IT End of World – STW going strong

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?

For the first time ever it’s a good job this place runs on analogue hamsters.

Going strong? We can’t even use emojis

Our work systems are still going…… bugger

But look what’s happening to websites that can

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

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…

Link here – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cnk4jdwp49et

RIP to the person that rolled that update out last night…

I blame Starmer!!!

Two weeks of Labour and look and what happens! :-)

RIP to the person that rolled that update out last night…

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

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.

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?

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.

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.

#Crowdstrike seems to have reverted the BSOD causing update, but has supplied workaround steps in case the problem persists:

-Boot Windows into Safe Mode or the Windows Recovery Environment

-Navigate to the C:WindowsSystem32driversCrowdStrike directory

-Locate the file… https://t.co/mgtHoBFD5y

— Simo Kohonen (@SimoKohonen) July 19, 2024

It’s a big un the IT bods at my work have put on their panic Crocs.

Sports mode or regular mode?

Hmm I wonder if I can make any Cisco Secure Endpoint sales today

IT people stressing out on one of the hottest days of the year so far? Urgh think of the stench.

@bassmandan

funnily ive just put crowdstrike on my blacklist

and we have recently started running with cisco secure kit :D

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.

I wish Teams was down

I wish Teams was down permanently

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.

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

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.

All my stuff’s working fine thanks *smugface

Well you’ve jinxed it now

Damn we’ve just run out of TEA! I was going shopping ?

I’m finding it amusing that the train companies have seen what’s going on and have announced that ‘trains are delayed’.

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

My work Linux PC seems fine, as does my work Linux laptop.

Oddly enough I’m running a Cloud project…I’ll get my coat.

Have got my bit locker recovery key from my online Microsoft account

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!

Ooh, it’s bin day. Do you think they’ll still be emptied?

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.

Why close the thread with the obvious title and keep the one with the obscure title which will create more threads ?‍♂️

To the less IT literate Crowdstrike sounds like malware. It does to me anyway.

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!

Have used the above fix of deleting the file from the croudstrike directory and my pc has rebooted.

Nearest M&S is an hour away!

No M&S Foodstore – your area must be proper poor!!! :-)