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
    2015-06-02T18:16:10+00:00

    CLICK HERE

    It looks like fun to me!

    The link points to "We are sorry, the page you requested cannot be found.".

    There are many W8 features in W10, ie. I don't need W10. I hate Metro & all of its residues.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-06-02T19:56:20+00:00

    I, too, want the upgrade because I've been using the Technical Preview on a spare notebook computer for a couple of months and the improvements are clear.

    The icon appeared on my primary notebook computer, but not on the desktop system. I don't have any of the referenced updates hidden and no updates are pending. The system is running Windows 8.1.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-06-02T23:14:05+00:00

    I want to reserve my free copy of Windows 10, but I don’t see the icon on the taskbar!

    http://answers.microsoft.com/thread/848b5cce-958b-49ae-a132-a999a883265b

    [61 pages, over 1,200 posts since 08:00 UTC, 01 June 2015!]

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-06-02T23:35:00+00:00

    I want to reserve my free copy of Windows 10, but I don’t see the icon on the taskbar!

    http://answers.microsoft.com/thread/848b5cce-958b-49ae-a132-a999a883265b

    [61 pages, over 1,200 posts since 08:00 UTC, 01 June 2015!]

    Arrrgh. Step 5: "Your device is running Windows 7 Enterprise, Windows 8/8.1 Enterprise, or Windows RT/RT 8.1, which are excluded from this reservation offer." This is an Enterprise version of Windows 8.1 (via TechNet) and therefore not eligible.

    Is there a way to downgrade a system from Enterprise to an eligible version without having to reinstall?

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-06-02T23:50:59+00:00

    Is there a way to downgrade a system from Enterprise to an eligible version without having to reinstall?

    Nope.

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