the same malware.

    I agree also. Some users may think that once they hide the updates, all is well and might install them, not checking they are the hidden ones.

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