protect yourself from Meltdown and Spectre CPU flaws

[WinXPto10]

it's not working
   

[RichTech]

What windows are you running?

[WinXPto10]

Windows 7 SP1 Home Premium x86

[RichTech]

Ok, first create a folder on your desktop called PowerShell:


Then open Powershell as Admin and type the following Commands and press enter:

Code:

Save-Module -Name PowerShellGet -Path C:\Users\YourUsername\Desktop\PowerShell

Code:

Cd C:\Users\YourUserName\Desktop\PowerShell

Code:

Install-Module -Name PowerShellGet -Force

From there type, follow the original instructions:

Quote:Hi f23948,

First, type in the following code into PowerShell and press Enter (This will change the policy, disabling restricted mode, allowing us access to install this module)

Code:
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass


When prompted for any action, type "Y" and press Enter. For this command, you will get prompted at least twice.


Once that has finished, type in the next command and press enter to install the module:

Code:
Install-Module SpeculationControl


You should be prompted once, again, type "Y" and press Enter


Once that has finished, you can enter this command to check if you have been affected by this bug:


Code:
Get-SpeculationControlSettings

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[WinXPto10]

not good
   

[WinXPto10]

I got it working
How to Fix Install-Module is missing in PowerShell
   

[Britec]

So your vulnerable 

[WinXPto10]

yep

i am going to wait until BIOS/firmware updates is available

[Britec]

Hopefully they will release these BIOS updates soon.  

[WinXPto10]

From now on using my OptiPlex 9020 PC now and i am using windows 10 Pro x64 Anniversary Update the one i bought windows 10 pro in store last week, please i would like to know is that looks ok? i am getting rid of my old HP Compaq dc7800 Small Form Factor with Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 x86 because of Spectre & Meltdown