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I’ve been offered this update which downloads automatically upon clicking the check for updates button.
The Microsoft support page doesn’t show any information about a revision or update for my CPU which is an Ivy Bridge 3rd gen.
(https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4497165/kb4497165-intel-microcode-updates)
Hoping this update doesn’t break something, as it’s already installed and I’m about to restart. Wish me luck
though many OEMs have already released updated Microcode for 3rd gen Intel core CPUs and greater.
I had to install the KB4497165 update on my machines that have Sandy Bridge (2nd gen Intel core) or older cpus because that update covers it – no updated bios/firmware will have the new microcodes for Sandy Bridge & earlier due to the old age of the PCs which are no longer supported by many OEMs
nope – KB4497165 installed on all my computers (whether Intel or AMD cpu) and found no problems with it.
edit – btw, I’m using older PCs with either 2nd gen Intel core cpus [aka Sandy Bridge or older] or AMD Socket AM2+/AM3 cpus like AMD Phenom II X4s
You can use wushowhide to hide it (again).
But every time they make a revision/change the metadata, it will unhide itself and come through Windows Update again as a new update with the same KB number.
So if you don’t want it, you will have to keep watching for it.
FWIW I have not veen installing the microcode updates.
wushowhide doesn’t install. Put it on your desktop and double click on it. Then click on “Advanced” and then uncheck the box to apply changes automatically.
Click on Hide and it will show you a list of pending/available updates.
Check the box for the ones you want to hide.
AKB2000013 will show you what is happening.
You hide the update, but it doesn’t clear the WU queue until WU checks for updates on its own.
If you want it sooner than that, you have to clear the queue. But you have to follow that procedure exactly. It works for me every time, but you can’t just fly through it and not follow all the instructions.
Hi Kathy,
Your CPU is not listed in KB4497165. Hide the update for now.
Best regards,
–GTP
What is the best way to download and install wushowhide?
I found a download version dated 2017. Is their a newer version out there?
no Kathy – it’s the same wushowhide.diagcab version with the same exact size when first posted back in mid-June 2015 and has not changed as I checked the digital signatures of the wushowhide file myself
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