Northeast Network Solutions

Mashable has an article explaining the difference between the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities. Northeast Network Solutions is staying on top of this issue for our clients, as we always do for vulnerabilities as they're discovered and patches are made available.

Those huge CPU vulnerabilities, Meltdown and Spectre, explained What's at risk, who's issued patches, what you can do to protect yourself, and more.

If you're noticing Windows 7 taking longer to find updates than in the past (we certainly have), there's a couple likely explanations... either Microsoft wants to force/push you into upgrading to Windows 10, or their programmers are inept. Either way, shame on Microsoft.

It's time for Microsoft to fix the Windows 7 update slowdowns Even with the latest Windows Update client, applying updates remains glacially slow