CrowdStrike experienced an incident affecting Windows OS systems due to a defective content update. This update led to critical boot failures, causing Windows PCs to enter an infinite boot cycle. The issue did not affect Mac and Linux hosts. To resolve the problem, users need to boot into Safe Mode, navigate to the CrowdStrike directory, and delete a specific system file. CrowdStrike has since rolled back the faulty update and provided guidance to affected users to restore normal operations [[โ]](https://www.macrumors.com/2024/07/19/global-it-outage-limited-to-windows-pcs/) [[โ]](https://www.macrumors.com/2024/07/19/global-it-outage-limited-to-windows-pcs/).