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 ...

Microsoft has released the KB5077241 optional cumulative update for Windows 11, which comes with 29 changes, including improvements to BitLocker, a new network speed test tool, and native System ...

You mightn't think it, but the Windows 11 Recovery Environment is genuinely powerful.

Microsoft has confirmed that it provided BitLocker recovery keys to the FBI in response to a valid legal order, giving investigators the ability to decrypt hard drives that would otherwise have been ...

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 ...

You can now recover a PC affected by the CrowdStrike outage without BitLocker recovery keys, at least in certain situations. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Microsoft is making significant enhancements to a core Windows 11 security feature, bringing performance improvements of up to 70%. BitLocker is a fairly important security feature in Windows that you ...

Microsoft has announced big changes that are coming to BitLocker encryption on Windows 11 in 2026. The company has unveiled a new 'hardware accelerated BitLocker' that will be available on new devices ...