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
    2016-02-10T21:28:19+00:00

    I appreciate your opinion on Windows 10. It sounds like you were able to make a choice on installing Windows 10. I and many others here were/are not given a choice since Microsoft elected to force Windows 10 on our machines. They did this without asking and downloading or installing it against our wishes.

    The Windows Software is theirs, but the computers are not and we have a say in what is downloaded and installed on them.

    Microsoft has jumped the shark and if they continue, will kill the goose that laid the golden egg.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-02-11T06:13:07+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)

    Please, read the full thread. This thread is about

    4, Never check for updates (RECOMMENDED).

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-02-11T13:54:15+00:00

    Sorry to say that my reluctance to believe that Microsoft would abuse 'Check but let me choose...' does seem to have been misplaced.

    http://windowssecrets.com/forums/showthread.php/172181-What-the-!!!!-KB2976978.

    This is consistent with CanadianTech's warning and the only safe action is to use 'Never Check...'.

    There is no difference between 'Never Check' and 'Automatic' for those who check for updates regularly. I will not reply to anyone who disagrees who is unable to provide a certificate that they have taken a course in logic.

    I have 2 tablets that I need for work the manufacturers of which and users who have tried it clearly say that updating to Windows 10 removes important functionality. There must be millions like me. CanadianTech is right: What is happening is a scandal.

    If that report is accurate, it would mean that there is a significant difference beyond user preference and convenience between Never and Check...but let me choose, and I am glad that I have been rather safe than sorry for quite some time.

    I assume you mean that there is "no difference between 'Never Check' and 'Automatic' for those who check for updates regularly" with respect to having security updates, as there is clearly a difference in terms of whether we have only the updates we actually need for safe and smooth functioning, or everything that Microspy thinks we should have to help it in its marketing tactics.

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-02-11T14:17:01+00:00

    Yes, I agree with that. Of course everything hangs on the contributor concerned not having made a mistake. However better safe than sorry.

    My concerns are slightly different from some posters here. My tablets won't work with Windows 10 and as far as I can see the course of action on this thread is the only way for me to keep functionality.

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-02-11T20:46:56+00:00

    Another patch to avoid that might coerce users into installing Windows 10:

    KB3123862

    More information can be found here:

    http://www.infoworld.com/article/3031391/microsoft-windows/what-little-we-know-about-recommended-windows-781-update-kb-3123862.html

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