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You can, to some extent. One of the side notes in the article addresses this point, the microcode version can be held back to an earlier version.

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• Laforet 5y ago
  Staying on an earlier version is not ideal as some of the later microcode updates actually contain useful errata beyond performance-limiting mitigations. Really wish Windows had an option like "mitigations=off" in Linux.
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  • zamadatix 5y ago
    "mitigitations=off" doesn't disable microcode mitigations like the one in this article.
    • Laforet 5y ago
      Yes, I assume the kernel has a predetermined list of microcode to be disabled when the flag is set. The same should be doable in Windows right now but the process seems quite tedious.
      • zamadatix 5y ago
        The kernel keeps no such list and microcode is a monolithic firmware anyways so having such a list wouldn't enable you to pick and choose which fixes you get to apply.
        • Laforet 5y ago
          Yes, you are quite right. I was referring to the ability to directly interact with the MSR