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Microsoft changes Windows in attempt to prevent next CrowdStrike-style catastrophe
But because the outage affected Windows systems, Microsoft often had shared and sometimes even top billing in mainstream news ...
Microsoft rolls out Windows security changes to prevent another CrowdStrike meltdown
It's been almost a year since CrowdStrike crashed Windows PCs and disrupted businesses worldwide. New changes to the Windows ...
Microsoft wants to avoid another disastrous CrowdStrike PR abomination and here's how it wants to do it
Microsoft unveils Windows Resiliency Initiative to avoid another CrowdStrike-like disruption in enterprise environments.
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Microsoft to Preview New Windows Endpoint Security Platform After CrowdStrike Outage
Microsoft will preview new Windows endpoint security platform capabilities to help vendors create security solutions that run ...
End of an Era: Microsoft Replaces Its Iconic Blue Screen of Death
Microsoft is replacing the BSOD error with a black design in Windows 11 to speed recovery and strengthen resilience after the ...
Microsoft is moving antivirus providers out of the Windows kernel
Another big area of Windows that uses kernel-level drivers is anti-cheating engines for games. Microsoft has been speaking ...
Microsoft Takes Action To Avoid Another CrowdStrike Crisis And End Windows BSODs
If you follow Microsoft news, you may have heard about the Windows Resiliency Initiative that started last year. While at ...
Microsoft is retiring the infamous ‘blue screen of death’
The dreaded “blue screen of death” that has tormented millions of Microsoft Window users for decades is being put to rest.
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Upcoming Microsoft Security, Resilience Updates Includes Ability To Run Services Outside Windows Kernel
Microsoft works with CrowdStrike, Trend Micro, ESET and other cybersecurity vendors to improve Windows security and ...
Microsoft Retires Iconic Blue Screen of Death, Unveils Black Restart Screen for Windows 11
Microsoft is replacing its iconic “blue screen of death” with a new black restart screen as part of Windows 11, 24-H2 updates ...
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Microsoft OS Security Exec Is Working With Competitors To Improve Deployment Practices. Here’s Why.
A year after the faulty CrowdStrike update that downed millions of Windows machines, Microsoft CVP Dave Weston works with ...
Microsoft bids farewell to the Windows blue screen of death after 40 years
Most Windows users will have encountered the screen and its ‘Recovery’ message most likely at an inconvenient moment ...