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AskWoody PlusApril 29, 2018 at 2:49 am in reply to: MS-DEFCON 3: Apply April patches but if you have 64-bit Win7 or Server 2008 R2, read the fine print! #188511 -
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AskWoody PlusApril 25, 2018 at 4:08 pm in reply to: Are Windows customers getting Meltdown/Spectre bullied into buying new computers? #187401If Linux is protected and Windows is vulnerable, would it not be safe to run Linux as your host OS, and run Windows in a VM inside of the Linux host? Doing this would prevent Windows from interacting directly with the machine’s hardware, which should protect from any of this type of Windows vulnerabilities.
Er, the CPU is running all of this, so, it would still be exploitable? Or could one OS update the CPU microcode for all OSes?
The way I understand virtualization, one guest OS cannot pass code to another OS, but the hinge point is the CPU, which is vulnerable here..?
Martin
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AskWoody PlusMarch 12, 2018 at 12:50 pm in reply to: Microsoft admits that it forced Win10 1703 machines to upgrade to Win10 1709, even with updates blocked #174966The “good” news is that you can uninstall KB4023057 from the “Uninstall a program” section of the Control Panel. It’s in two parts. Once uninstalled, Windows Update will fetch the newest “fixed” one.
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AskWoody PlusNovember 2, 2017 at 10:41 am in reply to: Surface Pro 4 shaky screen and bad Type Cover woes continue #143327Cynical note: Woody, Amazon ads on this page are all for SP… You might want to look at that!
Keep up the great work!
Martin
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