Microsoft provided the FBI with the recovery keys to unlock encrypted data on the hard drives of three laptops as part of a federal investigation, Forbes reported on Friday. Many modern Windows ...

Microsoft handed over encryption keys for its hard drive encryption software BitLocker to the FBI last year, complying with a search warrant tied to a fraud investigation in Guam. This marks the first ...

For Windows' BitLocker drive encryption, performance has been a long-standing pain point, especially as high-speed NVMe drives have become more dominant in the market. Fortunately, Microsoft has taken ...

I have immersed myself in the tech world for over five years, focusing my efforts on providing readers with in-depth reviews of gadgets. Exploring the ins and outs of the latest tech has been quite a ...

A C# Windows Forms application to manage BitLocker-encrypted drives. Features include drive detection, lock/unlock with password or Windows Hello, secure password storage using DPAPI, auto-elevation, ...

BitLocker recovery is the process of regaining access to a drive that’s protected by BitLocker, especially when you’re unable to access it as you normally would. In planned situations, such as ...

BitLocker Drive Encryption is a powerful tool for safeguarding your Windows 11 data. But what happens when crucial updates or hardware changes demand a temporary pause in this robust protection?

To fix the “Cannot install Windows, BitLocker Drive Encryption is enabled on selected partition” error, suspend BitLocker via Settings or Control Panel, or use your recovery key to unlock the drive.

The 24H2 version in Windows 11 enables automatic BitLocker encryption by default. While this security feature helps prevent unauthorized access to a lost or stolen laptop, a lot of users are seeing ...

Last month, Microsoft announced its plans to remove the BYPASSNRO workaround, which lets Windows 11 users skip internet and Microsoft Account sign-ins during setup. This change, still in testing, has ...