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KB3035583, the “Get Windows 10” app is re-re-re-released
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AskWoody PlusFebruary 23, 2016 at 3:38 pm #46929On my Windows 7-64 Pro SP1 machine it showed as Optional, however when you clicked on it the text on the right said it was “recommended update” and it was preceded by a yellow star! However, on my system, it shows up in Windows Update as still optional and was NOT pre-checked for install. I made a screen shot.
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GuestFebruary 23, 2016 at 5:02 pm #46940>On my sole surviving Windows 8.1 machine, KB 3035583 appears as optional, unchecked, italicized.
It’s high time to re-evaluate whether you want Windows Updates on your older system(s).
Keep in mind…
This is today’s Microsoft releasing these updates…
They are more aggressive than ever w/regard to pushing you to Win 10.
They have entered a time where they document things more tersely than ever – if at all..
They have decided to push testing onto users (think “rings” and “deferred upgrades”).
Their recent work is mostly application programming; they’re not doing hard-core OS work much.
Tell me again why you would want to invite updates into an older Windows system?
Some very wise people have said, “If it works, don’t fix it.”
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GuestFebruary 23, 2016 at 5:20 pm #46945You leave yourself vulnerable if you don’t patch, lots of software has vulnerabilities, once these vulnerabilities are found the many different companies apply security patches to harden their software. At some point you have to patch if you want to remain protected, just not a good idea to patch right when an update is available unless you know it isn’t going to affect your system in a way other than what the patches are intended to do, to keep you safe.
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GuestFebruary 23, 2016 at 5:44 pm #46951– Win 7×64 Home Premium OEM
KB3035583 appeared this morning U.S. time in my WU list.
– Unchecked
– Optional list
– ItalicizedI’m not sure if this info helps regarding the italicized question, but here’s what I’ve seen with my PC:
My WU setting is “Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them”. That’s been the setting for a long time.
I recently unchecked the setting “Give me recommended updates the same way I receive important updates.”
I began to notice some WU’s italicized after I changed that setting.
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GuestFebruary 23, 2016 at 5:59 pm #46954Yep, I’ve got that pain in the posterior as well. It is showing up as an optional update, unchecked, with the update listed in italics. Shows it as a recommend update. They just don’t get the message, do they??? Come on Microsoft, get your heads out of your posteriors and listen to your customers.
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GuestFebruary 23, 2016 at 6:36 pm #46964UPDATE:
To my last post. On main Windows update window it says I have 1 important update. When I click the 1 important update link, I’m taken to the Important (1) tab (Not optional tab). HOWEVER, the info in column to the right within Windows update says it is a “Recommended Update”. So I guess it is instead a Recommended update in the Important section of Updates.
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GuestFebruary 23, 2016 at 7:29 pm #46970Win-7 Home Premium x64 SP-1
KB3035583 is in Optional updates, unchecked, italicized. I’ve had my Windows Updates set to “Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them” for several years. I’ve always had the “Give me recommended updates the same way I receive important updates” box unchecked. Never paid attention to italicized or not before, so don’t know how long that’s been happening.
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GuestFebruary 23, 2016 at 7:31 pm #46971Six (6) Win7 KB3035583 present in optionals, unchecked, NOT italicized.
Three (3) Win8.1 KB3035583 present in optionals, CHECKED, NOT italicized.
These are Recommended – may not show up if “give me recommended” is unchecked. I still have it checked so I see what’s coming.
Also, on all these computers, I have hidden telemetry, Win Update Client changes, 3035582, 2952664, etc. (maybe why not italicized?)
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AskWoody LoungerFebruary 23, 2016 at 10:58 pm #46981Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64 bits, KB 3035583 does not appear.
Windows 8.1 Pro, 64 bits, KB 3035583 does not appear.
Both are desktop computers.
Both have Windows Update set to check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them. All other update options are unchecked.
Both computers are running latest versions of GWX Control Panel and SpyBot Anti-Beacon, even though I’ve not installed any telemetry or Windows 10 enabling patches up till now, to the best of my knowledge.
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GuestFebruary 24, 2016 at 12:25 am #46982KB 3035583 appears in Windows Update – 24 February 2016
1. Windows 7 Professional SP1, 32-bit
2. Important list
3. Box is unchecked
4. Not italicized
In case it’s of any interest/use, the update size is shown as 526 KB – 612 KB
I have Windows Update turned off; that is, I initiate a check for updates when it’s convenient for me to do so.
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GuestFebruary 24, 2016 at 4:26 am #46991Win 7 Home Premium SP1
Unchecked
Optional
ItalicisedI found this on the TechNet site:
…and the second snip is exactly what I see under the optional tab i.e. Recommended Update (in italics).
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GuestFebruary 24, 2016 at 5:07 am #46993The “Give me recommended updates” option being unchecked is absolutely the reason for the italicized text Woody.
I haven’t seen this mentioned yet so here’s something from the “More information” link for this update that I find a little strange..
Update replacement information:
This update does not replace a previously released update.
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GuestFebruary 24, 2016 at 5:09 am #46994Win8.1 x64, Important, Unchecked, Not italicized.
FWIW: kb2976978, kb3123862, & kb3135449 from 2/9/16 are not installed or hidden on this machine, and still show up checked and important; & a barrage of 13 Optional ‘Update for Windows 8.1 for x64-based Systems’ patches released 2/16/16 remain unchecked and uninstalled as well.
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GuestFebruary 24, 2016 at 5:16 am #46996Running Win 7 Professional SP1.
KB3035583 today appears as Optional Update, unchecked, italics.
On being banished to Hidden Updates, shows there as Recommended.
(I wonder if it is in italics because earlier versions of KB3035583 were already banished by me to Hidden Updates. Today’s MS re-issue appears to have un-banished earlier KB3035583 versions from Hidden Updates, back into the “live” area). -
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AskWoody LoungerFebruary 24, 2016 at 9:00 am #47012This morning on all machines (all 64 bit factory installs–three in place upgrades from Home to Pro: Lenovo, Dell 9100, HP Pav)
Lenovo laptop 8.1 pro main, checked
Dell laptop 7 pro optional, unchecked italic
HP laptop 7 main, unchecked
HP laptop 7 main, unchecked
HP Pav Desktop 7 pro, main, unchecked
Dell 8700 7 pro main, unchecked
Dell 9100 7 pro main, uncheckedAll machines have GWX CP on monior
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GuestFebruary 24, 2016 at 9:01 am #47013All computers mentioned are Win7 Pro SP1 64 bit.
Set to notify but let me choose
Give me recommended uncheckedOn my home computer, it did not show up. Until I checked give me recommended. Then it showed up under optional, unchecked, italicized. And promptly got hidden, again!
On my work computer and several other workstations, it shows under optional, unchecked, italicized.
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GuestFebruary 24, 2016 at 10:31 am #47021With all due respect, you’re no more vulnerable than you have been all along.
These are bugs Microsoft put in in the first place. Who’s to say the patches don’t have more bugs?
And your statement assumes that there are people pushing to find chinks in your armor constantly.
Statements like “you leave yourself vulnerable” border on paranoia.
You might point out that once Microsoft issues a fix, there are crack teams of experts dissecting the fix to find the vulnerabilities they didn’t know about. I would counter by saying, again, keep in mind that without exceptional conditions even these people aren’t all just outside your door all the time.
You make yourself more vulnerable by listening to people who oversimplify and generalize and spread fear, uncertainty, and doubt.
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GuestFebruary 24, 2016 at 11:43 am #47023Woody, a brief followup from yesterday. The laptop (Win 7 x64 Home Premium) has update settings the same as the two desktops running x64 Ultimate. “Important updates” is set to “Check for updates but …” and “Recommended updates” is unchecked.
On all three machines kb3035583 showed up as “Optional”, unchecked, and not italicized.
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GuestFebruary 24, 2016 at 1:22 pm #47026No offense taken. When new security updates are released they patch the known vulnerabilities that have been found, sure there could still be some vulnerabilities. Oses have million lines of code, and we know Microsoft in particular doesn’t distribute a finished product. It isn’t paranoia once an exploit has been found.
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GuestFebruary 24, 2016 at 2:19 pm #47027We’re on or near the same page I think.
I’ve kept up with updates in the past. I do know the advantages of partnering with a firm to derive value.
But this isn’t the same Microsoft. Not at all. Now we have to defend our older OS from activity that only a few years ago would have been considered very much that of a malware author.
Remember PUP? “Potentially Unwanted Program”.
Whatever reason we hundreds of millions of Win 7 and 8 users may have for holding back and continuing to run an older OS, it’s not because we’ve accidentally missed the offer!!!
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GuestFebruary 25, 2016 at 3:09 am #47036Pfffff, GWX panel is not how I roll, I have my list of updates that never reach my system. Having said that, the great Satan 3035583 is still not showing up here. Is it because no version of it ever has been installed on any of my computers or is it because I also never installed the “updates” to Windows Update or is it because I’m Finnish, I don’t know. Fact is that it’s not showing and that makes this a great day. I must be doing something right.
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GuestFebruary 25, 2016 at 10:09 am #47037Win 7 Pro 64-bit, was Important Recommended, not checked, un-italicized. Hid it 2 days ago and it remains hidden today. But there are two entries in hidden list, differing only by size. Do other folks see this?
PS: Thanks, Woody, for this valuable service!
From WU Restore hidden updates window:
Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB3035583)
Download size: 721 KB – 820 KB
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Update type: Recommendedand
Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB3035583)
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GuestFebruary 26, 2016 at 4:25 am #47040Oh CRAP, Satan’s back… Blehhh.. Then again, I have noticed it’s quite satisfying to catch and disable this malware myself, no antivirus programs involved. Thank you Microsoft for making the little guy feel a bit special. So keep on sending shady updates my way, I have all the time and patience in the world. You’re the one who looks ridiculous with your DESPERATE bullying. Windows 10 is garbage. All of it.
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AskWoody PlusFebruary 26, 2016 at 10:40 am #47043On my Windows 8.1 64-bit machine, KB 3035583 appears as optional (Recommended), unchecked, italicized. If I had Recommended updates checked (‘Give me recommended updates the same way I receive important updates’), KB 3035583 would be checked. Glad I turned that off in January!
Bought a refurbished Windows 10 64-bit, currently updated to 22H2. Have broke the AC adapter cord going to the 8.1 machine, but before that, coaxed it into charging. Need to buy new adapter if wish to continue using it.
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GuestMarch 23, 2016 at 7:37 pm #47044KB 3035583 just showed up again today – after I have hidden it many many times. I installed the GWX control panel yesterday and have updates on manual.
windows 7
optional
not checked
italicsI have never seen italics before in updates.
I have been downloading and choosing manually since the first time windows 10 downloaded on my machine.
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