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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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Gerry -
Have you heard of the legal term "Lies of Omission"? While we are on legalities. Read the MS Terms of Use for a Windows 7 update. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/intellectualproperty/copyright/ . BTW, I'll bet you haven't even read 'the fine print' for Win 10. If so, I can't understand your entrenched views on privacy and choice. We in the U.S. fight every single day for a thing called "Liberty"
This nonsense will not stop as long as you have Windows Update set at anything other than Never. As far as I can tell, it is the only way to bolt the door. All of my clients' computer are set to never and there are no problems at all. I plan to ask them to manually download come September 8, then hide each of the ones that need to be kept out.
@ PA Bear MS MVP
FWIW:
My hidden KB2990214 made a mysterious disappearing act overnight...
Just gone...
Oh well...
I checked Updates a couple od days ago and my entir Updates History was gon. Luckily they didn't wipe out my Installed Updates list. - Art
While running an errand I though of something that I was groping toward in the last post. In real estate leases there is the concept of "quiet possession." The landlord retains many rights, including the right to enter upon the property, to make necessary repairs and upgrades, etc., but there are limits if his activity impinges upon the tenant's legal right to "quiet possession" under the lease. "Possession" is ordinarily construed to mean use of the premises for the intended purpose.
The landlord also has certain obligations, also defined by law in most places. In general they can be described as keeping the place in good repair for the intended use.
It seems to me that "quiet possession" of leased property is analogous to the idea that, even in the context of grossly one-sided license agreements, users have a right and reasonable expectation to use the software they licensed on a one-time-payment basis, without being confronted with changes imposed by the licensor that force them to pay again to "upgrade" to the latest version.
Of less importance for our current discussion, the licensor may have an obligation to repair its own mistakes in developing the software (the "fitness for purpose" concept in manufacturer liability), though user agreements try to minimize it. Certainly, any overt action by the licensor to disable the software or otherwise make it inconvenient to use would, in a real estate context, be viewed as an outrageous attempt to break the lease and force the tenant out.
Of course, if Microsoft were to stop providing security fixes, it could in effect let the malware people kill off old software, unless the marketplace generated entrepreneurial solutions for that.
Thank you WDburt 1. You express quite well something I have been thinking about a lot but have been hesitant to enter it in this Microsoft forum.
