KB3035583 Installing Windows 10 using Windows Update?

Question

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.

Answer 1

Hi,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Communities.

Some users received this update, who are participating windows10 insider program.

If you don’t want to receive this kind of updates, please log out from the insider program.

Microsoft will offer a free upgrade to Windows 10 for qualified new or existing Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1 devices that upgrade in the first year!  And even better: once a qualified Windows device is upgraded to Windows 10, Microsoft will continue to keep it up to date for the supported lifetime of the device, keeping it more secure, and introducing new features and functionality over time – for no additional charge.

If you don’t want this upgrade, hide the particular windows update (KB3035583).

Please follow the below steps to hide an update.

1. Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the Windows Update icon.
2. After Windows Updates or you check for updates, click/tap on the .....update(s) is available link.
3. Right click or press and hold on a listed Windows Update that you want to hide, then click/tap on Hide Update.
4. If prompted by UAC, then click/tap on Yes or enter the administrator's password.
5. You will now notice that the now hidden Windows Update is grayed out. Repeat steps 3 and 4 to hide another Windows Update. When done, click/tap on OK. 

Hope it helps.

Answer 2

Hi,

You can right click on the update and select Hide. 

Microsoft's official description: "This update enables additional capabilities for Windows Update notifications when new updates are available to the user. It applies to a computer that is running Windows 8.1 or Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1)"

Windows 10 is a free update for Windows 7 and up Users.  Once the update is released, users have 1 year to update systems to Windows 10.

Answer 3

Some users received this update, who are participating windows10 insider program.

If you don’t want to receive this kind of updates, please log out from the insider program.

No, Vinod Raj P , that's not true.

I - as well as many other Win 7 users - am not participating in windows10 insider program.

Nevertheless KB3035583  appears as an Important update in Windows Update on our machines - just as canadian techhas stated above.

You might want to read: http://www.infoworld.com/article/2907472/operating-systems/windows-10-upgrade-nagware-patch-kb-3035583-now-marked-important-on-some-win7-pcs.html#tk.rss_all

Cheers,

J

Answer 4

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?

   • HOW TO Hide an Update...

     http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/24376-windows-update-hide-restore-hidden-updates.html

   • HOW TO Remove an update

     http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/remove-update

   • HOW TO Remove “Upgrade To Windows 10 Technical Preview” message from Win7/Win8 computers

     http://www.intowindows.com/remove-upgrade-to-windows-10-message-from-windows-78/ 

   • HOW TO Reinstall or Restore your original Windows installation after installing Windows 10 Technical Preview 

     http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/wiki/insider_wintp-insider_install/how-to-reinstall-or-restore-your-original-windows/b6649955-f8d3-4c0c-94ca-e4a5b5e06c60