The Recovery Tool answers the question everybody searched for at the end of last week: “How to fix blue screen of death?”
Exciting Windows update news circulated on the internet this weekend. The company introduced a new way how to fix the blue screen of death. Before the events, there was only one way to solve the blue screen – the company provided a manual way to correct the problem on Friday.
Here is how to fix blue screen of death manually:
- Put Windows into Safe Mode or the Recovery Environment
- Go to the directory called C:\Windows\System32\drivers\CrowdStrike
- Find the file called “C-00000291*.sys” and delete it from the folder
- Now restart the computer normally.
This method could be more efficient. Only a few people know of it, and it also needs to be done on one device at a time. This is a waste of time for big companies with thousands of computers and insufficient IT staff.
Windows Update News introduced the official Recovery Tool on the first day after the CrowdStrike and Microsoft outage. This tool requires some specific parameters and will help the IT department in each company fix the blue screen faster for each affected computer.
These are the requirements to use the Recovery Tool on how to fix the blue screen of death:
- At least 8GB on a Windows 64-bit client. This will help the tool run and create the bootable USB drive
- Administrative privileges on the Windows client
- A USB drive with a minimum of 1GB and a maximum of 32 GB.
This Microsoft news on the official website also provides all the instructions needed to use the Recovery Tool successfully. If used properly, the device should run exactly as before the CrowdStrike and Microsoft outage.
The Microsoft outage was caused by a CrowdStrike update that was installed automatically on Windows devices. Windows update news reveals that Microsoft estimates that over 8.5 million devices were affected on Friday. The Microsoft outage affected businesses across the globe. The blue screen appeared on millions of devices, from airlines to IT companies.
The Microsoft news reveals that 8.5 million devices were affected by the CrowdStrike and Microsoft outage. While this is only 1% of all Windows devices worldwide, it is still significant enough to cause problems, regardless of the small percentage.
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