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You don't, unless you are lucky enough that your motherboard manufacturer supports microcode updates that far back (unlikely).Inspectre says there is a microcode update for my IB desktop system, but where do I find it?
The one listed above does not list IB desktop chips.
Microsoft worked with Intel to implement a microcode patch at boot (for Windows 10 and Server 2016) as a way to address vulnerability in older systems.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4090007/intel-microcode-updates
Summary:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4093836/summary-of-intel-microcode-updates
Article:
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-windows-spectre-patch-intel-cpus,36614.html