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
    2016-07-05T20:38:50+00:00

    FIRST:  STOP YELLING AT ME. Turn off the caps lock..

    Second:  Any one with any real experience in Windows will tell you that "upgrading" an operating system is a very bad idea.  The only way to change operating systems is to clear the hard drive and do a clean install.  So, search the Microsoft website and find the download of Windows 10 in the form of an ISO file.  Burn a DVD with it and then initiate the install using the "clean" approach.

    Third:    Windows 10 is a disaster looking for a place to happen. Not a single one of my 150 clients will allow it to happen to their computers.  Why would you want to do this to yourself?  I can understand why and how someone could get tricked into this by M$ unethical trickery.  But mostly people work at preventing this.  I advise you to take a close look at it at some WorstBuy store before making this leap.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-07-05T22:35:58+00:00

    Is the upgrade to Win10 being offered via Windows Update or...?

    Is the Win7 computer currently fully-patched at Windows Update?

    Is it the same computer - not the same problem or Windows version - as in this previous thread of yours?

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    How to get the Free Win10 Upgrade

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-10-upgrade

    Win10 Upgrade FAQ

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-10-faq

    You will find appropriate support for Downloading, Installing (upgrading to) & Activating Windows 10 by beginning your own, new thread in this forum: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-windows_install

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-07-06T20:06:28+00:00

    thanks

    I wasn'T YELLING AT YOU  but fRuStRaTeD that it's taken me 4 tries over the past 2 days to try and download the 'free' Windows 10 as nothing is 'free' and the Endle$s GREED of Corporation$ is making it nearly impossible for many to afford their 'lite' internet '$ervice' which almosts costs $100 a month and is noT 'affordable' to those of us who are barely '$urviving' on less than minimum wage less than part time jobs 'thanx' to the who 'know$', blow$ oR $iMpLy' OWE$ whom in these 'new' North American Immigrant Family Monopolized Ignore the Rest of us in these eNd (?) Times of 'neo' NuTzI CONTROL$ under noT so  'new' WhiRrL'd 'gLoB@L' 'wReCkOnOmIe$' where the 'poor' RICH are noT 'interested' in the MuDdLeD kL@$s'$ OVER T@XED WoE$ let alone those 'under' them.

    which link ?

    https://www.searchlock.com/search?q=Windows+10+ISO+file+free+download

    What does clearing the hard drive do exactly ? I don't want to lose any of my info, photos, videos, programs, etc.

    How is this done and why ?

    Which clients ? are you a computer salesperson or technician ?

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-07-07T01:22:01+00:00

    Hi CT There was an article on the UK news last week about a woman in the USA who sued MS after she installed windows 10 on her business computer ,which rendered it useless, she was awarded $10,000,Could this be the benchmark case we so longed for ?

    lets hope so

    ATB

    Andy

    LINK

    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jun/27/microsoft-automatic-windows-10-installation

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-07-07T01:33:06+00:00

    Thanks. I did read that.  In fact, as of today, MS has started providing a no thanks on the Win10 Nag window.  Maybe a message is getting through.

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