Update for Windows 7 KB3035583

"Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB3035583)" showed up in
Windows Update on my PC. When I selected "More Information", I get a
Microsoft Web page with the title "Update enables additional
capabilities for Windows Update notifications in Windows 8.1 and Windows
7 SP1". However, there is no description of what those "additional
capabilities" are or how they might benefit me.

Does anyone know what this is about? Is this something that really
benefits Microsoft and not me (as I saw with another recent update that
I rejected)?

--
David E. Ross

Why do we tolerate political leaders who
spend more time belittling hungry children
than they do trying to fix the problem of
hunger? http://mazon.org/

David E. Ross wrote:

"Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB3035583)" showed up in
Windows Update on my PC. When I selected "More Information", I get a
Microsoft Web page with the title "Update enables additional
capabilities for Windows Update notifications in Windows 8.1 and Windows
7 SP1". However, there is no description of what those "additional
capabilities" are or how they might benefit me.

Does anyone know what this is about? Is this something that really
benefits Microsoft and not me (as I saw with another recent update that
I rejected)?

If you search online on that KB article number, you find many articles
(most are copies of the same author's article) mentioning the complete
lack of any description. As per the commonly referenced article, there
is suspicion that it adds features needed for when users update to the
free update to Windows 10.

For now, I refuse to install that update until Microsoft provides more
information about the update. Most times I right-click and select to
hide an update so I'm not nuisanced about it in later "new updates"
notifications. I'll leave this one shown for maybe a month. If no
details are forthcoming from Microsoft about this update, and since it
is an optional update, I'll just hide it.

When visiting their "more info" page, be sure to always use the feedback
form at the bottom to voice your vote on a poor description or other
complaint about their article.

David E. Ross wrote:
"Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB3035583)" showed up in
Windows Update on my PC. When I selected "More Information", I get a
Microsoft Web page with the title "Update enables additional
capabilities for Windows Update notifications in Windows 8.1 and Windows
7 SP1". However, there is no description of what those "additional
capabilities" are or how they might benefit me.

Does anyone know what this is about? Is this something that really
benefits Microsoft and not me (as I saw with another recent update that
I rejected)?


http://www.sevenforums.com/windows-u...ml#post3035831

"Looks like these new functions will be enabled
----------
151 Get Windows 10
152 Get Windows 7 SP1
153 Get Windows 8.1
154 Show &Advertisements
155 Show &Compatibility Report
156 E&xit
157 Install &Now
158 &Version
159 &Help
160 &Reserve your free upgrade
161 Get to know &Windows 10
162 Go to Windows &Update
163 &Check your upgrade status
164 &Unreserve
165 &Get Windows 10
166 &Show reservation information

Looks like they really want Win7 sheep to move to Win10 :-)
Really really.

And it appears MDL has gone underground, with
threads containing "you have to be registered to read this".
So that means a lot of hits in search engines are
no longer going to be available. So if someone
over in MDL figures something out, it's not going
to get to the outside world without someone
like in the above page, copy & pasting it.

Paul

On Wed, 01 Apr 2015 22:58:45 -0400, Paul wrote:
And it appears MDL has gone underground, with
threads containing "you have to be registered to read this".
So that means a lot of hits in search engines are
no longer going to be available. So if someone
over in MDL figures something out, it's not going
to get to the outside world without someone
like in the above page, copy & pasting it.


MDL ?

(Google was no help.)

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...

Stan Brown wrote:

Paul wrote:

And it appears MDL has gone underground

MDL ?

I assume http://www.mydigitallife.info

In message , Paul
writes:
David E. Ross wrote:
[]
Does anyone know what this is about? Is this something that really
benefits Microsoft and not me (as I saw with another recent update that
I rejected)?
[]
"Looks like these new functions will be enabled
----------
151 Get Windows 10
152 Get Windows 7 SP1
153 Get Windows 8.1
[]
The above _implies_ you can't get 7 SP1 without this - izzat so? (IIRR
I've already got SP1. Not on my 7 machine ATM.)
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

He who prides himself on giving what he thinks the public wants is often
creating a fictitious demand for low standards which he will then satisfy.
- Lord Reith

"VanguardLH" wrote in message ...
David E. Ross wrote:

"Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB3035583)" showed up in
Windows Update on my PC. When I selected "More Information", I get a
Microsoft Web page with the title "Update enables additional
capabilities for Windows Update notifications in Windows 8.1 and Windows
7 SP1". However, there is no description of what those "additional
capabilities" are or how they might benefit me.

Does anyone know what this is about? Is this something that really
benefits Microsoft and not me (as I saw with another recent update that
I rejected)?

If you search online on that KB article number, you find many articles
(most are copies of the same author's article) mentioning the complete
lack of any description. As per the commonly referenced article, there
is suspicion that it adds features needed for when users update to the
free update to Windows 10.

For now, I refuse to install that update until Microsoft provides more
information about the update. Most times I right-click and select to
hide an update so I'm not nuisanced about it in later "new updates"
notifications. I'll leave this one shown for maybe a month. If no
details are forthcoming from Microsoft about this update, and since it
is an optional update, I'll just hide it.

When visiting their "more info" page, be sure to always use the feedback
form at the bottom to voice your vote on a poor description or other
complaint about their article.

I never quite understood the continuos update idea. What other product can someone ship with flaws in it that have to be corrected daily?

In message , "Snuffy
\"Hub Cap\" McKinney" writes:
[]
I never quite understood the continuos update idea. What other product
can someone ship with flaws in it that have to be corrected daily?


What other product has large numbers of people constantly trying to find
exploitable holes in it? At least, unlike a car (for which recalls are
occasionally made), you don't have to take it back to the dealer.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Never be led astray onto the path of virtue.

On Thu, 2 Apr 2015 21:53:32 -0700, "Snuffy \"Hub Cap\" McKinney"
wrote:

I never quite understood the continuos update idea. What other product can someone ship with flaws in it that have to be corrected daily?

Virtually all of the Android apps on my phones and tablets get updated
frequently. Not daily, in most cases, but still frequently. As for software
flaws, once you get past a simple "Hello world" program, flaws become
inevitable.

--

Char Jackson

On Fri, 03 Apr 2015 10:20:55 -0500, Char Jackson wrote:

On Thu, 2 Apr 2015 21:53:32 -0700, "Snuffy \"Hub Cap\" McKinney"
wrote:

I never quite understood the continuos update idea. What other product can someone ship with flaws in it that have to be corrected daily?

Virtually all of the Android apps on my phones and tablets get updated
frequently. Not daily, in most cases, but still frequently. As for software
flaws, once you get past a simple "Hello world" program, flaws become
inevitable.

Maybe even for "Hello World" :-)

To tell the truth, if you start an Android project (at least in
Eclipse), you automatically get a Hello world program ready to run - and
ready to modify, of course - so it is more likely to work than if you[1]
had coded it from scratch.

[1] By "you", I mean me :-)

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On Fri, 3 Apr 2015 15:25:14 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
wrote:

On Fri, 03 Apr 2015 10:20:55 -0500, Char Jackson wrote:

On Thu, 2 Apr 2015 21:53:32 -0700, "Snuffy \"Hub Cap\" McKinney"
wrote:

I never quite understood the continuos update idea. What other product can someone ship with flaws in it that have to be corrected daily?

Virtually all of the Android apps on my phones and tablets get updated
frequently. Not daily, in most cases, but still frequently. As for software
flaws, once you get past a simple "Hello world" program, flaws become
inevitable.

Maybe even for "Hello World" :-)

To tell the truth, if you start an Android project (at least in
Eclipse), you automatically get a Hello world program ready to run - and
ready to modify, of course - so it is more likely to work than if you[1]
had coded it from scratch.

[1] By "you", I mean me :-)

Thanks. :-)

--

Char Jackson