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 ...

Windows users who have installed a new KB5012170 security update for Secure Boot have encountered various issues, ranging from boots failing with BitLocker Recovery prompts to performance issues. A ...

This happened before, and it happened again: Windows PCs are booting into BitLocker Recovery after the recent security updates. Microsoft acknowledged the issue and confirmed BitLocker bugs after the ...

Another Windows update, another glitch. Rolling out this past Patch Tuesday, Microsoft's July update has created a hiccup for some Windows users who secure their PCs through BitLocker. Affecting ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Microsoft, on the second Tuesday of this month, released July 2024 Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 10 (KB5040427 / KB5040430 / KB5040434 / KB5040448), Windows 11 21H2/ 22H2 / 23H2 (KB5040442 / ...

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 ...

Do you have issues with Secure Boot and notice Event ID 1032 with an error message The Secure Boot update was not applied due to a known incompatibility with the ...

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 ...