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To: ShadowAce; dayglored; TChad

For your Ping lists.

Hat tip to TChad


3 posted on 09/14/2015 1:07:33 PM PDT by CedarDave (Hillary for incarceration not inauguration)
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To: CedarDave; Abby4116; afraidfortherepublic; aft_lizard; AF_Blue; Alas Babylon!; amigatec; ...
More info on the Windows "spying" updates for Win7 and Win8.1 ... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

Thanks to CedarDave for the ping!!

19 posted on 09/14/2015 4:36:02 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: CedarDave
Hat tip to TChad

Thanks. I might as well repost the instructions below from the other thread, with a few changes.

If you do not want Windows 10-related updates on your computer, but are not sure whether or not they are installed, you can let Windows do the searching and uninstalling. The below is for Windows 7.

Start an administrator command prompt (in Programs > Accessories, right-click Command prompt and select "Run as administrator") and enter:

wusa /uninstall /kb:3035583 /norestart

If the update is installed, it will be uninstalled. If the update is not installed, Windows will tell you.

Here are some other reported Windows 10-related updates. They can be uninstalled using the same command. Change ONLY the number in the command line. Keep the colon that precedes the number:

KB3022345, KB3068708, KB3075249, KB3080149

After uninstalling the updates, you are not done. Windows may reinstall the updates automatically unless you take the next step.

In Control Panel > Windows Update, click "Change Settings." Select "Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them." Click OK. Then, if you are online, click "Check for updates."

After the list of updates arrives, look in both the list of important updates and the list of optional updates. If you see KB3035583 or any of the others, right-click each update and select "Hide update." That should block future attempts by Microsoft to install the update.

If you had to uninstall any of the above updates, reboot.

That should do it, though you will still have to ignore occasional prompts to unhide your hidden updates.

With the "let me choose" Windows update setting, you will be responsible for downloading and installing your Windows updates on Patch Tuesday (the second Tuesday of every month) or whenever they appear.


23 posted on 09/14/2015 5:20:18 PM PDT by TChad
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