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KB 3102810 - Improvements to the New Update client provided by KB3083710

KB 3083710 - New Update Client for Windows 7. No further details about it. (It is suspected this new client downloads other updates in this list in the background without any consent or notice of doing so.)


Just shows how persistent M$ are being in forcing Windoze10 down the throats of the unsuspecting.

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

KB3083710 is an improvement on KB3065987
KB3083711 is an improvement on KB3065988

Although KB3065987/-88 installs the Windows 10 telemetry add-on Diagnostic Tracker service (DiagTrack) as well, this can be uninstalled by doing:
Run CMD as Administrator, then in the CMD window type:
sc stop DiagTrack
sc delete DiagTrack

Why not uninstall KB3065987 and be done with it? Because this update adds the group policy/registry injection that adds an option in Windows through with you can tell Windows never to upgrade to a newer version of itself. It will add this in Local Group Policy Editor, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, Windows Update, change the State on Turn off the upgrade to the latest version of Windows through Windows Update to Enabled.

Because the Group Policy Editor is only available on Windows Pro, Ultimate and Enterprise versions, people with the Home and Basic versions of Windows can add this option through the registry. In this case, run regedit.exe as administrator, then navigate to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate, if this key isn't available, add it.
Then add a DWORD value DisableOSUpgrade = 1 into that key, and exit regedit.

KB3083710 and -11 are an improvement on adding the key to the group policy editor, so in essence these updates are good ones. If you do not want Windows 10, and you don't want to worry about all the updates through Windows Update, you can install these and set the 'turn off the upgrade' option to enabled and be done with it.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3102810 tells you that it's a fix for Installing and searching for updates is slow and high CPU usage occurs in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. The file information shows it's only updates to the Windows Update executables and libraries themselves.

There is really no need to unnecessarily scare people about these things.

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For those that use OneDrive Cloud storage, pay heed. http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/microsoft-places-severe-limits-on-unlimited-onedrive-storage.html

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I don't buy computers, I build them!!

I had serious problems with Windows Update in W10 (I used O&O Shutup to disable automatic updates, but even when I turned the options back on in O&O I got errors when trying to check for updates), that's why I'm back at 8.1 now on my lappy.

Bye bye W10, it was nice, but I like to decide myself when and if I do any updates.

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NSA Partner in Crime? Microsoft Admits Windows 10 Auto-Spying Can’t Be Disabled.

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EVIL!

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Greetings,

Gotta question about Window$ 10: The other half is using it and every time it boots up it pops up an error message stating: "Failed to initial environment" Yes, that is word for word. :| Any clues? Has anyone else seen this error? Is there a fix?

Keep on BOINCing...! :)

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CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\//
Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker
"Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath

Greetings,

Gotta question about Window$ 10: The other half is using it and every time it boots up it pops up an error message stating: "Failed to initial environment" Yes, that is word for word. :| Any clues? Has anyone else seen this error? Is there a fix?

I have seen it, not lately, but I thought is said "initialize". I did nothing about it and it went away after a short time.

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SETI@home classic workunits 4,019
SETI@home classic CPU time 34,348 hours

I've done some Googling and it seems that is a pretty unique error, belonging to programming that was not native to English. Seems to only exist with Asus motherboard software.

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Linux laptop:
record uptime: 1511d 20h 19m (ended due to the power brick giving-up)

Just got this heads up email from the IT Systems manager at my old company...no surprise......

Watch out for this KB Update: KB 3097877
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-update/update-kb3097877-crash/834568aa-4d5e-4a54-83ed-aab05d62cd06?auth=1
Outlook 2010 and Up Crashes.
We had to Uninstall this KB on Several PC’s today, From Tues 11/11/15 Tues MS Update.

Outlook would Start, then APPCRASH on outlook.exe

Just a Heads Up.
‘Thanks Microsoft’ for Checking out your Tues Patches!!!... Right.

R. S.
DWF Information Services

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"Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)>

Patch Tuesday
Tullio

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Greetings,

Gotta question about Window$ 10: The other half is using it and every time it boots up it pops up an error message stating: "Failed to initial environment" Yes, that is word for word. :| Any clues? Has anyone else seen this error? Is there a fix?

I have seen it, not lately, but I thought is said "initialize". I did nothing about it and it went away after a short time.

Greetings Bill,

Thanks for the info. The message I saw was exactly as I typed it above. Go figure. :\

Keep on BOINCing...! :)

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CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\//
Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker
"Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath

I've done some Googling and it seems that is a pretty unique error, belonging to programming that was not native to English. Seems to only exist with Asus motherboard software.

Greetings Ocean,

Thanks for the info. I do build with only ASUS motherboards. Bill G. says he saw it and did nothing and it hasn't shown back up. We will ignore it for now too. If it persists, I'll research it a bit further. :)

Keep on BOINCing...! :)

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CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\//
Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker
"Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath

Greetings,

Gotta question about Window$ 10: The other half is using it and every time it boots up it pops up an error message stating: "Failed to initial environment" Yes, that is word for word. :| Any clues? Has anyone else seen this error? Is there a fix?

I have seen it, not lately, but I thought is said "initialize". I did nothing about it and it went away after a short time.

Greetings Bill,

Thanks for the info. The message I saw was exactly as I typed it above. Go figure. :\

Keep on BOINCing...! :)

I probably just read it incorrect and did the assume thing........

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SETI@home classic workunits 4,019
SETI@home classic CPU time 34,348 hours

Win 10$spyware has announced its' first big update. http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/windows-10-pending-its-first-big-update.html

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I don't buy computers, I build them!!

A plug for the Windoze nay sayers! I recently purchased a Lumia 640. Excellent phone! I can't complain about it a bit. Unbelievable battery life.

DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, DOWNLOAD WINDOZE PHONE 10! Downloaded an app that will restore it to Win 8 or 8.1, really don't care at this point.

Upon installing the Windoze Phone 10 update (pushed from AT&T I suppose) I lost all PC connectivity; usb, Bluetooth... I couldn't add or remove any files. Unbelievable...or not....

If the reset app works I'll give an update.

Otherwise, my Win 10 PC is really working well. All "spyware" turned off.

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A plug for the Windoze nay sayers! I recently purchased a Lumia 640. Excellent phone! I can't complain about it a bit. Unbelievable battery life.

DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, DOWNLOAD WINDOZE PHONE 10! Downloaded an app that will restore it to Win 8 or 8.1, really don't care at this point.

Upon installing the Windoze Phone 10 update (pushed from AT&T I suppose) I lost all PC connectivity; usb, Bluetooth... I couldn't add or remove any files. Unbelievable...or not....

If the reset app works I'll give an update.

Otherwise, my Win 10 PC is really working well. All "spyware" turned off.

HA! It worked, back to Windows Phone 8.1.... gonna stay there for a while....

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A plug for the Windoze nay sayers! I recently purchased a Lumia 640. Excellent phone! I can't complain about it a bit. Unbelievable battery life.

DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, DOWNLOAD WINDOZE PHONE 10! Downloaded an app that will restore it to Win 8 or 8.1, really don't care at this point.

Upon installing the Windoze Phone 10 update (pushed from AT&T I suppose) I lost all PC connectivity; usb, Bluetooth... I couldn't add or remove any files. Unbelievable...or not....

If the reset app works I'll give an update.

Otherwise, my Win 10 PC is really working well. All "spyware" turned off.

HA! It worked, back to Windows Phone 8.1.... gonna stay there for a while....

Until AT&T updates your phone again.

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A plug for the Windoze nay sayers! I recently purchased a Lumia 640. Excellent phone! I can't complain about it a bit. Unbelievable battery life.

DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, DOWNLOAD WINDOZE PHONE 10! Downloaded an app that will restore it to Win 8 or 8.1, really don't care at this point.

Upon installing the Windoze Phone 10 update (pushed from AT&T I suppose) I lost all PC connectivity; usb, Bluetooth... I couldn't add or remove any files. Unbelievable...or not....

If the reset app works I'll give an update.

Otherwise, my Win 10 PC is really working well. All "spyware" turned off.

HA! It worked, back to Windows Phone 8.1.... gonna stay there for a while....

Until AT&T updates your phone again.

The update isn't automatic, thankfully....

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A plug for the Windoze nay sayers! I recently purchased a Lumia 640. Excellent phone! I can't complain about it a bit. Unbelievable battery life.

DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, DOWNLOAD WINDOZE PHONE 10! Downloaded an app that will restore it to Win 8 or 8.1, really don't care at this point.

Upon installing the Windoze Phone 10 update (pushed from AT&T I suppose) I lost all PC connectivity; usb, Bluetooth... I couldn't add or remove any files. Unbelievable...or not....

If the reset app works I'll give an update.

Otherwise, my Win 10 PC is really working well. All "spyware" turned off.

HA! It worked, back to Windows Phone 8.1.... gonna stay there for a while....

Until AT&T updates your phone again.

The update isn't automatic, thankfully....

The update on my Galaxy S4 from Jelly Bean to Lollipop wasn't suppose to be, but someone decided that my phone needed updating without my permission.

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