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 ...

BitLocker recovery key is a full-disk encryption feature in Microsoft Windows Pro and Enterprise operating systems. It is a unique 48-digit numerical password that ...

Microsoft has acknowledged an issue affecting Windows 10 customers who have installed the KB4535680 security update that addresses a security feature bypass vulnerability in Secure Boot. Secure Boot ...

Since BitLocker heavily relies on WinRE to handle pre-boot authentication, including the recovery password prompt, if WinRE is disabled, corrupted, or not properly ...

Last time I covered an introduction to BitLocker, the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and what TPM does to assist in keeping your system secure. This time I'm writing about the most important aspect of ...

Microsoft has warned that some systems may boot into BitLocker recovery after installing the October 2025 Windows security updates. Microsoft has released out-of-band updates to fix a known issue ...

Oof, Windows is having a rough week. Only five days after a massive CrowdStrike update-slash-outage made headlines for crippling IT infrastructure all over the world (which, admittedly, is a ...

As it turned out, KB5012170 generates lots of headaches for customers. Besides the need to update UEFI to install updates, it causes multiple computers to boot into BitLocker recovery. As it turns out ...

Microsoft has explained how an Intel feature is triggering Windows 10 PCs with the latest update to go into a BitLocker recovery and reboot loop. Earlier, we covered a new BitLocker-related trouble on ...