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Microsoft points finger at the EU for not being able to lock down Windows (www.neowin.net)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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[–] woelkchen 39 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Meanwhile a Microsoft employee on how to prevent such an issue under Linux: https://www.phoronix.com/news/systemd-Auto-Boot-Assessment

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

a Microsoft employee

You're talking about good ol' Lenny like he isn't the author of the most used init and utility system as well as PulseAudio.

[–] woelkchen 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I know who that is and he's also a Microsoft employee these days which makes this a funny sequence of statements:

"EU bad because they made us open up Windows to 3rd party anti-virus vendors. Oh, btw, the fully open Linux operating system can cope with such a problem if properly configured. Here's the documentation to make that configuration."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Not only that, he specifically attacked "commercial operating systems" - it's anyone's guess which he meant - for not implementing it.

[–] 800XL 5 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I don't know enough about Windows 10/11, but aren't they supposed to boot into a menu thet allows you to pick the last known good configuration before it evens boots to the gui?

[–] kevindqc 8 points 3 months ago

The problem is with a specific file on the disk, not a misconfiguration

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Apparently it’s because CrowdStrike installed their device driver as one that must start when Windows starts.

Explained here: https://youtu.be/wAzEJxOo1ts?feature=shared&t=675

I’ve linked to the specific time where he explains that issue, but tbh the whole video is worth watching.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I don't use Windows these days but I still enjoy Dave's channel

[–] woelkchen 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It's been a while since I had such a massive problem under Windows but the last time you could try to restore one of the last backups and usually that failed because Windows restore points are/were crap.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Yeah we tried that where I work (I'm not IT) and it failed. Safe mode didn't work either 'cause it couldn't authenticate the user for login as the server was down as well.