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GWX.exe: Get Windows 10 - Terrible Microsoft

1-Jun-15 2:50

Oh yes! Obligatory Dilbert[^]

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

newton.saber1-Jun-15 1:58

1-Jun-15 1:58

I saw a process I had never seen running on my PC called GWX.exe.
I googled and found two articles that explain the adware that microsoft seems to have installed via Windows Update. That is way too much, Microsoft. Way!

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-security/suspicious-new-folder-windirsystem32gwx/e3661a2f-93f5-4d7c-a83f-2fcc25ed7ac2[^]
You'll also see a suspicious folder related to the process at:
C:\Windows\System32\GWX

http://www.infoworld.com/article/2903005/operating-systems/what-we-don-t-know-about-mystery-windows-patch-kb-3035583.html#tk.rss_all[^]

Griff also mentions this so I guess it is driving everyone crazy.
http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/5067124/Oh-gawd-its-started.aspx[^]

EDIT: FYI --- Successful uninstall of the offending KB3035583
http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/5067374/Re-GWX-exe-Get-Windows-Terrible-Microsoft.aspx[^]

modified 1-Jun-15 8:52am.

CHill601-Jun-15 2:22

CHill60

1-Jun-15 2:22

Two elephanting instances of it when I just checked!

No wonder my system has been acting up.

*Reaches for the Domestos*

newton.saber1-Jun-15 2:27

1-Jun-15 2:27

I've just uninstalled update KB3035583 and I'm happy to report GWX.exe and the window in the tray are gone.
Yes, it takes a reboot. argh!!
Why didn't MS provide a simple uninstall?
You have to go to windows updates...find KB3035583 and all that.
The poor helpless user will not even know.

IMPORTANT

While typing this message Windows Update popped up and told me there is :
1 important update.

You got it, KB3035583. Terrible. Dead | X|

It is marked as update for Win x64. Nothing else. Mad | :mad:

OriginalGriff1-Jun-15 2:44

1-Jun-15 2:44

Even more annoyingly, if you do click on the windows flag and register...it doesn't go away. D'Oh! | :doh:

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

newton.saber1-Jun-15 2:50

1-Jun-15 2:50

Man, this thing is honestly terrible.

I went ahead and right-clicked the update and said "ignore" so I am no longer bothered by it.
Can't believe MS decided to be that intrusive.
Who owns this computer I work on anyway?
"...the rights to use Microsoft Windows..." I know I don't actually own the software just the license to use it. They can do whatever they want to me. Confused | :confused:

THIS IS THE YEAR OF THE LINUX DESKTOP!!! Big Grin | :-D

glennPattonWork31-Jun-15 2:23

glennPattonWork3

1-Jun-15 2:23

Microsoft are in danger of 'peaing' off the people who made it number one, since Gates left & Ballamer (?) took over they have been focused on trying to get the trendy web based Apple using crowd (no offense!) crowd to jump ship over to Windows which is why we have the cluster elephant of Win 8 & Win 8.1. The PC is a work machine, it does work, not a life style like Apple. That is why XP is still hanging around (personally I would still be using it, but my XP PC died! Sigh | :sigh:

)

Do not escape reality : improve reality !

Rage1-Jun-15 2:27

Rage

1-Jun-15 2:27

Add to it that the Windows update that turned that f***ing thing on completely f***ed upmy father's computer. I tried about anything, but the package won't install for an obscure reason but also cannot be ignored, so it tried to install it, fails and reboot-deinstall it at every startup of the PC. Sigh | :sigh:

All that for installing this GWX.exe, which is assumed a critical update package by Windows OMG | :OMG:

Aaaarghhh !

HobbyProggy1-Jun-15 2:28

HobbyProggy

1-Jun-15 2:28

Already told you about this issue here[^]

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DaveX861-Jun-15 3:52

DaveX86

1-Jun-15 3:52

Thanks for the heads up. I don't automatically install updates so I was able to look it up in the list and do the 'hide update' thing.

newton.saber1-Jun-15 5:35

Anyone installed the Google Search App on 8.1?

1-Jun-15 5:35

Glad to help.

OriginalGriff1-Jun-15 0:45

1-Jun-15 0:45

If so, did it disable shortcuts to 32bit versions of Chrome?
I've got a friends mothers lappie here and it looks like that's what happened... most odd.

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter1-Jun-15 0:53

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

1-Jun-15 0:53

What 8.1 is?

Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

OriginalGriff1-Jun-15 1:01

1-Jun-15 1:01

Elephanting horrible! Laugh | :laugh:

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

Super Lloyd1-Jun-15 2:06

Super Lloyd

1-Jun-15 2:06

Probably mean Nokia Lumia 930! They run Windows Phone 8.1!

All in one Menu-Ribbon Bar
DirectX for WinRT/C# since 2013!
Taking over the world since 1371!

peterchen1-Jun-15 1:43

peterchen

1-Jun-15 1:43

Just contact Google support.

I've heard they are most helpful.

WSO CCC OTD 2015-06-01

OriginalGriff31-May-15 22:00

31-May-15 22:00

The friends of half a creature bring things to life! (8)

[edit] Blush | :O

[/edit]

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

modified 1-Jun-15 4:12am.

Brady Kelly31-May-15 22:06

Brady Kelly

31-May-15 22:06

Animated. Half a creature = 'anima', and animated is brought to life, and friend = 'mate', but more escapes me.

No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. - Oscar Wilde

OriginalGriff31-May-15 22:11

31-May-15 22:11

Close, but no cigar!

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

Re: WSO CCC OTD 2015-06-01 We have a winner!

Agent__00731-May-15 22:14

Agent__007

31-May-15 22:14

"Animates"? Laugh | :laugh:

You have just been Sharapova'd.

OriginalGriff31-May-15 22:16

Re: WSO CCC OTD 2015-06-01 We have a winner!

31-May-15 22:16

And the explanation? (The original was close, but...)

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

Agent__00731-May-15 22:26

Agent__007

31-May-15 22:26

Half a creature -> Half(Animal) -> "Ani"
the friends -> "mates"

(they) bring things to life -> "Animates" (in simple present).

You have just been Sharapova'd.

Re: WSO CCC OTD 2015-06-01 We have a winner!

OriginalGriff31-May-15 22:32

31-May-15 22:32

Dat's De Bunny! Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

You are up tomorrow...

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

P0mpeyBoy1-Jun-15 0:47

P0mpeyBoy

1-Jun-15 0:47

That was a bit underhand.

OriginalGriff1-Jun-15 1:03