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https://www.theregister.com/ has a series of articles on what's going on technically.
Latest advice...
Boot Windows into Safe Mode or WRE.
Go to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\CrowdStrike
Locate and delete file matching "C-00000291*.sys"
Boot normally.
For a second I thought this was going to say "go to C:\Windows\System32 and delete it."
I've been on the internet too long lol.
Yeah I had to do this with all my machines this morning. Worked.
Working on our units. But only works if we are able to launch command prompt from the recovery menu. Otherwise we are getting a F8 prompt and cannot start.
Bootable USB stick?
Yeah some 95% of our end user devices (>8000) have the F8 prompt. Logistics is losing their minds about the prospect of sending recovery USBs to roughly a thousand locations across NA.