KB3035583 Installing Windows 10 using Windows Update?

I have written this on this forum numerous times.  There is only one way to take back control.......

I have advised my clients to do what I have dreaded doing for years -- turn off Automatic Windows Update. 

The problem is compounded by an incessant drive by Microsoft to install Windows 10 on your computer without your permission.  They keep re-installing KB3035583 (that is the enabler) on your computer, even if you uninstall it.  The result is the huge download and then constant nags without an apparent way to say no.

So I have advised my clients to shut down WU.  Once a month on the 2nd Tuesday, they will get an email from me advising to manually start WU and then to reject specific updates like KB3035583.  Then update.  WU remains on NEVER.

Some may scoff at this idea.  Well they are incorrect.  Never means you are never giving Microsoft a chance to decide what you download and install.  It does NOT mean you will never update.  The difference is that now you take on the responsibility of updating.

Some may believe that Microsoft would not do such a stupid thing.  You must read Woody Leonhard (one of the most respected writers in the trade)  http://www.infoworld.com/article/2983777/microsoft-windows/how-to-clean-the-windows-10-crapware-off-your-windows-7-or-81-pc.html?nsdr=true Woody calls the Windows 10 download “crapware.”

If you see the Windows flag on the bottom right of your screen, chances are pretty high, your computer already has the Win10 file. Even if you do not, it may be on your computer by now anyway.  Here are instructions on how to rid yourself of it:

If you are using windows 7, and have not installed win10 and do not want it, here is a procedure that I have used many times and it works. 

1. Take Windows Update off automatic -- Never check
2. Task Manager, processes, find and end GWX.exe
3. Windows Update, Installed updates, WAIT a long time till you see the green bar complete its long trip to the right
4. Now, search for KB3035583, uninstall it
5. If there are others you want to uninstall, click Later
6. Then, clear the search box and after a brief wait, enter another KB number.
7. Restart the PC
8. Disk cleanup, do the 2nd step for System -- this takes a while
9. You should find a Temporary Installation file there that is anywhere from 4 to 8 Gigabytes.  It is the Win10 downloaded file. Put a check mark on that item.
10. OK, Delete Files
11. Restart
12. The startup will take a long time while it finishes cleanup

Alternatively, you will find a solution in a Woody Leonhard article:

http://www.infoworld.com/article/2979572/microsoft-windows/gwx-stopper-an-easy-way-to-permanently-delete-get-windows-10-nagware-in-windows-7-and-81.html

If you choose “check for updates, but let me choose whether to download and install them”****, Microsoft will download an "important" update KB3035583 to your computer.  It will be pre-checked -- selected.  Unless you check WU and discover this BEFORE you shut down, it will install it during the shut-down process.   Hiding accomplishes nothing.

If you are going to take control of your computer and prevent Microsoft from downloading and installing their malware, you have to lock them out altogether.

  

I am dredging up this old post to remind everyone that if you set Windows Update to "check for updates, but let me choose whether to download and install them," you put yourself at risk that Microsoft will repeat their little trick of pre-checking some updates.  Perhaps they will even bury them in the Optional Updates like they did last fall.

Since there is no real downside to putting the computer on Never--no downside in terms of security, so long as you check for updates periodically, and no downside in terms of workflow--I fail to see why anyone would choose a higher risk option.

Hi wdburt1 , I cannot believe that these so called computer savvy people , cannot grasp what is being explained here and constantly having to be repeated .I myself know nothing of computers ,all I expect from them is when I turn it on , it works ,when this stopped happening ,as I have said many times , it took me two whole days to rectify

And the only way I rectified it , was by typing in "KB3035583 how do I get rid of it"because this "virus, and to me that's what it was  ,as it had let itself into MY computer without my permission ,had started to destroy everything , I was until then , taking for granted

Even my system restore failed instantly ,actually quoting KB3035583 as the reason ,to me this was worse (and harder to remove ,than any virus / Trojan that I had ever had to deal with previous

Only with the help and expertise of people on this thread was I able to take back control of MY computer ,Which I paid for

I since June have enforced a 100% total block on Windows updates , and despite repeated requests from my computer ,and the pro windows 10 brigade,, I will never let another single windows update into my computer again , unless this Windows 10 madness ceases

I would rather throw it away and buy another one ,(alternative) than bow down to MS

As I have also said many times ,My computer has never run better its fantastic, fast ,smooth,no pop ups ,no spam,no adverts, I feel I am for the first time in total control over the item I purchased

Thanks to everyone on here who contributed to the original topic

it has been of immense help to me

And I look forward to future posts by you people who are "really in the know"

ATB

Andy Luddite & Novice

Please note wdburt1's suggestion:

"check for updates"

security updates are critical, if your computer connects to the internet.

At the present time I know of no reason not to accept Security Updates, and plenty of reason to do so.  As you know, there are others here who know a great deal more about this subject than I do.  We all benefit from their sharing what works for them, and also from the critiques of the various methods that are put forward.  As I have posted above, the combination of setting Windows Update to NEVER, manually checking for updates around the first of each month and installing only the Security Updates, and installing and keeping current GWX Control Panel and Spybot Anti-Beacon works for me.

I agree. That is what I did.

Whether the information about Check But Let Me Choose is 100% correct is something I am undecided about but Never Check removes the need to worry about it.

The main difference between them that I do know of is that Check But Let Me Choose prompts you when there are updates available but Never does not seem to.

However for those who check regularly that is not an issue.