Time was you could go to Microsoft’s website and get a definitive answer as to when…
Author: Woody Leonhard
Belay that order: Intel says you should NOT install its Meltdown firmware fixes
You know how you’re supposed to flash the BIOS or update the UEFI on all of…
Win10 1709’s most irksome ‘feature’: Programs come back from the dead
Here’s a quick question. In Windows, if you have a program running when you reboot your…
Patching meltdown: Windows fixes, sloppy .NET, warnings about Word and Outlook
On the heels of the Jan. 17 release of 14 Windows and .NET patches, we now…
More Windows patches, primarily previews, point to escalating problems this month
Never give a sucker an even break. Yesterday, on a very out-of-band Wednesday, Microsoft released preview…
InSpectre: See whether your PC’s protected from Meltdown and Spectre
If you’re wondering whether your computer is susceptible to the latest bête noir, Meltdown and Spectre,…
Microsoft’s mystifying Meltdown/Spectre patches for AMD processors
I’ve seen a lot of bizarre Microsoft patches-of-patches, but the new patches for AMD processors are…
Reports say Win10 Creators Update users are being forced to Fall Creators Update. Again.
Microsoft’s documentation runs all over the place, but yesterday an announcement from ‘Softie John Cable is…