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
    2016-02-05T22:01:09+00:00

    @Monkey

    Many do not like my occasional interventions in this thread.

    The Luddites were 19th-century English textile workers (or self-employed weavers who feared the end of their trade) who protested against newly developed labour-economizing technologies, primarily between 1811 and 1816. The stocking frames, spinning frames and power looms introduced during the Industrial Revolution threatened to replace them with less-skilled, low-wage labourers, leaving them without work. The Luddite movement culminated in a region-wide rebellion in Northwestern England that required a massive deployment of military force to suppress.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite

    I don't need Wikipedia to instruct me about business and economic history.  Since you're so interested in the subject, look into the subject of how monopolies and near-monopolies behave.  There exists quite a learned literature on that.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-02-05T21:57:40+00:00

    @Monkey57

    A good reasoned contribution that unfortunately will not sit well with many of those posting to this thread.

    That is because the poster has not substantiated what he implies, namely that Win10 is significantly more secure than Win7, where security updates for the latter are kept up to date.

    He is just spreading fear uncertainty and doubt (FUD) about Win7.  Which of course nicely complements all the Polyanna talk about Win10.

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  3. Monkey57 3,535 Reputation points
    2016-02-05T21:10:01+00:00

    The HP Stream 13 is a 32gb device, and its unusually snappy for a low powered device, with its solid state design under win10 (It was originally Win8).  I do use a microSD card with a veracrypt encrypted volume (not full disk encryption) to maintain confidential data (including OneDrive data) and confidential programs.  It is not as powerful as my Surface Pro.  But it is my favorite device to lounge research with, and the only computer that goes onsite.  The Surface Pro (128GB) runs LibreOffice, and emClient for mail.   The Stream 13 has the full version of Office 2016 installed.

    There are many threads where solutions have been found for those wanting to update their solid state low memory devices.  Upgrading these devices are not for everyone.

    http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-update/windows-10-nov-update-1511-build-10586-asks-for/33b905e0-878c-4e18-85b6-eaca33048d5b

    Most of the Win10 upgrading/updating snafus have been addressed by Microsoft, although Mfg of these types of device, generally, do not support the upgrade of their devices.

    N. Mehta upgraded a 16GB device to 10.

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-02-05T20:54:57+00:00

    I agree with these points but they don't help me run a machine or software that doesn't have Windows 10 drivers.

    Some of my machines have Windows 10.

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-02-05T20:44:32+00:00

    Yes, which is why I have Windows 10 on the machines that can, and have software that can, run with it.

    Unfortunately that doesn't apply to all of my machines.

    Windows 10 is not in itself a problem. The problem is that Microsoft has said they are going to compulsorily download the Windows 10 software to all machines. They have not said that they will switch to Windows 10. Nevertheless receiving the files is still a problem. The machines that I have that can't run with Windows 10 only hsve 32gb drives.

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