Just finished installing and everything seems to be just fine and dandy, just thought I'd ask a few quick questions about some things that I was a little curious about;
1. Meltdown and Spectre
When I merge the "Enable security - Meltdown and Spectre" registry entry, what exactly does that do?
Does it "enable" an already installed windows update?
Also, why would one not want to enable it, does it perhaps effect performance?
2. PUM registry values
A scan with Malwarebytes resulted in it finding four PUMs that it didn't like:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\POLICIES\MICROSOFT\MRT|DONTOFFERTHROUGHWUAU
HKLM\SOFTWARE\POLICIES\MICROSOFT\MRT|DONTREPORTINFECTIONINFORMATION
HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432NODE\POLICIES\MICROSOFT\MRT|DONTOFFERTHROUGHWUAU
HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432NODE\POLICIES\MICROSOFT\MRT|DONTREPORTINFECTIONINFORMATION
Are these related to the Windows Loader activation, or something else?
If something else, should I keep them or get rid of them?
Just have to ask, 'cause they sounds kind of spooky to a noob like myself.
Thanks in advance for any replies, and thanks to The Rain for the torrent!
So about my previous post, regarding the PUMs..
After a quick google search it appears that they have something to do with the Malicious Software Removal Tool from Microsoft, which I never would've guessed being that I've never come across those before and also because it was on a completely fresh install.
Anyways, no need to be paranoid about those anymore.. Time to finally install Steam and play some games.