Global IT outage

[grunge]

Microsoft fuckup apparently. Who’d have thought centralising everything would be so risky.

Not MS afterall, looks like its a cyber security company called CloudStrike. sounds as though they did a driver update last night and its crashing windows machines at a kernel level.

Normally stuff like this would be done in a staged manor so issues wouldnt be so bad but it got pushed globally. If this is true its a fuck up of epic proportions.

 

[lefty goldblatt]

Can they not just turn it off and then on again?

I think you have to pull the plug out for two minutes as well.

Stop being so modem, tap it with a hammer or check if a valve has blown.

I always found taking the batteries out and shaking them, works.

 

[Man-chester copperpot]

Was the main I.T. Generator in Hairhill, Leeds?

 

[MCFC Wirral]

Should card payments be ok? I’m going shopping this morning.

 

[BlueHammer85]

No great loss, GB news is still on air.

I dont like watching comedies in the morning.

 

[Salford_Blue]

Should card payments be ok? I’m going shopping this morning.

You may have to use those pound notes you have in the loft on this occasion

 

[Frank the Yank]

Should card payments be ok? I’m going shopping this morning.

Ca$h is king and not talking about matty cash either..

 

[threespires]

Can they not just turn it off and then on again?

Back in the day we only had one support question....

Have you done an IPL ? (initial program load)

If Answer No respond: "You need to do an IPL" (leaving time to find someone else to take the inevitable next call)

If Answer Yes respond: "Ah, that was your first mistake, you really should have called us first"

 

[normskih]

Ca$h is king and not talking about matty cash either..

Always said, cash is king.

 

[MCFC Wirral]

Can I have a sensible answer, please? I want to go to Cheshire Oaks.