[HN Gopher] A cheap barcode scanner helped fix CrowdStrike'd Win...
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       A cheap barcode scanner helped fix CrowdStrike'd Windows PCs in a
       flash
        
       Author : qdot76367
       Score  : 15 points
       Date   : 2024-07-25 20:27 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.theregister.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.theregister.com)
        
       | mrguyorama wrote:
       | I just had to reimage my girlfriend's Windows laptop, which
       | managed to utterly corrupt it's Windows install, all by itself,
       | to the point it couldn't even reset itself.
       | 
       | For some ungodly reason, this personal laptop to be used for
       | watching netflix had bitlocker turned on by default. 48 digit
       | keys are obscene. It was so painful to try any triage or repair
       | step because every single reset would require typing in all 48
       | digits. It's so stupid.
       | 
       | Meanwhile, what wasn't turned on automatically? System restore.
       | God forbid you set aside 20gb for a chance at recovery. I had to
       | reinstall from raw Windows installer. Now the speakers don't
       | work, because Asus doesn't aknowledge that they've even sold this
       | model of laptop, only showing drivers for the version of the
       | laptop with an OLED screen, which uses a different wifi chipset
       | and audio chipset, so it keeps trying to stomp over the drivers!
        
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