[colejohnson66]

> Is it as much Microsoft's fault that repeated bluescreens from a failing kernel driver didn't prompt the OS to stop loading said driver and try to boot?

Nit. Windows does have something that does this. Failing kernel drivers are excluded on reboot. But Crowdstike marked the Falcon(?) driver in some way that prevents booting without it, even in safe mode. After all, being able to force a boot without your antivirus system isn’t safe, so why allow it?

[jpc0]

Countee nit. It is a WHQL approved driver. Microsoft validated it to do that.

It's all hypothetical regardless, the point is that there are so many people involved in that specific failure and if they really wanted to investigate it they will likely find some best practice was followed and the failure occurred anyway