Microsoft outage: What is CrowdStrike, the service causing ‘Blue Screen of Death’ worldwide
Notably, Microsoft has not clarified if this outage is caused due to Crowdstrike or not.
- Jul 19, 2024,
- Updated Jul 19, 2024 3:33 PM IST
Microsoft Windows users worldwide including India, Australia, Germany, the United States, the UK and more are seeing a blue screen issue on their laptops. This has made their systems restart or shut down automatically. Companies like Dell Technologies have stated that this crash has been caused due to a recent CrowdStrike update.
The outage, which began Thursday evening and affected Microsoft's Central US region, crippled essential systems for numerous airlines, including American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Allegiant, and Sun Country in the US, as well as IndiGo and other airlines in India.
It was not immediately clear whether all reported outages were linked to Crowdstrike problems or if there were other issues at play.
The Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) is a critical error screen that shows up on Windows operating systems. It happens when the system crashes due to a severe issue that prevents it from working safely. When this error occurs, the computer restarts unexpectedly, and unsaved data is likely to be lost.
In this case, the Blue Screen of Death error states, “Your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart. We are just collecting some error info, the we will restart for you.”
This issue is seen across Windows, Mac and Linux.
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Microsoft Windows users worldwide including India, Australia, Germany, the United States, the UK and more are seeing a blue screen issue on their laptops. This has made their systems restart or shut down automatically. Companies like Dell Technologies have stated that this crash has been caused due to a recent CrowdStrike update.
The outage, which began Thursday evening and affected Microsoft's Central US region, crippled essential systems for numerous airlines, including American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Allegiant, and Sun Country in the US, as well as IndiGo and other airlines in India.
It was not immediately clear whether all reported outages were linked to Crowdstrike problems or if there were other issues at play.
The Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) is a critical error screen that shows up on Windows operating systems. It happens when the system crashes due to a severe issue that prevents it from working safely. When this error occurs, the computer restarts unexpectedly, and unsaved data is likely to be lost.
In this case, the Blue Screen of Death error states, “Your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart. We are just collecting some error info, the we will restart for you.”
This issue is seen across Windows, Mac and Linux.
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