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Greetings from the underworld Finally got some time to update the repository, so here goes: SECURITY - ("6 - June 2018" Folder) KB4093227 - Description of the security update for the Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) denial of service vulnerability (v2 of April update) https://support.microsoft.com/help/4093227 http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/search.aspx?q=4093227 KB4130956 - Description of the security update for the remote code execution vulnerability https://support.microsoft.com/help/4130956 http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/search.aspx?q=4130956 KB4230467 - Description of the security update for vulnerabilities https://support.microsoft.com/help/4230467 http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/search.aspx?q=4230467 KB4234459 - Description of the security update for the Windows kernel information disclosure vulnerability http://support.microsoft.com/help/4234459 http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/search.aspx?q=4234459 KB4294413 - Description of the security update for the HIDParser elevation of privilege vulnerability http://support.microsoft.com/help/4294413 http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/search.aspx?q=4294413 NON-SECURITY - ("Extras" Folder) KB4039648 - Update to add SHA-2 code signing support (updated with x86 support) https://support.microsoft.com/help/4039648 http://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=KB4039648 KB4090928 - Windows leaks handles in the lsm.exe process and smart card applications may display "SCARD_E_NO_SERVICE" errors (only apply after update KB4056446) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/4090928 http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/search.aspx?q=kb4090928 KB4130978 - Time zone and DST changes in Windows for Morocco and the West Bank and Gaza https://support.microsoft.com/help/4130978 http://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/search.aspx?q=4130978 INTERNET EXPLORER - (Root folder of x86 or x64) https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4230450 http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/search.aspx?q=KB4230450 That will be all. Cheers https://mega.nz/#F!txxRyLzC!1vBMGzMHiL864f3bl1Rj1w

I had been holding my Win 8.1 workstation, which I use for my primary software engineering and business management work, at a December 2017 level of patching (i.e., I have avoided all core Windows Updates for it since December, though I have applied things like the Internet Explorer and Office updates). Being at a good breakpoint a few days ago, and equipped with at least 4 different methods for restoring my system should I wish to do so, I applied the June core cumulative Windows 8.1 update. My system had run 50 days flawlessly without a reboot prior to that. After the updates, benchmarks showed more than a 30% drop in overall performance, but 50% or more in the user interface (i.e., where you really feel it), and more than 30% in disk I/O operations. It turns out the Spectre and Meltdown mitigations are responsible for this, so I used the Gibson Research "InSpectre" tool to disable them. This caused the performance hit to drop to "only" 8%. That is to say, my system performance was 8% lower overall than it was at the December patch level. I have a number of both compute- and I/O-intensive jobs scheduled, for which I have good logs for recent runs. In particular, one build of a set of our software has been taking 47 minutes to complete. After the updates, the time jumped to 51 minutes - right in line with the 8% drop in performance the benchmarks showed. I found the same exact thing with a Windows 7 hardware system. Exactly the same slowdown with those silly mitigations disabled - 8% - and much more with them enabled. Is everyone just taking these performance hits without question or complaint? Are folks really so scared of the well-developed marketing campaigns for things like Spectre and Meltdown that they will pay any price for (a false sense of) security? -Noel

Ah okay, I see. When I viewed that link for the first time, I just glanced at it and assumed it was some sort of audio driver for Sound Blaster cards. Sorry about all the misunderstandings and confusions... I've had a lot going on lately so I've been quite tired for the past few days, so my mind isn't working clearly right now, lol. I'll add the software to the list when I'm on my PC again (I'm on mobile now and it's difficult to edit such a large document on here).

Oops - sorry about that. Fixed the entry. Thanks for all your work. I might create a separate thread called "Compatible Hardware for Windows Vista", similar to the 9x thread. I'll link your findings there since there's really nowhere to put it on this list. I'll have to do a ton of research too, but hopefully I'll have it up by the end of the week.