Microsoft Starts Collecting User Data from Windows 7 and Windows 8 PCs
"The updates in question are KB3068708, KB3022345, KB3075249, and KB3080149, and you can find their full description in the box after the jump."
"Basically, once you install any or all these updates, Microsoft can start data collection from your Windows 7 or 8.1 computer in the same way it does on Windows 10."
I've managed to uninstall these four updates and then turned off 'automatic updates'. They will keep trying to re-install if you don't turn off automatic up date.
Great idea. That way you can avoid getting patches for any security vulnerabilities, and give your data to some hacker rather than Microsoft.
Find KB3035583, and uninstall it. It has the Win-10 set-up files. The Win-10 nag screen disappeared after I got rid of it, and when it tried to come back, r-click and “hid” it.
You can save this as a batch file, and execute any time you think one of these things have snuck back in...(you either have to "runas" administrator, or run it as an administrative user
echo KB3068708
wusa /uninstall /kb:3068708 /quiet /norestart
echo KB3022345
wusa /uninstall /kb:3022345 /quiet /norestart
echo KB3075249
wusa /uninstall /kb:3075249 /quiet /norestart
echo KB3080149
wusa /uninstall /kb:3080149 /quiet /norestart
echo KB3035583 Win10 Installer
wusa /uninstall /kb:3035583 /quiet /norestart
echo KB3083710
wusa /uninstall /kb:3083710 /quiet /norestart
echo KB2952664
wusa /uninstall /kb:2952664 /quiet /norestart
Bflr.
I turned off the auto-updates feature on Win7 a long while ago, because some upgrades would create problems.
I still notice frequently my Win7 Desktop gets glitchy and I have to do a system restore. It shows that MS has recently installed a ‘critical update’, even though auto-update is OFF.