The
CrowdStrike
outage
that
hit
millions
of
Windows
machines
on
Friday
has
left
IT
workers
scrambling
to
get
their
organizations’
computer
infrastructure
back
up
and
running.
Images
and
stories
shared
online
are
illustrating
just
how
tedious
and
overwhelming
this
task
is.
Microsoft
and
CrowdStrike
don’t
have
a
way
to
push
a
fix
for
the
issue
to
crashed
computers.
And
in
many
cases,
systems
administrators
can’t
repair
the
machines
remotely,
either.
That
leaves
them
working
in
person
to
do
things
like
use
a
Microsoft-created
tool
on
a
USB
drive,
delete
a
specific
file
while
in
Safe
Mode,
or
restart
affected
computers
over
and
over
again,
hoping
an
update
comes
through.
And
these
things
must
be
done
for
every
individual
computer
affected.
The
work
seems
particularly
visible
in
busy
airports,
where
workers
are
trying
to
fix
machines
inside
kiosks,
attached
to
large
information
displays,
or
mounted
high
above
the
floor
requiring
a
ladder.
And
in
one
Reddit
thread,
people
tell
stories
of
long
hours
and
hundreds,
thousands,
or
tens
of
thousands
of
crashed
machines:
(Originally posted by Wes Davis)
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