Microsoft tests Quick Machine Recovery to restore PCs that can’t boot
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Summary
Quick Machine Recovery is a new feature being tested by Microsoft to prevent future incidents similar to the Crowdstrike catastrophe of 2024, where a faulty kernel-level update from the company caused the Blue Screen of Death to appear across millions of Windows devices.
Following the incident, Microsoft introduced the Windows Resiliency Initiative, and Quick Machine Recovery is one of the features that forms part of this initiative.
The new feature works by prompting devices to enter the Windows Recovery Environment, from which Microsoft can gain diagnostic information and deploy fixes to devices remotely via the Windows Update system.
Quick Machine Recovery is enabled by default for home users, and Windows Insiders can trial the feature in a simulated environment.