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I'm amazed that organisations like Microsoft either don't have, or choose not to have test systems for evaluating any potential unseen repercussions of the rollout of updates.
Maybe future IT updates should require a quick phone call to Sydney before installing, to ask......how was it for you?
It was not a Microsoft update .I'm amazed that organisations like Microsoft either don't have, or choose not to have test systems for evaluating any potential unseen repercussions of the rollout of updates.
Well done - correct. It was an update of a security suite that has zero to do with MS. The update was fine on Linux and Mac but stuck windows in blue screen of death mode. The MS method of handling that is to bring up machine in safe mode and fix the problem - it seems by deleting a specific file from the none MS package. This it seems can only be done manually at the keyboard. Personally I wouldn't be so sure of that.It was not a Microsoft update .
Ah, so only EU systems were affected?Apparently Microsoft is blaming EU regulations.
EU legislated against the monopoly that Microsoft enjoyed, and made it easier for 3rd parties to access Windows' core software programme to enable the likes of Crowdstrike to issue virus protection updates.
Microsoft's preferred virus protection software is their own Microsoft Defender, but EU considered otherwise.
"You reap what you sow" comes to mind.
Bit daft. They want nothing other than their own software on systems but there has been various attempts at stopping them from forcing that.Apparently Microsoft is blaming EU regulations.