BitLocker is Windows built-in encryption mechanism that protects your system from unauthorized access and keeps your confidential data safe and secure. If BitLocker is enabled on your Windows PC, you ...

Update 19-Aug-2024: Microsoft has now resolved this bug. See details below. Five years ago, after a particularly embarrassing run of flawed Windows updates, Microsoft vowed to do better. Part of its ...

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’s April 2026 cumulative update KB5083769 for Windows 11 is causing severe issues for some users, including unrecoverable boot loops, pixelated BSODs, and unexpected BitLocker recovery key ...

A family member recently came to me with this strange Bitlocker issue on a dual boot laptop that occurred after the motherboard was replaced due to a water spill. The Windows 10 boot and shared data ...

We noticed a peculiar scenario where our system starts normally most of the time, but sometimes it boots into BitLocker and asks for the key. If we press Alt or any other button to try to troubleshoot ...

Microsoft has patched a BitLocker recovery bug, but the fix is exclusive to Windows 11 version 25H2, leaving Windows 10 users in the lurch.

Microsoft has confirmed that some Windows 10 and Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 systems will boot into BitLocker recovery after installing the May 2025 security updates. The BitLocker Windows ...