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
    2015-07-25T13:16:38+00:00

    Well...

    A few weeks ago I did as prescribed, i.e. killed GWX, uninstalled KB3035583, deleted GWX folder and, most importantly, hid KB3035583 in the updates. Guess what? It has unhidden itself and now back full scale. Any reasonable explanation from Microsoft?

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-07-20T04:10:08+00:00

    OK SMART BUTT IM NOT YELLING....BUT SINCE YOU WANTED TO BE A BUTTHOLE ABOUT IT....IM YELLING NOW!!!!!!! DO YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE? I WASN'T YELLING AT YOU....NOW I AM!!!!!!

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-07-20T04:07:22+00:00

    lol im sorry....I don't have my reading glasses....so  I had too....one of my laptops got the invite for windows 10 but the other laptop was  top of my closet turned off for a back up laptop...and that laptop didn't get the update and I was wondering how do I get the update upgrade invitation for that laptop that doesn't have it....where do I go to find the invation....is there something I can down load from another website....oh and thanks for replying....cause I think you are the only one....

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-07-19T23:42:59+00:00

    Agreed.

    Over the past TEN YEARS, Microsoft has made it quite clear that customer satisfaction is not a priority.

    Some examples include Windows 8, and the recurring poor quality of monthly updates.

    Windows 10 will most likely be another example of Microsoft ignoring customer satisfaction .... for example the mandatory automatic updates in Windows 10 Home edition. With the poor quality of monthly updates, many current users have chosen NOT to automatically install updates. With Windows 10 Home, users will not have that option. Poorly tested updates will automatically be installed (which in the past have left customers with blue screens ... trying to figure out what to do).

    Yep, Microsoft's silence is not only deafening but disrespectful to their customers.

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-07-19T22:31:43+00:00

    The silence from Microsoft is deafening.

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