Spectre and Meltdown in a nutshell

[Corrine]

No, you do not need KB4056891 on 1709.  Go to Windows 10 Update History and click on "Windows 10 Version 1709" and you'll see it lists KB4056892.  If you click on "Windows 10 Version 1703" you'll see that it lists KB4056891 for that version.  Different build, different update.

[pastywhitegurl]

Thank you clearing that up for me.  I was a bit confused by the discussion.  I've updated the specs in my signature now.

[Corrine]

This whole Meltdown/Spectre thing is a confusing mess.  :)

[Digerati]

Steve Gibson released a nice little program called InSpectre to see if your computer is safe from these threats.

[Corrine]

Gibson's tool discussed in the Web News topic, starting Major flaw in millions of Intel chips here.

[Digerati]

Rats. I thought I searched for inspectre too. Sorry about that.

[Corrine]

You're forgiven.  :)