Hi johnpe!

Your link is helpful, but from 2010 and XP in nature. Here is a link to some more info on ridding yourself of Win10

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/wi...

MrGolem says:
Here is the answer Microsoft does NOT want you to know about. I posted a question and answered my own post with a solution. In the time that has past, I had time to confirm it works.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/wi...

My own second reply offers the cleanup solution to remove what I called a Virus. In the way this upgrade offer was forced on our systems and how much work is needed to remove it, I can find no other word than VIRUS to describe it. Judge by yourselves.

Removing KB3035583 will remove the Icon in the taskbar but Windows will still try to infect your system.

You need to remove KB2952664 (Win7) or KB2976978 (Win8 and 8.1) using the solution in the other link.

Keep in mind, the Icon can be uninstalled from the Control Panel - Programs and Features - View Installed updates and searching for KB3035583 and accept the reboot.

When you come back, then, from DOS (Command line and described in my other post) remove the Updater for your appropriate Windows Version.

Do not despair. On a friend's system I had to run the uninstall command 18 times in a row before I removed ALL the VIRUS files. Once you run the DOS Command and remove 1 instance of the offending file, use the UP ARROW to REPEAT the last command making sure NOT TO REBOOT until ALL the copies are removed. At a certain point you will get a message that the KB is NOT installed, then do the reboot.

Do not forget to Check for Updates again when you have finished and ask to HIDE THESE UPDATES (right-click, Hide), (in Win 8.x do not use the Update App but instead search and use the OLD Windows Update that let's you pick and choose), there also, choose to HIDE the KBs.

Hope this helps.

Jan

Thanks for the update j. CNET can show you how to control windows updates here: http://www.cnet.com/how-to/turn-off-w...

In a word, TANSTAAFL.

One answer: Turn off auto updates. You probably don't need them if you have good virus protection that does NOT come from MSFT (e.g., Avira or Avast.) I haven't run auto updates in over 15 years, and have had only 1 virus problem (and I didn't lose anything but a few hours time.)
The other option is using Linux instead of Windows, which does involve learning a slightly different interface, and giving up some of your favorite programs (although they can still be run in a virtual machine with Win7 and VirtualBox software if you really need them.)
Is your privacy important, or not?