Fix Blue Screen error from Crowdstrike in Windows Update.

Submitted by Mohammd ALsharif on Fri, 07/19/2024 - 23:22

On this day 19/ 7/ 2024 the Crowdstrike in Windows Update Causes Major Computer Outages Worldwide.

Brody Nisbet, CrowdStrike's chief threat hunter, has confirmed the issue and on X posted the following:

There is a faulty channel file, so not quite an update. There is a workaround...

1. Boot Windows into Safe Mode or WRE.

2. Go to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\CrowdStrike

3. Locate and delete file matching "C-00000291*.sys"

4. Boot normally.

 

To fix this error, you can follow the steps in the following video If you cannot access Windows Safe Mode :

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