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Update 🚨: CrowdStrike Update Causes Microsoft Outage - Here's How to Fix 'Blue Screen of Death'

CrowdStrike releases fix for Individual Hosts where updates causing Windows to enter Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) Loop - Here's How to Fix BSOD on PC

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CrowdStrike outage affects Microsoft systems worldwide

On July 19, 2024, Microsoft experienced a significant global outage affecting windows users worldwide. This incident was primarily linked to a faulty update from CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity firm. The update caused many Windows systems to display the dreaded Blue Screen of Death (BSOD), leading to unexpected shutdowns and restarts. You'll read complete details of this outage here.

How to Fix 'Blue Screen of Death'

As the Microsoft outage effects windows users worldwide, CrowdStrike finally responds to the major tech glitch in Windows and releases fix for Individual Hosts where updates causing Windows to enter  Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) Loop.

Here's how to fix it;
For Individual Hosts, CrowdStrike provided the following steps;
  1. Boot Windows into 'Safe Mode' or the 'Windows Recovery Environment'.
  2. Navigate to the C:\Windows\System32\drivers\CrowdStrike directory.
  3. Locate and delete the file matching "C-00000291*.sys".
  4. Boot the host normally.
That's it! by following these steps the problem with Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) will be removed. 
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