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Something only WIndows can do ! ( possibly!!!!)

shutter
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Something only WIndows can do ! ( possibly!!!!)

World wide IT system failure, affecting just about every facet of life.  Shocked

Trains, Planes and Hospital & Doctors surgeries seriously disrupted service

Has your computer "crashed"?  Have you had a "blue screen of death"

People having to PAY CASH in shops and other retail outlets  .Huh

( I almost filled up my tank this morning on the way out...    glad I didn`t.... as I rarely carry "that much" cash ! ! ! .  - Probably end up working in the carwash for the next couple of days !)

 

Apparently only WIndows can do this !..   Cheesy

 

Linux and MAC have not been affected.  Smiley

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Actually, @shutter , it appears from what I  read elsewhere, this is a third-party 'threat mitigation' company that MS are heavily involved with, who put out a corrupt/wrong update to their systems.

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Nothing happening chez Mav!

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Re: Something only WIndows can do ! ( possibly!!!!)

@jab1  "Possibly"  Wink

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@shutter  What’s the percentage of global Windows users compared with Unix & it’s derivatives

Given the systems affected Macs don’t count.

 

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@Champnet  Dunno ! Just glad I dumped windows when 7 stopped being supported and use Linux Mint and run Windows type software with WINE. Smiley

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https://news.sky.com/story/microsoft-has-serious-questions-to-answer-after-what-could-be-the-biggest...

There will now follow the obligatory finger pointing and playing the "Who's fault is it" game
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Everything is working fine for me. I would assume that this problem only affects those using cloud based services. 

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@Baldrick1  I've heard AWS mentioned more than once on radio reports.....

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@Protech wrote:
https://news.sky.com/story/microsoft-has-serious-questions-to-answer-after-what-could-be-the-biggest...

There will now follow the obligatory finger pointing and playing the "Who's fault is it" game

 

The questions may be answered... but not necessarily fully OR truthfully....

AND... .. could those businesses, Health Providers etc.. SUE MICROSOFT  for damages.... loss of business, etc etc etc.. in the same way that VW ( and others) were sued?

 

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"Something only WIndows can do ! ( possibly!!!!)"

 

A DNS lookup for ...

 

8525436e2378b1b9ced99d2bdb8c3e5e.azr.footprintdns.com ?

 

(enable stuff in the event viewer - minor error(s) in the name may have occured during transcribing).

Funniest (?) picture...

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I paid cash for a transaction as the card payment system at an outlet wasn't working.

Clod solutions (I'll leave that typo in-situ, as it was horticulturally related)

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@Champnet 

"What’s the percentage of global Windows users compared with Unix & it’s derivatives"

Opinion appears to be divided on the exact figures:

https://itsfoss.com/linux-market-share

 

Paul

An Ubuntu and Mint user for the past 15 years.

 

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@Mr_Paul  Thanks, but thoses figures seem to be slighty bias towards Linux, an OS I've always associated with anti microsoft users and hobbyists......