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
    2015-12-23T13:54:53+00:00

    Hi the security update I allow is just the quick scan ,that pops up now and again at the bottom of my screen ,But who's to say they wont start putting unwanted updates into that ,to bypass my blockade ?

    They have also started sending me Emails like : WINDOWS 10 More innovation More devices, MICRSOFT Introducing Microsoft Band 2 (whatever that is ? )I see these as a threat to my computer ,so delete them unread , I just feel they are trying to infiltrate my system any way they can

    Am I getting Paranoid LoL ?

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-12-23T00:27:02+00:00

        I have not allowed a single update since July , I blocked ALL updates...

    Q: Including security-related updates for Win8.1 or...?

    A: No I allow the basic security update that appears about once a month, other than that nothing        

    Very good.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-12-23T00:08:07+00:00

    A law firm is currently soliciting clients for such a suit.  See Woody's site.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-12-23T00:04:39+00:00

    Well, just remember, as heated as this conversation is, the real target of our frustration and anger is Microsoft who has crafted this insanely invasive update tactic and pushed it on all of us. I'm genuinely surprised a class action hasn't been filed against them for this on some level.

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-12-22T23:54:52+00:00

    Well, if you think this thread deserves to be classified with UFO-spotting, then at least we know what universe you're coming from.

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