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IT End of World - STW going strong

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Flights grounded, trains halted, stock exchange not trading, Sky news off air. But the (previously) flakiest forum in the world just powers on without issue.

Will be soon be running the world through STW?


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 9:20 am
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For the first time ever it’s a good job this place runs on analogue hamsters.


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 9:29 am
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Going strong? We can't even use emojis


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 9:30 am
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Our work systems are still going...... bugger


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 9:31 am
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But look what’s happening to websites that can


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 9:31 am
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I wish Teams was down, would get me out of a number of meetings this morning that I really can't be arsed with!

I hope I don't regret my flippancy when battling to survive after the Great Crash


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 9:33 am
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Flights grounded,
Trains halted,
Stock exchange not trading,
Sky news off air.
Paxman and his underwear

You'll be telling us you started a fire next...


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 9:34 am
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Link here - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cnk4jdwp49et


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 9:34 am
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RIP to the person that rolled that update out last night...


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 9:35 am
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I blame Starmer!!!

Two weeks of Labour and look and what happens! 🙂


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 9:36 am
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RIP to the person that rolled that update out last night…

Its only a quick update to the DNS servers what can go wrong?


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 9:36 am
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It's been caused by Crowdstrike, the fix requires booting each system that is having problems to safe mode. Bit of a nightmare weekend ahead if you are a Crowdstrike user.


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 9:37 am
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the fix requires booting each system that is having problems to safe mode

So when Microsoft say they are taking "mitigating action" they actually do mean turning it off and back on again?


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 9:39 am
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I can not re boot my work pc to safe mode because I do  not have my bitlocker encryption key   I might have noted it somewhere safe when I last reimaged my work pc  4 years ago,  but no recall where that might be.

With hindsight pity  I have not re-imaged to windows 11 as our compay help portal is saying a re boot resolved issue on windows 11.


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 9:44 am
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So when Microsoft say they are taking “mitigating action” they actually do mean turning it off and back on again?

It's not something Microsoft can fix with a restart, more details below.

https://twitter.com/SimoKohonen/status/1814188665012158914


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 9:47 am
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It's a big un the IT bods at my work have put on their panic Crocs.


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 9:47 am
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Sports mode or regular mode?


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 9:52 am
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Hmm I wonder if I can make any Cisco Secure Endpoint sales today


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 9:53 am
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IT people stressing out on one of the hottest days of the year so far? Urgh think of the stench.


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 9:54 am
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@bassmandan

funnily ive just put crowdstrike on my blacklist

and we have recently started running with cisco secure kit 😀


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 9:56 am
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Cracking comment on The Register :

"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."

- Douglas Adams

How true this is for the Cloud. The man was totally ahead if his time.


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 10:02 am
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I wish Teams was down

I wish Teams was down permanently


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 10:03 am
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My work lap won’t boot, BSOD.

Just imagine being the PM responsible for this update though. Wow!

This is going to cost a lot of money in lost productivity.


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 10:04 am
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IT people stressing out on one of the hottest days of the year so far? Urgh think of the stench.

All my stuff's working fine thanks *smugface


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 10:07 am
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Curious. I had to reboot once at home 10 hours ago. A colleague said it took much longer. But everything else was fine all day.


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 10:10 am
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All my stuff’s working fine thanks *smugface

Well you've jinxed it now


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 10:20 am
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Damn we've just run out of TEA! I was going shopping ?


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 10:22 am
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I'm finding it amusing that the train companies have seen what's going on and have announced that 'trains are delayed'.


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 10:23 am
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I can’t log onto EMIS, so it looks like it is is going to be a bad day for many patients doctors and admin staff in GP practices this morning. The NHS app will also have limited access to patient data


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 10:25 am
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My work Linux PC seems fine, as does my work Linux laptop.


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 10:26 am
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Oddly enough I'm running a Cloud project...I'll get my coat.


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 10:28 am
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Have got my bit locker recovery key from my online Microsoft account


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 10:30 am
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CrowdStrike

Wikipedia article updated!

On the 19th July 2024, a Crowdstrike update crashed millions of computers worldwide and allowed AI to take over the world and get rid of snowflakery and wokerism!


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 10:35 am
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Ooh, it’s bin day. Do you think they’ll still be emptied?


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 10:37 am
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Damn we’ve just run out of TEA! I was going shopping ?

M&S Foodstore in Matlock is operating just fine - so maybe try M&S! 🙂

Local newsagents till also working fine - bought my Euromillions and Private Eye this morning.


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 10:37 am
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Why close the thread with the obvious title and keep the one with the obscure title which will create more threads ?‍♂️


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 10:40 am
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To the less IT literate Crowdstrike sounds like malware. It does to me anyway.


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 10:41 am
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Nearest M&S is an hour away! Will find out soon enough when I go to Asda or Tesco.

We do have coffee and tap water so won't die, but TEA!


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 10:43 am
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Have used the above fix of deleting the file from the croudstrike directory and my pc has rebooted.


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 10:49 am
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Nearest M&S is an hour away!

No M&S Foodstore - your area must be proper poor!!! 🙂


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 10:50 am
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What actually is Cloudstrike?


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 10:52 am
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Hope no-one has shares in Crowdstrike


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 10:52 am
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On Monday I'll be walking into my workroom and making curtains as usual.

Hoorah for STW, however the 'like' button still doesn't work.


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 10:54 am
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https://twitter.com/FFF182/status/1814215680553894054


 
Posted : 19/07/2024 10:57 am
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OK... Did anyone else (apart from me and the 20+ other blokes here in work) see Sky News boardcasting Pro Russian news on loop between 0630 and 0745...

(No! !.... None of us are wearing foil hats)


 
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