Allowing BitLocker without a TPM will require unlocking the operating system drive at startup with either a password or startup key on a USB flash drive. This option ...

This post features solutions to fix the Bitlocker Error Code 0x80072f9a on Windows 11/10. BitLocker is an encryption feature included with Microsoft Windows. It is ...

There is an abundance of free encryption tools, but if you’re running Windows, BitLocker is the only tool most people need, especially for home use. Although its encryption function is only available ...

How many times have you been locked out of your PC because you accidentally spammed the wrong PIN or exceeded the max number of sign-in attempts? This and starting Windows in Safe Mode are two ...

Encryption is a security layer that will scramble or “encrypt” information so that only those with a special key can “decrypt” it to return it to its original form. Encryption, or ciphers, go back to ...

I wrote about the BitLocker feature in Microsoft Windows Vista almost two years ago, when Vista had just been released. With Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1), Microsoft implemented a few enhancements to the ...

Most people who use the Home Edition of Windows 10 and 11 are unlikely to be aware that their computer also comes with a Microsoft encryption tool. On many computers, it’s even activated by default.

BitLocker is Microsoft’s easy-to-use, proprietary encryption program for Windows that can encrypt your entire drive as well as help protect against unauthorized changes to your system such as firmware ...

BitLocker locked me out of my PC after a system update, but the recovery key saved me. I found it on my Microsoft account under the device’s details and used it to unlock each encrypted drive. It’s a ...