Re: Win 10 worse than a blasted, pushy door to door salesman
Morticia
At the moment you are just accepting updates "willy nilly" from Microsoft, which by definition, means you are putting your faith and trust in them and creating a dependence on them. You have no idea whatsoever about what the updates are that you have allowed, you just hope and trust.
That is your prerogative.
I take a different approach. I don't trust any major conglomerate. I have my lovely Windows 7 and it is mine and I will be keeping it.
Consequently I shall not, under any circumstance, allow Microsoft to replace, upgrade or otherwise bugger up my Windows 7.
Do not believe the lies on the media nor on this forum. No-one HAS to accept Windows 10. Just as no-one can force you to upgrade your car. If you want to run that car for another 10 years that is entirely up to you. Whether or not Microsoft withdraw support for Windows 7 or 8 is entirely irrelevant. Their withdrawal of support won't suddenly make my Windows 7 stop working. It just means there will be no further updates, but that makes no difference to me as I never allow updates anyway.
Take control of your PC Morticia and resolve to be the master not the victim. Turn off Windows updates completely. Live with what you have, because it works well and has done so for ages.
So, disable windows updates (i.e. select NEVER update)
Uninstall the specific update KB3035583
Reboot
Enjoy the silence, enjoy Windows 7/8