[Larry - Moe and Curly]

“Around a billion computers are bricked worldwide, mostly corporate ones.”

Not sure I buy this statement. “Bricked”, to me, implies that the computer is dead and inrecoverable. Not an IT guy, so that may not be true.

I read something, somewhere this morning (sorry, no link) where this was caused by a failed software update at Crowdstrike. This is what caused the blue screen of death on so many computers that use Windows 365 - Microsoft’s cloud-based software (plus anything else running off of Crowdstrike.

Windows 365 is what MS pushes so they have full access to everything on your computer, and many corporations use the enterprise version so they don’t have to buy individual licenses for each computer. Just one of the many reasons not to run your software out of the cloud.

Failed SW updates do happen, but that does not preclude hanky-panky. The solution should be to roll back to the previous version and restart. If that’s not working, I can’t be of any more help to them (obviously).

[Keflavik76]

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[tang-soo]

The solution should be to roll back to the previous version and restart.

As I understand, that is not an option. The issue manifests with the "Blue screen of death" meaning the system is not operational. A rollback would require an operating albeit hamstrung system which is not the case. The solution requires reboot and interrupting the startup process by going into safemode, then with admin access, removing the offending file, and finally a fresh and complete reboot.

[numberonepal]

Bricked = useless. It’s not dead dead, but in a coma. This was caused by a “driver” file that has big time admin access in Windows. The “blue screen of death” is actually the computer protecting itself.

For those that want to know the details code wise see this thread:
https://x.com/Perpetualmaniac/status/1814376668095754753