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[-] ad_on_is@lemm.ee 87 points 5 months ago

it would be hilarious if the tool had ads in it

[-] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 21 points 5 months ago

Ads for Defender hahahhaha

[-] grabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago

Celebrity gossip headlines and weather for a place you went on a business trip last year.

[-] kusivittula@sopuli.xyz 12 points 5 months ago

random stock info and exchange rates. app recommendations from microsoft store. btw would you like to enable onedrive?

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

Or had a vulnerability in it

[-] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Purchase MaCafe Anti-Virus today!

[-] ag10n@lemmy.world 39 points 5 months ago
[-] bluetardis@sh.itjust.works 14 points 5 months ago

The computer reboots 16 times when you plug it in.

[-] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Format c drive? Installing linux. 🤭

[-] MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 112 points 5 months ago
[-] themachine@lemm.ee 34 points 5 months ago

People downvoting this are dumb. It’s objectively funny. I know that’s not what that means and I still stand by it.

Lighten up, Francis.

[-] MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 24 points 5 months ago

Yeah. I'm in IT. I understand the advantages of Linux. I just find it funny how so many people crow about it here.

[-] Shatur@lemmy.ml 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

People here also hate Reddit, but no one makes fun of them for it😄

Despite the platform having more users, we're all here for a reason. So it's no surprise to me that people hate Windows more than usual. I can't judge them for that.

[-] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 6 points 5 months ago

Even I like it :P. Still using Linux

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 14 points 5 months ago

I absolutely love this response.

[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 10 points 5 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Microsoft has released a recovery tool that’s designed to help IT admins repair Windows machines that were impacted by CrowdStrike’s faulty update that crashed 8.5 million Windows devices on Friday.

The tool creates a bootable USB drive that IT admins can use to help quickly recover impacted machines.

While CrowdStrike has issued an update to fix its software that led to millions of Blue Screen of Death errors, not all machines are able to automatically receive that fix.

Some IT admins have reported rebooting PCs multiple times will get the necessary update, but for others the only route is having to manually boot into Safe Mode and deleting the problematic CrowdStrike update file.

Microsoft’s recovery tool now makes this recovery process less manual, by booting into its Windows PE environment via USB, accessing the disk of the affected machine, and automatically deleting the problematic CrowdStrike file to allow the machine to boot properly.

This avoids having to boot into Safe Mode or a requirement of admin rights on the machine, because the tool is simply accessing the disk without booting into the local copy of Windows.


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[-] grabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

This seems performative since you could already do this easily unless the drive was bitlockered and you didn't have a recovery key.

[-] Shadow@lemmy.ca 12 points 5 months ago

Many admins aren't technical enough to automate, they're going to boot a recovery image and delete the file by hand everywhere. This will definitely save effort, plus is something you can give to non technical people.

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