Windows 10: Do Spectre/Meltdown patches for windows 10 affect me ?

I have heard that Spectre/Meltdown patches for Windows 10 result in performance hit for certain processors. I have 5 PCs with the following processors:I7-7700KI5-6500I7-7700HQI7-4800MQM5-6Y57Am I affected ?Does Windows 11 have these patches as well and do they result in performance hit under Windows 11 ?

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Meltdown & Spectre Patches Clarification

Hi All,

We use WSUS tool for patching Windows Server in our Environment. From January, we declined all Meltdown and Spectre patches specified in the below link as it was causing performance issues.

Link :
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4073757/protect-your-windows-devices-against-spectre-meltdown

These patches have been superseded in the following months, For instance the below table has two patches being superseded in the following month.

Out of 4 superseding patches, only the highlighted(KB4089187) patch is mentioned as Meltdown and Spectre patch in the above link and we declined it.

Whereas remaining superseded patches have been approved and installed in servers.

Here we need a clarification whether the installed superseding patches will have the Meltdown and Spectre Vulnerability. Also please confirm if all superseding patch of Meltdown/Spectre has any performance issue.

 

Windows Update Intel Patches for Meltdown & Spectre

URGENT - Please Microsoft:

1. Provide a List of Windows Updates that included the (bad) Intel Patches for Meltdown & Spectre (which Intel now say should NOT be installed).

2. Advise IF (and HOW) the Windows Updates that included (bad) Intel Patches for Meltdown & Spectre should be 'removed' by End Users?

3. If Microsoft Identifies (to it's Community) Windows Updates that included (bad) Intel Patches, can Users remove them - while still getting any other 'fixes' (that did NOT relate to Meltdown & Spectre) included in the Same Windows Updates that contained
the (bad) Patches for Meltdown & Spectre?

4. How do Users ensure that ant Windows Updates they remove - to 'eject' the (bad) Intel Patch for Meltdown & Spectre - are not 'automatically' re-installed' later - by Automatic Windows Updates, when Windows notices the 'removed updates' are not installed?

Note: I've looked at the Microsoft.com Descriptions of Numerous Recent Windows Updates and (although some refer to 'security') none seem to specifically mention Intel, Meltdown or Spectre - so I can't determine which Windows Updates included the 'bad' Intel
Patches.

 

Meltdown and Spectre patching

Hi,

For Meltdown and Spectre patching, I know that we have to patch Windows Server first and patch SQL Server after, my question is what if my Windows Server is not supported anymore (Windows Server 2008) do I have to patch SQL Server which is still supported
by Microsoft against Meltdown and Spectre even if the OS is not patched against the same threat?

Thank you,