InSpectre - Not working correctly on Intel Ultra 9

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Does anyone know if Steve has mentioned any intention to update InSpectre?
Currently it does not work correctly on Intel Core Ultra 9.

I think it detects the CPU C0662, but shows :

System is Meltdown Protected = No
System is Spectre Protected = Yes
Microcode Update available = No

Problem =
Choosing to Enable Meltdown Protection does not work
Choosing to Disable Spectre Protection does not work

I am running the tool as Administrator (Right click, Run as Administrator, accept).
 
I don't think don't need it to work. It worked on the versions of Windows and on the CPUs which were affected and could have mitigations applied. At this point it's kind of pointless as there are so many ways that these CPU failings can be exercised that MS et al stopped caring I think.
 
Oh, okay thank you.

I was hoping at least to be able to Disable Spectre protection before gaming, and then re-enable it on completion. It used to help with game performance on previous machines I owned.

Off topic but good to see SQRL.exe still works here for logging in, really sad that it was never adopted widely.
Anyway, good speed to Steve and his other life taking projects, looking forward to DNSBench 2, and sometime when I am old Spinrite on UEFI USB/USBC? will be good.
 
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