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
    2015-10-24T07:29:43+00:00

    Thank you so much, Noel! And do not despair, Vladimir. To see the method in one place, I’ve written it all down at http://blogabissl.blogspot.de/2015/10/direct-url-to-microsoft-community.html. Corrections are welcome, but please write me directly at ******@Joern.De or .com. I like to give solutions, if I can, and avoid people scrolling down lengthy discussions. I hope you let me quote you, Noel. – Fritz

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-10-21T12:26:34+00:00

    Links to entries:

    1. Mark the head of a given discussion message.
    2. Show selected HTML code (Firefox: right click to get pulldown menu).
    3. Visually look for "msgid=" … ", e.g. msgid="8cf5b78a-c203-4101-89bf-f4d08f02368b".
    4. Copy the message id to somewhere for later use...

    Thanks for posting that, Fritz. Two comments:

    1. Once you have the message ID, the most direct link to the message is simply

    http://answers.microsoft.com/message/{msgid}, e.g.

    http://answers.microsoft.com/message/4a994164-0eb2-4b29-89c3-190e3bb0ad75?threadId=e8dc58af-18c4-4ab6-9906-02658b8f402d 2. I cheated there. If the message you want to link to is in the latest 40 posts, click the RSS feed button  on the page and find the post you want to link to. Its heading is the direct link to it, e.g.

    KB3035583 Installing Windows 10 using Windows Update?

    Using IE, right-click on the heading and Copy shortcut will place the direct link on your clipboard.

    This works similarly for whole threads, too:

    http://answers.microsoft.com/thread/e8dc58af-18c4-4ab6-9906-02658b8f402d

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-10-21T10:44:27+00:00

    I must be doing something wrong since I can't see "msgid=" in HTML. I'm not sure about "the head of a given discussion message".

    Is this what you mean? The head

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-10-21T07:51:56+00:00

    Links to entries:

    1. Mark the head of a given discussion message.
    2. Show selected HTML code (Firefox: right click to get pulldown menu).
    3. Visually look for "msgid=" … ", e.g. msgid="8cf5b78a-c203-4101-89bf-f4d08f02368b".
    4. Copy the message id to somewhere for later use.
    5. Go back to the forum entry and grab the URL (includes a page number), e.g. http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/kb3035583-installing-windows-10-using-windows/e8dc58af-18c4-4ab6-9906-02658b8f402d?page=9, save this as well.
    6. Add to this URL "&msgID=" (without the quotes).
    7. Add saved message id, like 8cf5b78a-c203-4101-89bf-f4d08f02368b.
    8. The result should look like this:

    http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/kb3035583-installing-windows-10-using-windows/e8dc58af-18c4-4ab6-9906-02658b8f402d?page=9&msgID=8cf5b78a-c203-4101-89bf-f4d08f02368b

    1. This is the direct link to a given forum entry. Try it. It will show at first the discussion’s first page, and a second later your goal entry. Be sure to have the right page number of the message, or you’ll just wind up at page 1.

       It’s a bit of an effort, but great for quoting a specific entry. – Grüße – Fritz

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-10-21T07:00:33+00:00

    Links to Entries! This discussion has already some 240 entries, 24 pages. When we refer to a given entry we need to address it directly, otherwise the search becomes hopeless. Microsoft’s alert mail "Discussion has a reply" can do that, e.g. http://answers.microsoft.com/message/9138050b-0520-4cbe-8609-0cbe1d2ec0ee?threadId=e8dc58af-18c4-4ab6-9906-02658b8f402d. Can someone please publish (here and elsewhere) a foolproof way to create such an address.

       For example I’d love to see those batch files! Where are they? Please give more links for people who want to try a named (but not given) remedy.

       Canadiantech, do you have a place where the propaganda "updates" are named and shortly explained please. Personally I don’t mind Microsoft spying on me, I just don’t want another Windows than 7. –

       What a waste of time, Microsoft makes us suffer. As bad as tax authorities :–)

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