The worst of it may finally be over, but some people are still dealing with the CrowdStrike chaos. Last Thursday’s event, a Microsoft outage that crippled airlines and financial, health-care and ...

Banish the Blue Screen: How to Fix the CrowdStrike Bug on a Windows PC A faulty update from antivirus provider CrowdStrike triggers the Blue Screen of Death on numerous Windows PCs. Fortunately, there ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

Millions of Windows systems around the world are experiencing the blue screen of death or are stuck in repetitive boot loops after an update was rolled out by the cybersecurity software platform ...

Michelle is Lifehacker's Associate Tech Editor, and has been reviewing games, laptops, phones, and more for over 10 years. She is based in New York City and holds a master's degree from NYU.

A faulty CrowdStrike update can be fixed by several reboots or by booting into Safe Mode. A faulty CrowdStrike update can be fixed by several reboots or by booting into Safe Mode. is a senior ...

The Microsoft outage caused by a faulty CrowdStrike software update has caused the return of a familiar — and dreaded — screen for many Windows users: what has come to be known informally as the "blue ...