PowerShell script to Check if Your PC Is Protected Meltdown /Spectre

https://www.howtogeek.com/338801/how...n-and-spectre/

Curious if anyone has run this particular script having followed the directions in the article. I am modestly comfortable running PowerShell but the instructions seemed to get deep into the weeds for me and I aborted. I installed a bios update a couple of weeks ago (BIOS Version/Date LENOVO N1UET43W (1.17 ), 12/13/2017) though I do not know if it was made available because of the Meltdown and Spectre debacle. No other updates from either Intel or the manufacturer has been pushed yet though I believe my AV according to the Bitdefender website has pushed a particular registry key that is needed. I have not installed Dec or Jan cum. rollups. TIA.

I saw that and got confused. I saw Microsoft's equivalent posting which didn't give enough detail. Then I found Find out if your Windows PC is affected by Meltdown/Spectre vulnerabilities - gHacks Tech News I was able to follow it so it must be pretty straightforward. The end result: two PCs need a BIOS upgrade and are old enough that no such upgrade will be forthcoming. I haven't been brave enough check our laptop. It's new enough that a BIOS update might be available.

Brink, I think the problem the OP was referring to was not the purpose of the script but rather the instructions provided at howtogeek. They gave a few helpful comments that were missing in the Microsoft instructions but made the installation process seem needlessly involved. It's actually quite simple.

>Brink, I think the problem the OP was referring to was not the purpose of the script but rather the instructions provided at howtogeek. They gave a few helpful comments that were missing in the Microsoft instructions but made the installation process seem needlessly involved.

That's right. I was hoping for a mostly one and done PowerShell execution but the steps seemed to go on and on. Thanks to all who responded. I will check out the alternative solutions tonight.

On another matter I was met with a slew of google alerts this morning about the slow down caused by the patch. I have not read the articles yet nor have I applied the patch and in fact the articles might just be a re hash of old news but I am wondering what the general consensus (experience) might be regarding the slow down. As someone who just this past Black Friday purchased a notebook from this century a Lenovo P51 which is quite speedy I was dismayed reading about the bottleneck that the patch may cause though it would seem I have plenty of company. Last computer I had which BTW I am writing from now is a Compaq Presario CQ60-615DX 2.2GHz Intel Celeron processor 900.

Microsoft WARNING - Why crucial Windows 10 and Windows 7 update WILL slow down your PC

https://tinyurl.com/ybvpsdha

Microsoft says Meltdown and Spectre fixes will slow some PCs down significantly

https://tinyurl.com/y8q88vou

Performance impact of Spectre, Meltdown patches on Windows

https://tinyurl.com/yalflhul