Microsoft releases CrowdStrike fix for the massive worldwide Windows PC outage
Everyone was minding their business on Friday when they discovered their flight was delayed, their bank wasn't working, or the hospital couldn't offer certain services. A Windows issue was affecting millions of PCs worldwide, only this time around, it wasn't Microsoft responsible for the error that crippled plenty of businesses reliant on Windows computers.
CrowdStrike had issued a security update that many Windows computers downloaded automatically. That CrowdStrike update contained a bug that caused those computers to show a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) as they entered a boot loop that rendered them useless.
CrowdStrike issued a fix on Friday that helped IT admins fix their computers. They had to boot Windows in Safe mode and then delete a file from the CrowdStrike directory. But that fix might not have been enough for all computers affected by the BSOD bug. Microsoft has taken matters into its own hands, releasing its own CrowdStrike fix over the weekend.
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