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[DJ Frisat]

Happened on one of my machines today - an older 64-bit Athlon X2. I was lucky to be able to recover, and have blocked this update for 30 days.

[butlerweave]

Very good reason to move to Linux

[Navy Patriot]

Microsoft Patches for CPU Flaws Break Windows, Apps

Afraid of that, did not install 'em, won't until they work.

[wastedyears]

I have Windows set to not install anything.

[lump in the melting pot]

Well, if the OS don’t boot up, then it’s very secure from this Spectre and Meltdown, innit? Can’t be hacked no-how.
What’cha all complainin’ about?

[TChad]

I checked two Win10 64 Pro computers running on motherboards with AMD CPUs, and neither computer has downloaded update KB4056892. Both computers are current with their Windows updates.

[Dalberg-Acton]

Does this surprise anyone familiar with Microsoft Windows?

[polymuser]

My Commodore 64 is still doing just fine.

[aft_lizard]

AMD processor based systems shouldn’t download this anyways whether or not it works. The CPU is already safe based off it’s architectural difference. Now if they came out with a patch for Sceptre well it does need it, but not for Meltdown.

[Anti-Bubba182]

Can’t the updating process check for what kind of processor the computers has and update or not based on that?

[zeugma]

Well, if the computer won’t boot, that will certainly keep it safe from hackers.

[GingisK]

Industry should have stayed with the 68000 derivatives.

[rockrr]

Brilliant plan by Microsquish - if it won’t boot no one can get into it!

[palmer]

Does not need to be patched. The bug can only be leveraged by hostile code running in your machine. That means that they have already gotten in and can do all kinds of damage without leveraging the bug.

There is a theoretical possibility of it being used via javascript. Turn off javascript in the browser, problem solved. Update the browser, problem solved

[TChad]

The KB number of the patch update might not be KB4056892.

From https://pureinfotech.com/kb4056892-windows-10-build-16299-192/:

The update for Windows 10 version 1709 is described as KB4056892 and bumps the version number to build 16299.192. While in version 1703 (Creators Update) the patch is described as KB4056891, KB4056890 for version 1609 (Anniversary Update), KB4056888 for version 1511 (November Update), and KB4056893 for Windows 10 version 1507 (Initial Release).

[Perseverando]

I’m running Windows 7. Since the last patch everytime my PC is idle for a little while and goes into sleep mode the mouse keeps flaky and won’t move. I have to unplug the mouse from the USB port for a moment and replug. After about 20-30 seconds the mouse works normally again.

Looks like Microsoft has discontinued support for Windows 7/keyboard & mouse support.

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https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/258785/install-mouse-and-intellipoint-software

To install a Microsoft mouse, install the IntelliPoint software. Then, connect the mouse to the computer. To do this, use the following methods in the order in which they appear.

Install the IntelliPoint Software

To install the IntelliPoint software, use one of the following methods.

Download from the Internet

To download and install the latest version of the IntelliPoint software, follow these steps:

Visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/download/download.aspx?category=MK