If you’re tired of entering your PIN every time you boot up a Windows 11 PC, the natural thing to do is go straight to Sign-in options… only to find the Remove button is greyed out. Don’t worry: your ...

Microsoft has announced that Windows 11 will get a major update for BitLocker encryption in 2026. The company says the new “hardware-accelerated BitLocker” will use dedicated hardware to encrypt data ...

What to do: Users should have their BitLocker recovery keys ready before installing the October security update for Windows 10 and 11. If the update triggers the security feature and users cannot ...

You can choose to disable BitLocker on your Windows 11 or 10 PC from the Control Panel or Windows Settings. Besides that, you can turn off BitLocker aka Device Encryption using command-line tools like ...

The error “Windows RE cannot be enabled on a volume with BitLocker Drive Encryption Enabled” prevents you from enabling the Windows Recovery Environment. WinRE is ...

Windows 11 brings a lot of changes, including two new forms of BitLocker encryption: Drive Encryption and Device Encryption. These options provide enhanced security for your devices and files, but ...

Update, May 26, 2025: This story, originally published May 24, has been updated with a brief history of PIN codes, information regarding the most secure codes you can use and why 8068 really isn’t the ...

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 ...

Once again, Microsoft’s engineers have found themselves in hot water. A recent Windows 10 update—KB5058379—is causing headaches for users worldwide, with many reporting unexpected BitLocker recovery ...