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
    2015-10-14T23:24:10+00:00

    Microsoft's trickery becomes ever more extreme.

    Microsoft becomes EXTREMELY DANGEROUS!!!

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-10-15T13:55:45+00:00

    Unfortunately, turning off CEIP no longer zaps all communication between Win7/8.1 and Microsoft. One additional program that we know about is the "Diagnostics and Telemetry tracking service" which is installed by recent updates to Win7 and 8.1.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-10-15T17:00:56+00:00

    Woody,

    Thanks for the reminder to disable the Diagnostics and Telemetry tracking service.

    In addition to doing that, and turning off CEIP in Office 2010, I also disabled several CEIP tasks in the Task Scheduler (I'm running Windows 7 Pro):

    1. In the Task Scheduler (Local) pane of the Task Scheduler dialog box, expand the Task Scheduler Library > Microsoft > Windows nodes and open the Application Experience folder.

    Disable the AITAgent and ProgramDataUpdater tasks.

    1. In the Task Scheduler (Local) pane of the Task Scheduler dialog box, expand the Task Scheduler Library > Microsoft > Windows nodes and open the Customer Experience Improvement Program folder.

    Disable the Consolidator, KernelCEIPTask, and Use CEIP tasks.

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    Once CEIP and the Diagnostics and Telemetry tracking service have been disabled, I'm not sure if disabling the above tasks are necessary, but I've done so anyway.

    I appreciate your blog .... very valuable information there .... thanks!

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-10-16T12:11:03+00:00

    The following statement by Microsoft is interesting.

    http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/10/windows-10-upgrade-installing-automatically-on-some-windows-7-8-systems/

    I am skeptical about their claim that pre-checking the Win 10 upgrade was a mistake.  Was the "Get Windows 10" dialog box also a mistake?  This was the dialog box that made it appear that in order to download any of the updates, you had to click Yes to a Windows 10 download.  When I finally noticed that one optional update--Windows 10--was checked and unchecked it, the "Get Windows 10" dialog box disappeared and I was able to download several security updates normally.  So the pre-checked Win 10 download and the "Get Windows 10" dialog box were related.

    My guess is that this combination represented the latest method to "induce" users to upgrade, now that Josh Mayfield's GWX Control Panel is available.  However, it looks like someone decided that this was too blatant.  All the talk about maintaining trust in Windows Update rings pretty hollow in view of what has been happening the last few weeks, but the fact that Microsoft needs to say anything at all is a little bit of progress.

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-10-16T19:03:51+00:00

    I am skeptical about their claim that pre-checking the Win 10 upgrade was a mistake. 

    I share your skepticism.

    It appears Microsoft's management feels that it is easier to post an empty apology than to first ask permission (and honor the customer's choice).

    Microsoft seems desperate to increase their numbers of Windows 10 installations. Their attempts at getting Windows 10 installed (regardless of customer's choice) seem to be getting more desperate.  Perhaps too many bonuses depend upon hitting a specific percentage.

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