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
    2015-10-18T23:09:05+00:00

    You are absolutely correct.  I agree with you. I was simply explaining how to protect your computer from Microsoft re-making your computer (your investment) in the image they choose.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-10-18T22:50:21+00:00

    You write:

    "Many of those updates will appear and re-appear.  That will not stop, and there is no way to stop them."

    That seems to be true.  All they have to do is reissue the update in a new version.  Which is the point of my post.

    You write:

    "Simply hide them again.  As long as you hide them, they will not be installed." 

    OK, I know that, but it's still worth reporting that MS keeps reintroducing the same malware.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-10-18T21:58:42+00:00

    Please re-read my instructions carefully.  Many of those updates will appear and re-appear.  That will not stop, and there is no way to stop them.  That is why you set the WU setting to Never.  Then, I recommend you do WU manually once per month, where they will appear again.  Simply hide them again.  As long as you hide them, they will not be installed.  Doing this monthly, means you will only have to do this once a month.  Read www.askwoody.com each month first to find out which ones to hide.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-10-18T21:39:14+00:00

    They're baaaaack...

    I hid KB3035583 and KB 3083324 on Wednesday.  When I checked for updates again today, they reappeared on one of my two desktop computers.

    On Friday, KB2952664 appeared again even though I had hidden it on Wednesday.

    Everything I have hidden has been previously uninstalled.

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-10-18T06:53:46+00:00

    Fake the »updates«? Is there no way to locally make Microsoft believe that the Win10-»updates« are installed, instead there are just dummies? Probably because of all the digital signatures that won’t work, but what do you think, experts?

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