About MS Windows 10 ------------------- and what dangerous shit it is. 20141023 http://9gag.com/gag/a7K1Dom Finally fixed. 20150519 From Jim Stone site: Windows 10 John wrote: Dear Jim, May God Bless you for all you do. PLEASE take a look at this issue of Windows 10. They are rolling it out as a SERVICE, not an app, meaning the OS remains under their total control. They will force feed anything they want on it and remove anything from it at anytime. They state this in their press releases. You will not be able to decline any "update". They can even come into your machine and change the desktop. They state as much quite openly. http://www.windows10update.com/windows-10-will-be-run-and-supported-as-a-service/ The user pays for access, nothing else. The machine we use can be altered by Microsoft at anytime in anyway. It all belongs to them to do as they wish. This means it becomes like TV. The way I read THIS IS the Matrix. It has come. Once the older operating systems, Windos XP, 7 and even 8 become unusable in about five to six years we will have nothing. Every machine running Windows 10 will be under central remote control. Am I wrong? I am afraid I am not. Will other alternatives be there? Will we all have to go to Linux to keep some control of our internet and out machines? Not being very IT-savy I cannot say. PLEASE Jim look at this issue and give your insight. Your knowledge may help us all prepare for what is coming. My comment: No better way to soak the public. Charge them year after year!. I won't even run windows 8. This is definitely one to watch out for, Hmm, I AGREE, because I might be able to make it backfire. Microsoft should do this provided I don't have to pay for it as an up front cost on a new PC so I can just wipe it without losing $100 I was forced to pay to Microsoft with every PC purchase I ever made prior and then I can ditch them without being extorted and RUN A REAL OS! As it is right now, Microsoft is running market leverage to steal from everyone who buys a new PC, Microsoft forces manufacturers to not put any operating system other than Windows on anything they have because if they do, Microsoft won't allow them to put anything Microsoft on other products. Microsoft is ALL OR NOTHING. TALK ABOUT A SCAM, I just hate Bill Gates. The vast majority of the public is totally unaware of the Microsoft tyranny. Go ahead. Make Windows 10 a service. Just don't force me to pay for a service I choose not to use when I buy hardware, that way I will get the hardware cheaper! If you ever wondered why you can't buy a computer at Wal Mart for $100 cheaper than the windows machine because it has FREE LINUX installed instead, it is simply because Microsoft has engaged in dirty business practices for DECADES to prevent this from happening. Filthy dirty rotten SCUM. Perfectly "legitimized" theft, I'd never run Windows EVER if the machine came working just fine with something else. Microsoft products are for idiotic office managers and IT departments who are blind about the fact that something real exists that could drop the bottom line into the black by tens of thousands with NO COMPROMISE AT ALL, and TONS of improvements to boot!. ------------------------------ 20150603 JS How to get rid of the windows 10 upgrade thingy from your task bar Can I remove it? Yes, just as you would any other update - Control Panel -> Programs and Features -> Uninstall an update -> look for "KB3035583". ------------------------------- 20150602 http://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/so-who's-taking-the-windows-10-plunge/ 20150730 http://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/windows-10-incompatibilities-for-eevblog-fans/30/ 20150805 http://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/windows-10/ https://edri.org/microsofts-new-small-print-how-your-personal-data-abused/ Microsoft’s new small print – how your personal data is (ab)used By Heini Järvinen Quote Microsoft has renewed its Privacy Policy and Service Agreement. The new services agreement goes into effect on 1 August 2015, only a couple of days after the launch of the Windows 10 operating system on 29 July. ... Summing up these 45 pages, one can say that Microsoft basically grants itself very broad rights to collect everything you do, say and write with and on your devices in order to sell more targeted advertising or to sell your data to third parties. The company appears to be granting itself the right to share your data either with your consent “or as necessary”. ... “We will access, disclose and preserve personal data, including your content (such as the content of your emails, other private communications or files in private folders), when we have a good faith belief that doing so is necessary to”, for example, “protect their customers” or “enforce the terms governing the use of the services”. Why does anyone even entertain the idea that Microsoft can be trusted? At no point in their entire history could they be trusted, and they are not going to change. 20150802 http://www.rt.com/usa/311304-new-windows-privacy-issues/ ‘Incredibly intrusive’: Windows 10 spies on you by default 20150803 http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-08-02/surveillance-state-goes-mainstream-windows-10-watching-logging-everything The Surveillance State Goes Mainstream: Windows 10 Is Watching (& Logging) Everything 20150806 http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2015/08/05/windows-10-charging/ Windows 10 Starts Charging For Missing Features Microsoft states Windows DVD Player will only be "free for a limited time" but doesn't say how long this will be. Even the player’s FAQ simply says "The timing has not been finalized yet. It will end at or before the free Windows 10 upgrade offer." Great. After that unspecified time Microsoft will charge a hefty $14.99 for Windows DVD Player, a ludicrous decision when far more powerful and accomplished players like VLC are free. What’s more, even if you grab Windows DVD Player for free now, you may have to pay for it later. 20150811 http://www.computerworld.com/article/2968288/microsoft-windows/windows-10-makes-diagnostic-data-collection-compulsory.html Windows 10 makes diagnostic data collection compulsory Microsoft has expanded its diagnostic data collection with Windows 10, making mandatory what had been a voluntary telemetry program. Windows 10 includes a telemetry and diagnostics service that cannot be fully disabled. In earlier editions of the OS -- including Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 -- Microsoft's data gathering was optional. Users had to agree to join the "Customer Experience Improvement Program," or CEIP, for telemetry to be collected and sent to the Redmond, Wash. company from those operating systems. And if users changed their mind, they could stop it. 20150813 http://localghost.org/posts/a-traffic-analysis-of-windows-10 A Traffic Analysis of Windows 10 Some Czech guy did a traffic analysis of data produced by Windows 10, and released his findings the other day. His primary thesis was that Windows 10 acts more like a terminal than an operating system -- because of the extent of the "cloud" integration, a large portion of the OS functions are almost dependant on remote (Microsoft's) servers. The amount of collected information, even with strict privacy settings, is quite alarming. http://aeronet.cz/news/analyza-windows-10-ve-svem-principu-jde-o-pouhy-terminal-na-sber-informaci-o-uzivateli-jeho-prstech-ocich-a-hlasu/ 20150813 http://www.rt.com/politics/312172-windows-10-service-agreement-stirs/ Windows 10 service agreement stirs espionage fears in Russian Communists In his letter, the politician claims that the end-user service agreement distributed with Windows 10 reads that the operating system (OS) will collect and store users’ web history, access points, passwords and other personal data, including physical location, emails and other messages and information about phone calls. Microsoft also reserves the right to share this data with special services, use it in research, publish or use it in any other way it sees fit. However, current Russian law demands that such gathering and processing of personal information is only permissible by companies included in the National Register of Personal Data Operators, Solovyov noted. As Microsoft is not included on this register, the distribution of Windows 10 on Russian territory becomes illegal, he wrote. 20150813 http://olylug.org/ http://olylug.org/2015/08/11/windows-10-sucks/ OLYMPIA LINUX USERS GROUP - We Help Others Use Linux ~ 360-292-7777 20150814 http://investmentwatchblog.com/even-when-told-not-to-windows-10-just-cant-stop-talking-to-microsoft/ Even when told not to, Windows 10 just can’t stop talking to Microsoft 20150818 http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/computers/fears-windows-10-will-blow-data-caps-20150817-gj0i98.html Fears Windows 10 will blow data caps Consumer groups have slammed Microsoft for its policy of forced updates for Windows 10, which is hitting customers in remote locations with massive bill shocks by blowing out their data caps. But they warn bill shock may affect many more customers, regardless of where they are located. And, with many customers yet to receive their monthly internet bills, the full extent of the problem may not yet be apparent. Maureen Hilyard, an internet user in the Cook Islands, an autonomous region associated with New Zealand, claims she faces a bill as much as $NZ600 ($A532) for the month of August, thanks to Windows 10 automatic updates. 20150822 http://arstechnica.co.uk/information-technology/2015/08/microsoft-has-no-plans-to-tell-us-whats-in-windows-patches/ Microsoft has no plans to tell us what’s in Windows patches Each update is a black box, and they're going to stay that way. 20150904 http://www.networkworld.com/article/2977210/microsoft-subnet/windows-10-deactivated-replacing-hardware.html Replacing hardware in your PC? Windows 10 will deactivate The OS does not tolerate hardware changes, according to reports. 20150912 http://www.techworm.net/2015/08/new-windows-788-1-updates-spy-on-you-just-like-windows-10.html New Windows 7/8/8.1 updates spy on you just like Windows 10 Microsoft is pushing KB3075249 and KB3080149 updates for Windows 7/8/8.1 users which can spy on you Windows 10 has been launched and already installed by more than 50 million users worldwide. It is now a known fact that Windows 10 user data is being reported back to Microsoft servers back in Redmond. The jury is still out whether this a good or bad practice but many of Windows 10 Apps like Cortana depend on getting your preferences correct to serve you better. This being the case, many Windows users who are not happy with Windows 10 spying ways and have preferred to stay on with Windows 7/Windows 8 and Window 8.1 as the case might be. For these Windows 7/8/8.1 users there are a few updates which Microsoft has been pushing through last few days. 20151023 How Windows 10 Rewrites OS Architecture: Battle of SKM and IUM [pdf] (alex-ionescu.com) http://www.alex-ionescu.com/blackhat2015.pdf https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10436832 20151101 http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/oct/30/windows-10-automatic-download-windows-7-8-pc-computers Windows 10 will automatically download on to Windows 7 or 8 PCs Company to make Windows 10 a ‘recommended update’ next year, meaning those running updates will have it downloaded and will be prompted to install 20151102 http://investmentwatchblog.com/windows-10-on-default-uses-your-max-upload-bandwidth-for-sharing-updates-to-pcs-on-the-internet/ Windows 10 on default uses your max upload bandwidth for sharing updates to PCs on the internet Submitted by IWB, on October 31st, 2015 I was getting kicked of BF4 servers because my ping was spiking from 50ms to 400+, so i opened the network resource monitor and found out that some svhost.exe service was uploading at my maximum 1mbit upload bandwidth of this adsl (1mbit up/ 24mbit down) connection. At first i thought it was M$ downloading updates for my PC automatically, you cannot control either, but it was the upload bandwidth which it was using this time. So i checked the web and found out that with default options, windows 10 will upload to PCs all over the internet via p2p (similar to torrent). And contrary to what M$ claims, it does not only use a small portion of your max bandwidth but in my case, it was using the max upload, even resulting into losing connection. An EXTREMELY aggressive setting. So here is how you can turn it off http://www.howtogeek.com/224981/how-to-stop-windows-10-from-uploading-updates-to-other-pcs-over-the-internet/ Furthermore, in case you followed one of the many tutorials on how to disable all privacy invading settings like i did, you might find yourself live mail not working anymore. For live mail to work you have to at least have to enable the settings under privacy -> calendar click start -> settings -> privacy -> calendar and enable the options there... Avoid win10 at all cost. It’s a pile of intrusive shit wrapped in some gold coating. It would have been a nice OS but the level of intrusiveness it displays is ridiculous. 20151114 From Jim Stone MICROSOFT IS FORCING VEILED UPDATES ONTO COMPUTERS THAT ARE NOT WEB CONNECTED, COMPUTERS THAT ARE COMPLETELY ISOLATED WITH PHYSICAL LOCKUP, AND THE OPERATING SYSTEMS REMAIN LOOKING NORMAL DESPITE BEING CHANGED. Impossible you say? Well, how about Intel Corevpro technology being used to ram changes onto computers via the always on cell phone connection that ALL Corevpro proccessors have? How about anything Sandy Bridge? How about via wireless networks your AMD system does not even have the password to? DING DING DING AND I HAVE THIS TOTALLY AND IRREVOCABLY DOCUMENTED. Microsoft is ramming what is probably Windows 10 onto ALL COMPUTERS and initiating the updates, even if you have no authorized WIFI connection for a computer that never hits the web. After your operating system has been changed, the GUI remains looking normal if you have updates disabled but in the background, the whole thing is changed. How do I know? Microsoft did this to my never on the web purchased in Latin America LATIN ONLY laptop, and installed a non-latin compatible character set. When this happened, the music directories that had latin songs with incompatible (in English) characters in the titles had the characters show up as stars of david with a question mark in the center of them! THIS IS NOT AN ERROR. THE ONLY WAY THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED IS IF SOMEONE RAMMED CHANGES ONTO THAT COMPUTER, WHICH CANNOT EVEN ACCESS THE WEB AS IS. It has WIFI, yes, and several neighbors show up on WIFI, but ALL neighbors are password protected (as is default in Mexico) and I never once, EVER approved any of those networks to access this laptop, nor did they ever approve my laptop to access their networks. The computer was demoted to a music player that has had the exact same songs on it for an entire year (after I discovered I had passwords that were typed into it stolen instantly, which led to web site problems and hacks) and since then have made no changes to it whatsoever, have plugged no flash drives into it whatsoever and this same computer is NEVER on the web AT ALL. I noticed on the Linux machine that people with Windows machines started sending that star of david character mixed in with the message window messages, (this started about a month ago when the Windows 10 controversy really got going) and I guessed that this new character is part of Windows 10, which Windows 10 substitutes out when it does not know a character, rather than output gobbledygook. But getting these characters in the mail window is easily explained - they came from somewhere else. This is NOT POSSIBLE however on a computer that has not seen the web AT ALL since Windows 10 was released, unless Microsoft back doored their way in via the neighbor's WIFI which I have no permission to access. Additionally I have no WIFI set up at all in this house, it is 100 percent cell modem which should not be able to interface with WIFI at all. The laptop this got onto just sits there like a brick, TOTALLY unused unless for some reason it is started up to play music, which even at that is unusual. It is not a daily thing. However, yesterday I turned it on and forgot to turn it off. It went into "sleep mode" for about five hours. I then started it up and shut it off. Today I started it and went into the music directories, and voila! that new star of david character was mixed into the titles of any song that had latin characters, in place of the latin characters. That computer NEVER HAD THAT CHARACTER BEFORE SHOW UP IN ANYTHING EVER. Additionally, the contents of the music folders were re-arranged, with large song playlists that had been given their own folders dis-assembled completely and dumped into one large folder. DID MICROSOFT TAKE THOSE FILES, MOVE THEM INTO ONE DRIVE WITHOUT MY PERMISSION, AND SCREW UP THEIR ARRANGEMENT? POSSIBLY! RED ALERT: THERE IS NO WAY THIS COULD POSSIBLY HAVE HAPPENED TO THIS SYSTEM, WHICH NEVER GOES ONLINE, HAS NEVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE OR AFTER BEING PERMANENTLY TAKEN OFF THE WEB SO IT IS NOT MALWARE OR A VIRUS, THE ONLY WAY A NEW CHARACTER SET COULD HAVE BEEN LOADED AND FOLDERS SCREWED UP IS IF IT WAS DONE THROUGH A LOCAL WIFI I NEVER ACCESS AND POSSIBLY, BECAUSE OF THE DEFAULT WINDOWS 10 SETTING WHICH LOADS ALL MEDIA TO ONE DRIVE, WINDOWS 10 SCREWED THAT UP WHEN IT INSTALLED. This happened when: 1. There is no internet for this computer. 2. Updates are disabled anyway. 3. Windows installer is disabled as well, so nothing can install, and it has been that way since I bought that computer 3 years ago. 4. The computer was seldom used, (used approximately once a week) which is enough to know it worked fine. 5. Absolutely nothing was installed by me or anyone else, nothing was re-configured, and no memory cards or flash drives had been plugged into it. 6. Absolutely NO ONE used that computer, there were no guests or children that had access to it. When this happened: 1. The character set was changed to an English character set on a Latin computer, because no doubt Windows 10 discovered the computer was used entirely in English with Firefox and other applications installed in English despite being purchased in Latin America. When this was done, anything that was a specifically Latin character now has a star of david in it's place when before it all displayed the way it should. 2. The music folders got messed up with songs not appearing where they should be in folders. Playlists were destroyed. All songs were still on the computer, but they were not in the correct places. This can't happen unless someone or something does it, and WHAT COULD HAVE if the computer is just an offline brick that has worked perfect as an offline brick for a year? 3. The computer looked perfectly normal, as if it had Windows 7 installed on it, as usual. The computer ran the same as usual. It did not get clunky or messed up like it would if Malware took it over, or if it had a virus. But the character set is now different, THIS COMPUTER NEVER HAD AN OPERATING SYSTEM BASED ENGLISH CHARACTER SET ON IT EVER, HOW DID ONE GET ONTO IT? Windows 7 starter never had the option to change languages or character sets out of box AT ALL, how did it suddenly get that ability out of nowhere? YOU GUESS. It sure looks to me like a Windows 10 infected machine will search its WIFI environment for any other totally unsuspecting Microsoft machine and install itself, even if there is no allowed connection in that environment. When it does this, it keeps it all a secret but NOT WITH ME, MICROSOFT, IF YOU ARE GOING TO DO THIS YOU CAN'T HAVE A SYSTEM THAT SCREWS UP AND MAKES IT OBVIOUS! Time to brick that laptop, in concrete. 20151218 http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2015/06/26/free-windows-10-upgrades-danger/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2015/06/26/free-windows-10-upgrades-danger/print/ Windows 10 Upgrades Cannot Be Stopped By: Tian Shan Windows 10 introduces something new and highly unpleasant for its millions of consumers: the complete loss of control. This revelation comes as Microsoft drip feeds nuggets of information ahead of Windows 10’s July 29th release and it is sure to spark anger and frustration as awareness grows. In a nutshell all upgraders to Windows 10 Home and Windows 10 Pro (whether free or paid) will be forced to install every feature, patch and fix Microsoft throws at them or have their security updates cut off. http://ultimateoutsider.com/downloads/ GWX Control Panel (formerly GWX Stopper) This is a free tool that can remove and disable the 'Get Windows 10' notification area icon on Windows 7 and Windows 8. Newer versions can also disable 'Upgrade to Windows 10' behavior in the Windows Update control panel. See the user guide at the Ultimate Outsider blog. You can still download GWX Control Panel as a standalone executable if you don't like installers. Please see the "GWX CONTROL PANEL RELEASE NOTES" section at the user guide for MD5 and SHA-1 checksums of all official releases. http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsofts-latest-windows-10-nag-screen-upgrade-now-or-upgrade-tonight/?tag=nl.e539&s_cid=e539&ttag=e539&ftag=TRE17cfd61 Microsoft's latest Windows 10 nag screen: Upgrade now, or upgrade tonight Microsoft is at it again with the Windows 10 upgrade nag screens, with the latest one giving users of Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 the option to "upgrade now" or "upgrade tonight." WRH: Spying issues aside, Microsoft is still refusing to guarantee that the software running on Windows 7 and 8 will run on Windows 10! 20151220 http://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/windows-is-getting-disgusting/ http://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/windows-is-getting-disgusting/?all Quite a few people getting fed up with Microsoft 20151230 https://theintercept.com/2015/12/28/recently-bought-a-windows-computer-microsoft-probably-has-your-encryption-key/ RECENTLY BOUGHT A WINDOWS COMPUTER? MICROSOFT PROBABLY HAS YOUR ENCRYPTION KEY One of the excellent features of new Windows devices is that disk encryption is built-in and turned on by default, protecting your data in case your device is lost or stolen. But what is less well-known is that, if you are like most users and login to Windows 10 using your Microsoft account, your computer automatically uploaded a copy of your recovery key – which can be used to unlock your encrypted disk – to Microsoft’s servers, probably without your knowledge and without an option to opt-out. 20160104 Tyranny: Windows 10 Sends Your Encryption Key to Evil Microsoft Even With Privacy On http://investmentwatchblog.com/tyranny-windows-10-sends-your-encryption-key-to-evil-microsoft-even-with-privacy-on/ 20160113 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/01/12/microsofts_get_windows_10_nagware_is_showing_signs_of_sentience/ Microsoft’s Get Windows 10 nagware shows signs of sentience Windows 7 and 8 installations are finding new ways to re-enable Microsoft’s intrusive “Get Windows 10” nagware, even when users disable it. An additional background process has been detected that resets the Registry’s AllowOSUpgrade flag twice a day. Prophylactic measures taken by users to disable the nagware – such as these – therefore have limited use. The additional process has only been found by some users, and appears to arrive in a modified version of the KB patch which unleashes GWX. 20160119 http://investmentwatchblog.com/all-new-cpus-will-require-windows-10/ ALL New CPUs Will Require Windows 10 20160204 http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/windows-10-upgrade-1.3430469 Windows 10 is now a 'recommended update' that starts automatically Operating system upgrade will download automatically if automatic updates are turned on 20160224 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/windows-10-updates-forcing-pcs-use-microsoft-products-default-you-cant-change-it-back-1545344 Windows 10 updates forcing PCs to use Microsoft products on default - and you can't change it back It seems that the saga of Windows 10 problems is never-ending – users are now reporting that the latest Windows 10 update automatically switches a user's chosen programs over to Microsoft alternatives without permission, and users can't reset the defaults back to the programs they want to use. If you're a windows user, you probably have certain programs that you prefer to use. For example, you might prefer to use the Google Chrome web browser over Firefox to surf the web, or you might be using a photo editing program like IrfanView or Adobe Photoshop, or you might be opening all video files using VLC. Unfortunately, that's not going to be possible if your computer has downloaded the forced cumulative update KB3135173 that was pushed out between 15-21 February, which is causing users' default programs to revert back to Microsoft alternatives, such as Chrome reverting back to Edge, or IrfanView reverting back to the Microsoft Photos app. 20160226 http://consumerist.com/2016/02/24/windows-10-users-start-seeing-full-screen-ads-on-their-screen-savers/ Windows 10 Users Start Seeing Full-Screen Ads As Screen Savers Just because you don’t have to lay out money for software, that doesn’t necessarily make it “free.” In the last few days, users of Windows 10 have noticed full-screen ads on their lock screen if they happen to be using “Windows Spotlight” to put pretty pictures there. Fortunately, you can banish the ads from your screen, without even having to pay. 20160305 http://techfrag.com/2016/03/04/windows-10-latest-update-may-remove-programs-without-asking-you/ Windows 10 Latest Update May Remove Programs Without Asking You Microsoft’s first major update to Windows 10 may remove your programs without notifying you. Yes, that’s true. Some people who installed the big November update noticed that a couple of their apps have gone missing after they rebooted. Many Windows 10 users on Reddit reported a variety of programs, including the popular Speccy, CPU-Z, HWMonitor, and CCleaner software, were being silently removed from their systems. Some claimed the update deleted hardware drivers like Intel Rapid Storage Technology and AMD Catalyst Control Center, too. 20160310 http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/04/microsoft-monopolise-pc-games-development-epic-games-gears-of-war Microsoft wants to monopolise games development on PC. We must fight it With its new Universal Windows Platform (UWP) initiative, Microsoft has built a closed platform-within-a-platform into Windows 10, as the first apparent step towards locking down the consumer PC ecosystem and monopolising app distribution and commerce. In my view, this is the most aggressive move Microsoft has ever made. While the company has been convicted of violating antitrust law in the past, its wrongful actions were limited to fights with specific competitors and contracts with certain PC manufacturers. This isn’t like that. Here, Microsoft is moving against the entire PC industry – including consumers (and gamers in particular), software developers such as Epic Games, publishers like EA and Activision, and distributors like Valve and Good Old Games. 20160314 http://www.computerworld.com/article/3030564/microsoft-windows/microsoft-uses-the-force-you-will-upgrade-to-windows-10.html 20160331 https://www.grc.com/never10.htm Never 10 In July of 2015, responding to the significant user backlash, Microsoft added features to its Windows Update facility which allow it to be configured, on a machine-by-machine basis, to not forcibly upgrade qualifying Windows 7 and 8.1 operating systems to Windows 10. However, Microsoft did not make this configuration simple. It requires the use of the group policy editor (which is not present in some qualifying systems) and/or the system registry. In other words, they created some deep internal configuration options but chose not to provide a simple user-interface to give their users the choice. “Never10” provides that choice. 20160506 http://windowsitpro.com/windows-10/kb3035583-disables-windows-10-upgrade-blocking KB3035583 Disables Windows 10 Upgrade Blocking? Reports are rolling in today about KB3035583, which was recently reclassified in WSUS as Important. Administrators who have gone through the manual pains of blocking the Windows 10 upgrade for Windows 7 computers are finding that this newly rebrandished update is erasing those efforts. This change is being reported for both non-domain and domain-joined PCs. As reported, after the update is installed, the Windows 10 Upgrade icon starts showing back up in the Windows 7 system tray. If you notice this happening, you can reapply the registry modifications to continue to block the upgrade and they should work 20160507 http://betanews.com/2016/05/05/asus-secure-boot-windows-7-update/ Now Microsoft is breaking Windows 7 to get users to upgrade to Windows 10 Microsoft has made a change to an update for Windows 7 that can prevent certain systems from booting. While you might expect me to say, "good news, the software giant has fixed the problem", in fact what Microsoft has done is switch the update from "optional", to "recommended". So, on some systems, it will now install, and break Windows 7 automatically. There is good news though, and that’s you can solve the problem and get your computer working again by (can you guess?) upgrading to Windows 10. Hooray!