I know that one of my Toughbooks is running Win95...
Internet Outage
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Five days later, the Great CrowdStrike Crash of 2024 is still giving IT managers headaches. CNN ran a story yesterday headlined, “Why Delta is still canceling flights as other airlines return to normal.” Many airlines are “largely” back to normal, “largely” meaning “not” back to normal, a clever bit journalistic sleight-of-hand intended to boost the flagging prospects of the deep-state’s anti-virus company. Delta canceled 1,000 flights on Monday and, according to CNN, has no idea where its crew members are. Maybe hiding out in Rehobeth Beach?
The good news was, with planes grounded, their wheels were not falling off in midair and no engines caught fire, although disappointed tarmac crews were unable to toast their S’Mores this weekend.
Predictably, stock shares in the “AI-enabled” security service company took a hit, even though Bloomberg managed to find a “mostly peaceful” bright side, running a story headlined, “CrowdStrike Outage Nets Short Sellers $461 Million Windfall.” So, fortunately somebody made money, although one has a sinking feeling that when we discover who that somebody was, we’ll find their name rhymes with Crack Block.
CNBC ran a more straightforward headline:
Evidence that CrowdStrike is a deep state front company includes that corporate media is mostly making excuses for the most expensive, biggest, and most destructive computer bug in history. “These things happen,” reporters and experts soberly informed us. And so forth.
☕️ COLLOSAL ☙ Tuesday, July 23, 2024 ☙ C&C NEWS 🦠
CrowdStrike still striking airlines; experts baffled by hole in the ground; Reuter's truth bombs the Proxy War; bipartisan roasting of Secret Service Director sparks bureaucratic outrage; and more.
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Sneakers
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I've seen a number of reports where if BitLocker was installed, many were losing all their data because they couldn't find the BitLocker key.
The good news was, with planes grounded, their wheels were not falling off in midair and no engines caught fire, although disappointed tarmac crews were unable to toast their S’Mores this weekend.
Predictably, stock shares in the “AI-enabled” security service company took a hit, even though Bloomberg managed to find a “mostly peaceful” bright side, running a story headlined, “CrowdStrike Outage Nets Short Sellers $461 Million Windfall.” So, fortunately somebody made money, although one has a sinking feeling that when we discover who that somebody was, we’ll find their name rhymes with Crack Block.
CNBC ran a more straightforward headline:
Evidence that CrowdStrike is a deep state front company includes that corporate media is mostly making excuses for the most expensive, biggest, and most destructive computer bug in history. “These things happen,” reporters and experts soberly informed us. And so forth.
☕️ COLLOSAL ☙ Tuesday, July 23, 2024 ☙ C&C NEWS 🦠
CrowdStrike still striking airlines; experts baffled by hole in the ground; Reuter's truth bombs the Proxy War; bipartisan roasting of Secret Service Director sparks bureaucratic outrage; and more.
After dealing at work with whole-disk encryption and the problems it caused, I made sure to never enable encryption on my own PC.
For Corporate PC's on a Windows Network Domain, there is a recovery console you get the key from [ assuming this has been setup ] I've worked for several companies that had this
Bitlocker should not stop someone from booting into Safe Mode ...
KB5042429: New recovery tool to help with CrowdStrike issue impacting Windows devices
Summary
As a follow-up to the CrowdStrike Falcon agent issue impacting Windows clients and servers, we have released an updated recovery tool with two repair options to help IT administrators expedite the repair process. The tool automates the manual steps in KB5042421 (client) and KB5042426 (server). Download the signed Microsoft Recovery Tool from the Microsoft Download Center. You can use the tool to recover Windows clients, servers, and Hyper-V virtual machines (VM).There are two repair options:
- Recover from Windows PE: this option uses boot media that automates the device repair.
- Recover from safe mode: this option uses boot media for affected devices to boot into safe mode. An administrator can then sign in using an account with local administrative privileges and run the remediation steps.
Updated CrowdStrike recovery tool can save you from Blue Screen of Death, even without BitLocker recovery keys
Microsoft released a USB Recovery Tool late last week to address the CrowdStrike bug. The tool was designed to expedite the repair process and allow IT admins to restore PCs to a point that's unaffected by CrowdStrike's faulty update. That tool now has two repair options: recover from WinPE and recover from safe mode. Microsoft recommends the recover from WinPE option, but there are situations that will require the other method. Most notably, recovering from safe mode may be able to work if BitLocker is enabled on a device and a recovery key is unavailable (admin rights required).
An updated Tech Community post outlines the options, as well as the pros and cons of each method:
- Recover from WinPE (recommended option)
This option quickly and directly recovers systems and does not require local admin privileges. However, you may need to manually enter the BitLocker recovery key (if BitLocker is used on the device) and then repair impacted systems. If you use a third-party disk encryption solution, please refer to vendor guidance to determine options to recover the drive so that the remediation script can be run from WinPE. - Recover from safe mode
This option may enable recovery on BitLocker-enabled devices without requiring the entry of BitLocker recovery keys. For this option, you must have access to an account with local administrator rights on the device. Use this approach for devices using TPM-only protectors, devices that are not encrypted, or situations where the BitLocker recovery key is unknown. However, if utilizing TPM+PIN BitLocker protectors, the user will either need to enter the PIN if known, or the BitLocker recovery key must be used. If BitLocker is not enabled, then the user will only need to sign in with an account with local administrator rights. If third-party disk encryption solutions are utilized, please work with those vendors to determine options to recover the drive so the remediation script can be run.
Microsoft notes that while the USB option is preferred, some devices do not support USB connections. In that case, a Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) option or reimaging a device may be required.
We'll update our guide on how to fix the CrowdStrike Blue Screen error on Windows 11 with details about the new method soon. You can also read Microsoft's breakdown of the process.
Sneakers
Just sneakin' around....
True, and I dealt with it too. It was always a PITA and took more time than needed.
It doesn't, but once you're in, it's not easy to unlock the data for non-computer-literate people. And apparently, BitLocker is now force enabled in Win 11.
OK, my last employer was just rolling out / Testing Win 11 as I worked from home .... I had Win 11 on my company laptop for a few weeks, but I was basically out on Short Term Disability so I wasn't really doing anything but checking email every couple of days
Sneakers
Just sneakin' around....
I keep putting off the update, got 10 working the way I like.
jrt_ms1995
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There was no good DOS after 3.3!
I had good luck with NDOS 5.There was no good DOS after 3.3!
I'm still running Win7 on my desktop...
Our company server/network has always been on Linux.
Sneakers
Just sneakin' around....
I probably would be too, but I dropped the damn thing. The replacement had Win 10 on it.
I played with Linux/Susie/BSD/etc.... many years ago, just never really got into it. Today's GUIs make it easier, so I'll try it again.