Avoiding the Windows 10 Update Bully with Windows 7 Updates

I reckon they are going to get us all in the end - we seem to be spending as much time avoiding the wretched OS as we do doing things we like doing, but I am sure it will come down to nought and they will get thrie rotten way and worst part will hav eot pay for it.

Ah well there is still the old snail mail and phone I suppose.

I've been using Windows since v3.1 and I'm becoming very flummoxed by all of this GWX silliness. I've decided to uninstall the 12/08/15 updates and once again get rid of the newly propagated GWX folders/files. Then, I will install each of the updates individually, check for the GWX proliferation, and proceed from there. (lather, rinse, repeat). When I was working in this profession, I ate, drank, & slept this stuff, but now it's all just a bother of someone else' making. It is taking way too much time to maintain this system, but W10 seems to be just as big a hemorrhoid. Seriously considering some form of Linux (which I've worked with) as an alternative in the future.

KB3035583 just showed up yesterday morning all by itself in WU as an important update. Of course I hid it and it shows in the hidden list as recommended.

Yes, I have the recommended box checked. WU listed 5583 as an important update. Are you saying that all updates will show up as important if the recommended box is checked. In the past, I've had updates listed both ways in an update list in WU.

derekimo said:

Then it did as you asked it to do, give you recommended updates as important.

Uncheck that box if you don't want that to happen.

No, I'm not saying all updates, just recommended as the sentence states. Optional will stay optional.

Interesting. I thought it meant to notify me of recommended updates, but let me choose whether to download and install them like the important updates. I didn't think recommended updates would be marked as important. Thanks.

I think I'll leave the box checked. Since I really want to know about these potential GWX updates, I treat them as important. Don't want to miss any of them to hide.