Microsoft rolls out fix for CrowdStrike Windows problem, easy tool to get your PC working - How to get started

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CrowdStrike Windows Outage: Microsoft has been quick to release its own fix to address the CrowdStrike outage that affected millions of Windows computers. This fix is available as a tool that can be loaded onto a USB drive to recover the affected computers.

For those unfamiliar, on Friday, office workers, airlines, healthcare, IT, and more were all impacted by the CrowdStrike outage. This affected millions of Windows users whose computers had the CrowdStrike Falcon installed. The cause was a faulty update, which led to a breakdown of global IT facilities and services. CrowdStrike did release an update promising to fix the issue, but it hasn't reached all affected users. Many have suggested various solutions, including booting into Safe Mode to delete the CrowdStrike update, and this Microsoft tool simplifies resolving the issue.

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During the outage, many PCs repeatedly rebooted, entered a boot loop, and displayed the Blue Screen of Death. Despite official instructions from CrowdStrike on resolving the issue, many users couldn't access Windows Safe Mode. This tool works by creating a bootable USB drive to facilitate device repair, or help boot into Safe Mode, and then log in with an account that has admin access to delete the problematic CrowdStrike update.

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Microsoft's recovery tool for CrowdStrike problems can be downloaded from the Microsoft Download Centre via this link. There are two ways users can fix the problem:

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Microsoft recommends the first option for everyone, but there are prerequisites:

For more details, you can follow Microsoft's official guide that it has posted for the tech community here.