John Hultin
asked on
I have to enter 48-digit Bit Locker recovery key every time I boot
Using Windows 10 on a Dell laptop for about a year. All of a sudden, every time I boot up, it asks for a Bit Locker recovery key, and I have to enter 48 f'n digits! I had never heard of Bit Locker, and to my knowledge I have never turned it on or off. Per a You Tube video, I have disabled Bit Locker, but I still get the prompt and have to enter all 48 digits again.
I'm a single user and have little need for sophisticated security. How can I get rid of this stupid prompt?
I'm a single user and have little need for sophisticated security. How can I get rid of this stupid prompt?
Where did you get the key?
Did someone give you a secure thumbdrive maybe?
Bitlocker is baked into Win10pro/enterprise. It can't b e"uninstalled". Open the control panel and double click bitlocker then look for the the drive that shows bitlocker is on and turn it off.
Did someone give you a secure thumbdrive maybe?
Bitlocker is baked into Win10pro/enterprise. It can't b e"uninstalled". Open the control panel and double click bitlocker then look for the the drive that shows bitlocker is on and turn it off.
See this from one of my previous solutions
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/29094683/I-have-to-type-in-bitlocker-every-time-i-startup-my-machine.html
Change the to PCR options, most recommend only 11
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/information-protection/bitlocker/bitlocker-group-policy-settings
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/29094683/I-have-to-type-in-bitlocker-every-time-i-startup-my-machine.html
Change the to PCR options, most recommend only 11
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/information-protection/bitlocker/bitlocker-group-policy-settings
ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
ASKER
Thanks! McKnife's, and maybe others did the trick.
I had previously tried:
Control panel
category
Admin tools
services
BL drive encryption
Properties
Startup-disable
Not sure what that accomplished.
Thanks!
I had previously tried:
Control panel
category
Admin tools
services
BL drive encryption
Properties
Startup-disable
Not sure what that accomplished.
Thanks!
ASKER
That did the trick - Thanks!
I had previously gone to: Control panel; category; admin tools; services; BL drive encryption; properties; Start-up; disable.
So I'm not sure what that was to accomplish.
Thanks again!
I had previously gone to: Control panel; category; admin tools; services; BL drive encryption; properties; Start-up; disable.
So I'm not sure what that was to accomplish.
Thanks again!
Fine. Without BL, anyone with physical access to your machine is able to manipulate it (and access all data) - I hope you are Aware of that.
https://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/04/sln302676/how-to-configure-the-trusted-platform-module-tpm-when-its-greyed-out-in-bios-on-a-latitude-7350?lang=en