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
    2016-02-10T12:00:23+00:00

    What I don't understand, though, is this. If 'Check but let me choose...' allows updates in without approval, that means that 'Never check...' will then do the same when you click the button to check for updates.

    Are these procedures not in essence actually identical?

    That would mean that I have the choice of not having any updates at all or having tablets that do not work.

    This is going to be interesting.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-02-10T13:22:17+00:00

    Sorry. Looks like a full stop crept in.

    I just now tried this and it worked.

    http://m.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2425381/microsoft-is-downloading-windows-10-to-your-machine-just-in-case

    Googling theinquirer.net and words from the title of the article would also give you a link.

    "We're all about choice," says Microsoft.

    Right.  Does not pass the sniff test.  Coverup, anyone?

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-02-10T14:21:25+00:00

    Start/Control Panel/Windows Update/Change Settings/Under Important Updates click on the little black down arrow on the far right of the box/sub menu pops up and there are your 4 options-1, Install updates automatically (recommended) 2, Download updates but let me choose whether to install them 3, Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them 4, Never check for updates (not recommended)

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-02-10T14:42:36+00:00

    Please be kind enough to read the thread. We know the options that are available.

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