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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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There is another update just released (KB3083710) "Windows Update Client for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2: October 2015"
This contains (Wu.upgrade.ps.dll), if you do a Google search on for that dll, the first result shown is https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2990214. so it would appear that Microsoft are now hiding updates within updates.
I'm sorry, I can't remember. Is there a history of rollbacks?
Gerry,
Thanks for your reply.
I checked my Windows Update settings and mine are the same as yours.
I am sure you already know this, but ....
Please note that in the screen image you posted, the option you show in the red box labeled "2" ("Install new updates every day at 03:00") is greyed out. That is because you have selected the option shown in red box "1" ("Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them"). With the option you have selected in box "1", Windows update will NOT install new updates on your computer every day at 03:00 .... Windows Update will only install updates when you tell it to do that.
I have the exact same settings.
I have never used System Restore on my computer.
I am running Windows 7.
I consistently hide updates that result in nags for me to install Windows 10 and updates that result in data about my computer being send back to Microsoft without my permission (i.e., KB2952664, KB3035583, etc.). KB2952664 is up to revision 15, and KB3035583 is up to revision 6. Each time I see any of those updates in my Important or Optional list, I hide it. Each time a new revision is released, Microsoft unhides the update and puts it back into either the Important or Optional list.
Microsoft needs to honor their customer's choice of hiding an update. If they want/need to inform customers that a hidden update is being re-issued, then they could display a pop-up with a message stating that a hidden update is being re-issued, give a brief description of the reason for re-issue, and give the user a choice of keeping the update hidden or not (with the default set to keeping the update hidden).
I cannot say if this issue (unhiding an update when it is re-issued) is affecting everyone, or just those who have previously hidden specific updates. However, there are many posts in these forums (and on other sites) from users who have experienced this issue ... especially when one chooses to hide updates that either nag one to install Windows 10 or collect and send telemetry data (about ones computer) back to Microsoft (without permission). Microsoft seems very desperate to get those "nag" and "telemetry" updates installed .... regardless of their users wishes to hide those updates.
For a more complete discussion on all of the "nag" and "telemetry" updates that Microsoft has released (for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1), see the October 7, 2015 post on http://www.askwoody.com/
And here is a site that discusses the "telemetry" updates: http://windowssecrets.com/top-story/attempting-to-answer-whether-ms-is-snooping/
Vladimir
When did you last use system restore to restore to an earlier date and time?
