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To Fix CrowdStrike Blue Screen of Death Simply Reboot 15 Straight Times, Microsoft Says(www.404media.co)

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NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de
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I am so confused. What’s supposed to happen on the 15th reboot?

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Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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The IT guy quits and it’s no longer their problem to fix

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MagicShel@programming.dev
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Probably triggers some auto-rollback mechanism I’d guess, to help escape boot loops? I’m just speculating.

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NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de
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Welp, Ars Technica has another theory:

Microsoft’s Azure status page outlines several fixes. The first and easiest is simply to try to reboot affected machines over and over, which gives affected machines multiple chances to try to grab CrowdStrike’s non-broken update before the bad driver can cause the BSOD. Microsoft says that some of its customers have had to reboot their systems as many as 15 times to pull down the update.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/07/crowdstrike-fixes-start-at-reboot-up-to-15-times-and-get-more-complex-from-there/

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MagicShel@programming.dev
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Yep. That makes more sense. Thanks!

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NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de
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That’s some high quality speculation

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