This latest trick makes a liar of Vinod Raj P (see above, April 13, 2015). He might have thought he was providing good advice about how to hide the update, but he didn't reckon with the Big Guy who made the decision to throw him under the bus so Microsoft could politely present KB3035583 for our approval one more time.
KB3035583 Installing Windows 10 using Windows Update?
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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2015-07-10T19:40:22+00:00 Unfortunately it is the third time I have seen this ""update"", or maybe the fourth.... I don't remember.
But..... it is only the second time that it has been labelled "important".
And it is maybe the first time that it has been actively "un-hidden".
Of course updates are "sort of" bespoke, so it could be a different scenario for other ""users""...........
Maybe I only just understood "the needle and the damage done"...
No, but the pain is similar...
So what does this mean?
Why do Microsoft want to annoy me.
They "know" that I have already hidden this update (I had actively, with "full knowledge", rejected it!).
And still they try to ram it down my throat?
Why?
Is this, in American culture "irony"? (that subtle "pull" advertising endorsed by Swatch).
Do they need an informed opposition? (in the same way that Apple attracted anti-fan-boy hatred?)
Maybe they just think I am stupid? (uh-oh.... )
Mark this one "SOLVED"....
David.
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Anonymous
2015-07-10T14:31:45+00:00 When a company stubbornly insists on having its way despite customers' negative reaction, it's usually because:
---It has a monopoly
---It has no fear of lawsuits
---It has no fear of bad publicity, and assumes the vast majority of its customers don't care
---It's too stupid and incompetent to notice until this kind of stubborn disregard for the customer backfires.
Take your pick...
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Anonymous
2015-07-10T12:43:32+00:00 You are correct. It was re-issued. It has not been re-issued a third time so far.
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Anonymous
2015-07-10T11:25:46+00:00 Ditto.
VERY very very very bad customer relations!
I have been a fan-boy for 25 years but...
I am now unlikely to buy any Microsoft hardware or software ever again.