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
    2016-02-03T13:59:17+00:00

    OK, goodbye Microsoft.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-02-03T14:21:41+00:00

    I have blocked all Microsoft updates since June , and my computer has never run better,my worry now is Microsoft keep "Green screening me with Urgent messages that they have been unable to update my computer for 30 days offering a click here now option

    I do not want any updates from them ,especially & including the dreaded KB3035583,my fear is they will eventually CON me into letting them access my computer , which I am sure they will ruin

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-02-03T14:47:55+00:00

    I haven't heard about "Green screening" yet. It must be due to just-another-!@#$ing MS update which has to be uninstalled (if once installed). I haven't updated my Win 7 computers for several months thus there are no !@#$ing "Urgent messages".

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-02-03T14:58:57+00:00

    LoL the "Green Screen " is like the sign in page of windows 8.1(or whatever its called )

    Its a full green screen with their little warning about not updating and a box to tick OK

    I worry they might start playing with my performance to force me to install updates

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-02-03T15:04:33+00:00

    I've kept my Windows Update on Never...but would go in once a month and install the Security Updates only. I did this in January...and suddenly I had programs I never installed and could not uninstall them. I began having problems with changing the names of folders. Eventually, I had to reformat the hard drive again...and start all over. BEWARE: don't even install the Security Updates. In the latest news, MS flat out says they're going to FORCE Win 7 and 8 user to upgrade to Windows 10!

    Wish we had some lawyers gutsy enough to stand up to them for a class-action suit!

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