Registry fix for windows speculative side channel revert due to GPO settings for Spectre/meltdown registry

Kramer, Bill 0 Reputation points
2025-06-04T15:06:43.7933333+00:00

We have a GPO registry setting for Spectre/Meltdown locked down(see below screenshots), however, the fix for windows speculative configuration check changes those specific keys.

The question is would adding the Reg fix for windows Speculative config break the Spectre meltdown fix?

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