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Microsoft apparently reinstates Meltdown/Spectre patches for some AMD processors
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January 11, 2018 at 11:22 am #158517
woody
ManagerOf course, predictably, nobody’s saying which ones are now back on the patch list. Post coming in Computerworld. Thx @MrBrian
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January 11, 2018 at 1:03 pm #158537
radosuaf
AskWoody LoungerAnybody got this?
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January 11, 2018 at 1:28 pm #158545
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January 11, 2018 at 1:41 pm #158553
radosuaf
AskWoody LoungerDescription in WU says: “Yesterday”. Catalog says Oct 3rd, 2016…
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January 11, 2018 at 3:16 pm #158579
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January 11, 2018 at 1:59 pm #158561
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January 11, 2018 at 2:03 pm #158563
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January 11, 2018 at 2:06 pm #158564
radosuaf
AskWoody LoungerI got 7 updates for my Office 2007 yesterday :).
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January 11, 2018 at 11:57 pm #158706
Karlston
AskWoody PlusYep, here too.
It’s a driver offered by Windows Update so it gets the usual treatment… unchecked and hidden.
Grunble time… here in Australia (and probably lots of other countries) that date is interpreted as 10th of March (dd/mm/yyyy), not October 3rd (mm/dd/yyyy). And they want us to use Windows 10 S to educate our children… spleen vented… 🙂
Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
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January 12, 2018 at 3:56 pm #158902
bhen
AskWoody LoungerAs someone who had to deal with that update popping up on a W10 recently… I dislike that ‘update’ immensely. The people on 7/8.1 probably have an easier time dealing with that than people on 10.
I probably made a mistake or two in the process, but I eventually just fresh started the computer and haven’t had it pop up in the weeks since then. I’m still sorta left to wonder why that update arrived for me a year after it really got attention on here and other places.
It’s not like getting error 0x80070643 on KB4054517 causes it to start fetching that computer-wrecking junk out of confusion? It was something else in the process, I’m sure.
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January 11, 2018 at 2:07 pm #158565
Seff
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January 12, 2018 at 2:30 am #158727
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January 11, 2018 at 2:44 pm #158572
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January 11, 2018 at 3:40 pm #158589
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January 11, 2018 at 3:11 pm #158577
PKCano
ManagerOn 1/10/2018 Microsoft released Security-only update KB4073576 for:
Unbootable state for AMD devices in Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2
Summary
An update is available to fix the following issue that occurs after you install January 3, 2018—KB4056898 (Security-only update) or January 8, 2018—KB4056895 (Monthly Rollup):
AMD devices fall into an unbootable state.
See The Microsoft Support page.
This update has been added to the Group B Knowledge Base AKB2000003.
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January 11, 2018 at 3:20 pm #158568
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January 11, 2018 at 3:51 pm #158591
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January 11, 2018 at 4:58 pm #158599
anonymous
GuestDell desktop with Win 7 Intel i7 processor and AMD Radeon HD 7770 video card … I’m being offered KB4056894 (checked) when I run windows update.
Not running the update yet, but I’m confused as to why a GPU would be affected by the patch? CPU could make sense as well a combined APU, but the GPU?
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January 11, 2018 at 5:13 pm #158603
anonymous
GuestJust read the following, as AMD looks to be releasing some CPU patches:
https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/11/16880922/amd-spectre-firmware-updates-ryzen-epyc
AMD is also revealing that its Radeon GPU architecture isn’t impacted by Meltdown or Spectre, simply because those GPUs “do not use speculative execution and thus are not susceptible to these threats.”
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January 11, 2018 at 7:23 pm #158647
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January 11, 2018 at 7:27 pm #158654
PKCano
ManagerIf your anti-virus program has not set the ALLOW Regkey to indicate it is compatible with the updates, the Rollup and the .NET patches will not show up in Windows Update.
January Rollups are causing BSODs in computers with certain AMD processors. Microsoft has blocked the Rollups for those computers.
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January 12, 2018 at 1:20 pm #158865
anonymous
GuestIt’s all Microsoft, no third-party stuff… The story is that folks better don’t touch the check-for-updates button and let Microsoft decide when it’s time to deploy those patches. Manually checking for updates triggers the update system to deliver each and everything, and the kitchen sink…
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January 11, 2018 at 8:08 pm #158665
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January 11, 2018 at 8:14 pm #158666
MrBrian
AskWoody_MVPFrom AMD’s statement (my bolding) “Microsoft is distributing patches for the majority of AMD systems now. We are working closely with them to correct an issue that paused the distribution of patches for some older AMD processors (AMD Opteron, Athlon and AMD Turion X2 Ultra families) earlier this week. We expect this issue to be corrected shortly and Microsoft should resume updates for these older processors by next week.”
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January 11, 2018 at 8:18 pm #158664
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January 12, 2018 at 12:13 am #158688
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January 14, 2018 at 12:29 pm #159372
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January 12, 2018 at 1:19 am #158716
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January 12, 2018 at 1:26 am #158719
Kirsty
ManagerNo specific fault with registration that we know of; however, occasional problems can occur with emails (such as spam filters). As you did not mention your user name, I suggest you email Woody, who should be able to set/reset your password, to get you going.
If you choose to reply with your username, we can check if the account is showing, as a first step (and it shouldn’t need to be published here!). Hopefully you’re on board without too much delay 🙂
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January 12, 2018 at 5:33 am #158739
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January 12, 2018 at 7:38 am #158780
woody
ManagerJust posted this on Computerworld.
I really feel bad for the folks who bought Surface Pro 2 machines.
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January 12, 2018 at 7:53 am #158782
PKCano
ManagerI feel truly sorry for “Joe User” out there (and there are millions), who has no idea about Registry keys or microcode updates or how to recover from a BSOD except by paying his local computer shop big bucks, and who probably has Windows Update on Automatic.
And my latest processor is a 2013 Haswell….
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January 12, 2018 at 5:55 am #158752
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January 12, 2018 at 9:08 am #158793
anonymous
GuestI tried replying to @radosuaf but got “Error establishing a database connection”.
These Intel patches in Windows Update seem endless even when blocked. I had one marked “important” last month that I ignored on advice from the folks here and one optional called “Ports” recently. I unchecked both and they disappeared eventually. I usually hide them but they just come back.
It makes me wonder how many people get stuck with these random patches due to having WU set to automatic.
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January 12, 2018 at 1:43 pm #158874
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January 12, 2018 at 1:46 pm #158880
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January 12, 2018 at 5:32 pm #158925
MrBrian
AskWoody_MVPWindows 7 has a fixed update available.
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January 12, 2018 at 6:08 pm #158938
PKCano
ManagerOn 1/12/2018 Microsoft released Security-only update KB4073578 for:
Unbootable state for AMD devices in Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
Summary
An update is available to fix the following issue that occurs after you install January 3, 2018—KB4056897 (Security-only update) or January 4, 2018—KB4056894 (Monthly Rollup):
AMD devices fall into an unbootable state.
This update has been added to the Group B Knowledge Base AKB2000003.
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January 12, 2018 at 7:18 pm #158963
DrBonzo
AskWoody PlusIs this – KB4078578 – an additional security only update or a replacement for KB4056897?
I don’t believe I have any AMD chips in my computer, but there have been a couple reports of BSOD on Intel machines, so I’m wondering if I should install this new patch even though it’s strongly implied by MS that it’s for AMD chips.
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January 14, 2018 at 9:47 am #159333
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January 15, 2018 at 7:46 am #159470
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January 12, 2018 at 10:21 pm #158982
anonymous
GuestMicrosoft released two updates to fix the bug with older AMD CPUs, KB4073578 for Windows 7 and KB4073576 for Windows 8.1, but… nothing for Windows 10!
So the bug is still present in Windows 10, and for the bad… Windows Update started to offering the Windows 10 cumulative update again in the affected AMD machines, and after reboot Windows stuck in Windows logo again! :S
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January 14, 2018 at 12:22 pm #159369
bjm
AskWoody LoungerWhat is (Windows 10 1607) KB4049411 a Creator’s/Feature update related patch and not the Spectre patch for AMD systems?
same question: What is KB4049411 on W10 1607
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January 14, 2018 at 12:27 pm #159371
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January 14, 2018 at 1:22 pm #159385
anonymous
GuestI’m an the quoted anonymous person. Having rechecked wushowhide it does indeed list Update for Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based systems (KB4049411).
The update number you for which have provided a correction is a November 2017 update described on the Windows update catalog site. Unfortunately there is no KB4049411 for download available on the update catalog site, therefore it does looks like another suspicious attempt at Microsoft ‘s shenanigans.
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January 14, 2018 at 1:28 pm #159390
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January 14, 2018 at 4:17 pm #159409
anonymous
GuestI do apologize if that was gruff in tone, it looks as if somebody might have to install the thing or figure out how to separately download this package.
According to more KB4049411 search results perhaps it is another way to get users to fumble and upgrade to the Version 1709 (Green Screen of Death Edition). Most of the results show that package to be related to installation failure error messages starting last November.
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January 15, 2018 at 12:03 am #159432
Hopper15
AskWoody LoungerMicrosoft released two updates to fix the bug with older AMD CPUs, KB4073578 for Windows 7 and KB4073576 for Windows 8.1, but… nothing for Windows 10! So the bug is still present in Windows 10, and for the bad… Windows Update started to offering the Windows 10 cumulative update again in the affected AMD machines, and after reboot Windows stuck in Windows logo again! :S
I wonder if that’s going to be offered this Tuesday via WU.
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