How a cheap barcode scanner helped fix CrowdStrike’d Windows PCs in a flash

This one weird trick saved countless hours and stress – no, really

Not long after Windows PCs and servers at the Australian limb of audit and tax advisory Grant Thornton started BSODing last Friday, senior systems engineer Rob Woltz remembered a small but important fact: When PCs boot, they consider barcode scanners no differently to keyboards.…

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