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July 31, 2024 | E. Pluribus Unum

[Red Badger]

Goto settings and turn auto update off.................

[wildcard_redneck]

Google how to delete update files and then go in and delete everything in the directory named.

[kiryandil]

What brand of laptop?

HP, Toshiba, etc.

[fidelis]

Did you try turning off and turning on the computer again? This always works for me when I get stuff like this so that’s the first place I’d start.

[Red Badger]

Ping!..............

[kiryandil]

This is the most common and easiest way to enable recovery mode.

Step 1: Turn on your computer.
Step 2: As soon as you see the manufacturer’s logo, press and hold the F11 key.
Step 3: Keep holding the F11 key until you see the Choose an option screen.

[alicewonders]

Getting a Chromebook completely eliminated the problem for me.

[kiryandil]

Goto settings and turn auto update off.................

The laptop is almost unusable. He needs to roll back the update with System Restore.

[oil_dude]

CrowdStrike patch?

[Psalm 73]

You could pull an Elvis and put a couple of rounds through it....

[algore]

“Google how to delete update files and then go in and delete everything in the directory named.”

this, but I would boot into safe mode and delete all the update files.

or as someone else said you can roll back to the last checkpoint

[brookwood]

You might be able to stop the process with CTRL-ALT-Delete then select task manager and find the process that is doing the update - sort by processes using the most memory.

[kiryandil]

You'll want to choose "Troubleshoot", here:

You'll want to choose "System Restore", here:

[kiryandil]

You might be able to stop the process with CTRL-ALT-Delete then select task manager and find the process that is doing the update - sort by processes using the most memory.

If he can get it to respond - I believe he said it's unusable, or almost so.

[tanstaafl.72555]

BSOD (blue screen of death) from MS Crowdstrike virus. I put this together to help some of my non-techie friends.

MAYBE your machines at your home or at work have been compromised by the Crowdstrike bug. It is an EASY fix, if you wanna be a hero to your non techie friends. Before you do this, look them in the face and say the magic incantation “Windows IS a virus.” Do that three times and then perform the ritual. You can fix it by booting from an MX Linux USB, navigating to :

C:\Windows\System32\drivers\CrowdStrike

then delete the file:

C-00000291*.sys

Their machine should then reboot OK.

Remember to recite the closing incantation or the fix won’t work.......

“Don’t worry Microsoft - we got ya!” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Mac. Windows sucks.

[Jeff Chandler]

Chromebook is great for email and general browsing, but Mac OS or Windows are required for installing any serious software.

[Jeff Chandler]

I’ve never had any problems with Windows. But then I don’t use ancient devices, and I don’t browse porn sites.

[TermLimits4All]

My windows drive, had to be updated to put new base images in my clients computers. They may have pushed a new update on you that isn’t configured properly.