Windows would confront BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) if there is something happened on the Crowdstrike. 

Since the global IT outage began, Microsoft has been aiding Crowdstrike in decluttering the mess in Windows. The company has bestowed some measures to further prioritise Windows, making it more advanced halting its kernel access. The Crowdstrike has found a bug in the testing software as it functions at the kernel level. Windows would confront BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) if there is something happened on the Crowdstrike.

John Cable, vice president of program management for Windows servicing and delivery, stated in a blog post that the global IT outage has shown the need to look into more innovative ideas to provide further resilience. The company would manage to improve and will not delay the security of the Window systems, he added.

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In 2006, Microsoft attempted to implement PatchGuard in Windows which would forbid the entry of third parties accessing the kernel. Due to the opposition from anti-virus companies, a case has been filed in the court and the company took a withdrawal from the plan giving access to the security vendors in its kernel.

When Windows was all stuck due to the sudden IT outage, every individual looked down on Microsoft for its instability which led to a global tech disaster. While it has become clear that an update to an anti-virus program ‘Falcon Sensor’ by CrowdStrike was responsible for the massive worldwide outage, people have been wondering how such a defective update was allowed and if it may happen ever again. Just as the proverb prevention is better than cure, tech giants are running behind measures to stop the occurrence rather than resolving it later.

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Some say that this has been done as a cakewalk and that the windows could disable buggy drivers. This will allow the system to identify the bug leaving it in the reboot or recovery mode. The company should have added technical advancements preventing it from a complete halt to the current status mode or after multiple reboot jinx.

Microsoft received backlash when it tried to secure Windows on its own from the security vendors. The company is on the fence that the pressure primates the digital world to confront such blue screen malfunctions to happen again.