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
    2015-11-21T16:56:43+00:00

    Exactly!!!W10 is behaving entirly in the Maleware department...it is so obviously an advertising tool and not a good computing tool with the user in mind...besides that it did a lot of nasty things like delete my expensive security program and was unable to pick up about 500Gbytes of videos I had...I was so infuriated I thought of contacting an attorney...and it has insinuated itself to the point even when I change my settings none of the downloads I need can be installed without W10 coming attached....Maleware...thats the only word for it..

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-11-21T16:37:08+00:00

    I had exactly the same misery with W10...I did install it and then uninstalled it immediatly...the whole thing was nothing more than a sleezy advertising pitch...with basic computing buried under a mass of useless and costly apps....and too...it just won't go away...I tried changing my settings for downloading updates but found this ???Maleware...ignores them all and won't let me do any updates unless W10 comes along with it...I'm really pissed off....maleware is just about the name for all this stuff...I don't know what to do...apparently Microsoft doesn't give a ****...

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-11-21T15:02:04+00:00

    Once again,  the only way you can gain control of the Windows Update process is by setting your WU setting to NEVER.

    Then it is up to you when and what updates to apply.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-11-21T13:13:38+00:00

    If you have an HP computer, you might want to check whether you have "HP Support Assistant" set to receive automatic updates. 

    The November 20 Wall Street Journal section “B” has article an entitled, “Microsoft Renews Pitch to Business.”  The article briefly discusses a new project with Hewlett-Packard, including this:

    “The new collaboration with HP Enterprise takes advantage of Windows as a Service, Microsoft’s term for offerings that include automated management of updates to the operating system.  The as-a-service approach will help HP Enterprise’s corporate customers manage software on their computers, said Ajit Moodliar, a Microsoft director of business development.”

    The article refers only to Windows 10 and not earlier versions.

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-11-21T09:15:19+00:00

    I have hidden this update repeatedly; I have changed updates from 'auto' to 'let-me-choose-what to-install'; I have entered registry hacks.

    Microsoft un-hides it; ignores registry entries and ignores my install settings. Today it was installed again (3rd time).  They are relentless and it's infuriating!  I did reserve a copy of Windows 10 and installed, hated it and uninstalled it. I don't want it.

    Until Microsoft can be reigned in, one will have to look for the update and uninstall it every day until the year has passes.

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