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If you’ve noticed any unexpected reboots or PC instability as a result of the recent Spectre patches, there’s a solution: Microsoft has issued a patch that rolls back the recent Spectre mitigations.
Confused? It’s a bit complicated. After the intial Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilites were disclosed, both Intel and Microsoft hustled out patches to mitigate the problem. Unfortunately, Intel’s latest microcode updates—and the BIOS updates from PC makers based upon them—were themselves buggy, causing instability and reboots in some PCs.
The solution? Turn off the recent patches. Microsoft's latest patch (KB4078130) allows those with affected systems to download the patch via the Microsoft Update Catalog, which disables the mitigations for the “Spectre variant 2”.
https://www.pcworld.com/article/325...protections-after-intel-warns-of-reboots.html
Confused? It’s a bit complicated. After the intial Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilites were disclosed, both Intel and Microsoft hustled out patches to mitigate the problem. Unfortunately, Intel’s latest microcode updates—and the BIOS updates from PC makers based upon them—were themselves buggy, causing instability and reboots in some PCs.
The solution? Turn off the recent patches. Microsoft's latest patch (KB4078130) allows those with affected systems to download the patch via the Microsoft Update Catalog, which disables the mitigations for the “Spectre variant 2”.
https://www.pcworld.com/article/325...protections-after-intel-warns-of-reboots.html
