On 20/7/24 18:35, George at Clug wrote:
On Saturday, 20-07-2024 at 13:54 hlyg wrote:
> crowdstrike makes news headlines, many Windows become blue screens
The CrowdStrike issue was not a Windows issue, it was a CrowdStrike issue.
The problem did not affect our Windows computers as we have not
installed CrowdStrike software.
I think the media have a habit of over exaggerating things.
The problem was not CrowdStrike as such. It happens in the best of
operations.
The problem is the Windows Systems Administrators who contracted for /
allowed unattended remote updates of kernel drivers on live hardware
systems. This is the height of folly and there is no recovery if it
causes a BSOD.
The situation is recoverable if all the windows machines are virtual
with a good backup/restore plan. The situation is not recoverable if the
kernel updates are on raw iron running Windows.
Heads should roll but obviously won't
