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That's a good point, however, I know for certain that I had the correct download because not only did it work on one of the 2 PCs (both 64-bit) but during the long-drawn out process described above, I downloaded it a second time! Also, the earlier one had already been tried and did not work.Finally, not only is the correct one 1.2mb, with the earlier one being only 1mb but the Digital Signature of the later one is:
The earlier one is 04- March 2018
Good tip though - thanks.
@ddelo - Good Morning!
Sadly, that doesn't work
I've continued with details here KB4078407 Update to enable mitigation against Spectre, Variant 2 - Windows 10 Forums
Nice try mate!
Maybe you already had the answer to your question with regard to "Performance", but I found this:
Performance: If this says anything other than “GOOD”, you have an older PC that doesn’t have the hardware that makes the patches perform well. You’ll likely see a noticeable slowdown, according to Microsoft. If you’re using Windows 7 or 8, you can speed things up some by upgrading to Windows 10, but you’ll need new hardware for maximum performance.
It is an excerpt from a How-To-Geek's article:
https://www.howtogeek.com/338801/how...n-and-spectre/