It would be nice if intel and amd released.processor or bios.firmware update to.fix the flaw.once and all.
On Jan 9, 2018 2:24 PM, "Michael Leone" <oozerd...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here's something (more) I am confused about. Suppose I have Win 7 and Win > 10 workstations, and I have properly patched the OS. Do I *also* need to > issue the 2 (or is it 3) registry entries? > > I *thought* the registry entries were only for servers, but I have seen > other statements that say that the Meltdown/Spectre fixes are *not* enabled > until you issue the registry entries. > > So without the reg entries, you are effectively unpatched? The patches are > there, but dormant? > > (neither of my home PCs have BIOS updates issued - one is for a very old > Dell Optiplex 755 that I only use to connect to a NAS, and the other is one > I assembled from parts back in 2011. Neither has has had a BIOS upgrade > released in years. Ah, the joy ....) > >
