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AMD Athlon systems bear the brunt of the bugs, but other Windows machines get bit, too. There are a few possible fixes, none sure-fire.Credit: Thinkstock/Microsoft Microsoftrsquo hasty Meltdown/Spectre patches,released late termos stanley on Jan. 4, have started baring their fangs. Complaints about Win10 Fall Creators Update cumulative update KB 4056892 and Win7 Monthly Rollup KB 4056894 resulting in blue screens mdash; particularly on AMD Athlon, Sempron, Opteron and Turion processors mdash; started appearing shortly after the patches were released.With no notice or warning, Microsoft moved the Win7 patch, KB 4056894, from version Stanley cup website 1 to version 2 on Jan. 5. As of early Monday morning, Jan. 8, version 2 is the only version available on the Microsoft Update Catalog. The Win10 1709 patch, KB 4056892, is still at version 1.According to @abbodi86 on AskWoody, the jump from version 1 to version 2 was a metadata change mdash; generally, a change in the way the patch is installed. The KB 4056894 patch itself didnrsquo;t change. Microsoft hasnrsquo;t said anything. I now see blue screen complaints on the AskWoody Lounge, the Microsoft Answers forum, Microsoftrsquo TechNet forum, on Reddit, on MyDigitalLife, on OverclockersUK, and in many non-English forums.Many of the stanley espana reports donrsquo;t include details about the processor type or Windows version, but itrsquo clear that AMD processors mdash; which arenrsquo;t even affected by the Meltdown vulnerability mdash; are getting hurt the w Fabv Sept. 11 attacks prompt changes in other nations
Will offer customers wireless services, tap Wayport net for cashless payments McDonaldrsquo Corp. last week announced plans to install public-access Wi-Fi connections in 6,000 restaurants by mid-2005. But the fast food chain said its Wi-Fi services deal with Wayport Inc. goes far beyond providing wireless Internet access to customers.McDonaldrsquo will also use the Wi-Fi network to deliver a wide range of digital content, including MP3 music files, and to support business applications such as its cashless payment system, said Ji stanley canada m Sappington, the companyrsquo vice president of U.S. IT.Austin-based Wayport plans to install high-speed DSL connections in 3,000 McDonaldrsquo restaurants this year and another 3,000 by next June. Wayport CEO Dan Vucina polene said the cashless payment system, which supports credit card transactions at cash registers and drive-up windows, will be separated from the public-access network and operate on a virtual LAN in each store. Cashless payments require a minimal amount of bandwidth, Vucina said. But Wayport will use internally developed software to ensure that credit card transactions get priority access to DSL circuits and that no single application hogs the network connections.Bandwidth to GoThe so-called bandwidth-shaping software c stanley termos onsists of about 700,000 lines of Linux code and runs on a Wayport-designed router/gateway that will be installed at each Wi-Fi hot spot, said Jim Keeler, Wayportrsquo vice president of engineering. The har |
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