New Windows 11 tool can fix devices that won’t boot remotely

Microsoft is working on a new Windows feature, “Quick Machine Recovery,” that will allow IT administrators to use Windows Update with “targeted fixes” to remotely fix systems that can’t boot, according to Bleeping Computer.

The new feature is part of the Windows Resiliency Initiative — Microsoft’s efforts to prevent a repeat of the outage that occurred in July 2024, when a buggy Crowdstrike update left hundreds of thousands of Windows computers unable to start, affecting hospitals, emergency services and airlines worldwide.

Microsoft plans to roll out the Quick Machine Recovery feature to the Windows 11 Insider Program in early 2025.