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KB3035583 Installing Windows 10 using Windows Update?
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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Anonymous
2015-11-18T16:31:42+00:00 It appears that this episode has a parallel in what Adobe has done to trusty old Adobe Reader:
Thanks for this info wdburt1. After reading those two threads, I checked my vs of Adobe Reader and it's 11.0.13.17 and don't see the Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. I received notice from Adobe that a Reader update was available within the last 2 months but declined it. After reviewing it on their site I saw it was the DC/Cloud and didn't update.
Since I don't use a PDF reader often, I installed Sumatra from Filehippo. Compared to Adobe Reader @185MB, Sumatra is 10.6 MB installed.
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Anonymous
2015-11-17T12:28:42+00:00 Reader XI is also available here:
http://get.adobe.com/reader/enterprise/
Even though the page title refers to Acrobat Reader DC, go through the three check boxes and you will find that Reader 11.0.10 is one of the options.
There is also the 11.0.12 update, which requires you the have another version of Reader XI on the computer:
https://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=5933
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Anonymous
2015-11-16T23:49:30+00:00 Thanks. After searching, I can say it's not easy to find a way to reverse the DC update, as I found out.
It will be of interest that Reader XI will be supported until 2017, if you can figure out a way to avoid having the update process install DC. Sound familiar?
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Anonymous
2015-11-16T23:20:09+00:00 Thanks for the heads up. I already have Reader set for no updates.
You can still get 11 at: http://filehippo.com/download_adobe_reader/