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Hi,<br />
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I have been trying to encrypt my laptop that has Windows 8.1 pro and it has a bitlocker option but it only asks me to put a password and/or use a USB key to unlock it. <br />
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I have noticed also that it doesn't have have TPM which i believe that the laptop has no TPM chip installed from the factory when it was build. Please have a look at the pictures attached for reference.<br />
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I would like to buy pass this option for the password and USB key option to make it easier and less stressful for the user (maybe local group policy?). If the User have to put the password all the time and/ or use a USB key, this will make her life not so easier.<br />
<br />
Is there another way we could do to change that? As per users with TPM chip built-in their laptops, those ones are easier to turn on Bitlocker.<br />
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Can you please advice?<br />
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Hi,

I have been trying to encrypt my laptop that has Windows 8.1 pro and it has a bitlocker option but it only asks me to put a password and/or use a USB key to unlock it. 

I have noticed also that it doesn't have have TPM which i believe that the laptop has no TPM chip installed from the factory when it was build. Please have a look at the pictures attached for reference.

I would like to buy pass this option for the password and USB key option to make it easier and less stressful for the user (maybe local group policy?). If the User have to put the password all the time and/ or use a USB key, this will make her life not so easier.

Is there another way we could do to change that? As per users with TPM chip built-in their laptops, those ones are easier to turn on Bitlocker.

Can you please advice?

Bitlocker without TPM

Encryption is the process of encoding messages or information in such a way that only authorized parties can read it. In an encryption scheme, the intended communication information or message, referred to as plaintext, is encrypted using an encryption algorithm, generating ciphertext that can only be read if decrypted. For technical reasons, an encryption scheme usually uses a pseudo-random encryption key generated by an algorithm. An authorized recipient can easily decrypt the message with the key provided by the originator to recipients, but not to unauthorized interceptors.

Encryption

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