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Patch Lady – what’s up with the Microcode updates?

Posted on August 28, 2018 at 09:09 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

Yesterday we’ve been seeing potential issues with the microcode updates and they were expired off of WSUS servers last night…

https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/9apooi/kb4100347_rendering_systems_unbootable/?st=jlckzbjr&sh=94b0f954

https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/995k2s/got_the_kb4100347_update_july_cumulative_update/e4m9ffn

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-kb4100347-intel-cpu-update-causing-boot-issues-and-pushed-to-amd-users/

Unsure what’s up, but Microsoft appears to be pulling these updates back.

I think there is/was metadata detection issues and they were offered up and installed on machines they shouldn’t have been installed.

UPDATE: Günter Born has a compelling history posted on his Born City site.

Windows Patches/Security Meltdown, Microcode, Patch Lady Posts, Spectre

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