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A new Windows 11 BitLocker bypass only needs a USB stick, and the researcher thinks it's a backdoor

BitLocker is the encryption layer that most Windows 11 users never think about. It runs quietly in the background and it's tied to the TPM, with the entire point of it being that if someone walks off ...

Your PC could do more with Windows 11 Pro, now just $8

If you want to run virtual machines, test software in isolation, or encrypt your drive with BitLocker, Windows 11 Pro has the ...
Ars Technica

How does a Bitlocker screen appear on a Windows 11 Home system?

I was recently talking to someone I know about using Windows Defender to scan their system, and they decided to use the "offline scan" option (the one that reboots and does a scan before loading ...
Windows Report on MSN

How to fix BitLocker stuck on decrypting in Windows 11

Fix a stuck BitLocker decryption on Windows 11. Step-by-step solutions including manage-bde commands, CHKDSK, Safe Mode, and ...
TechSpot

Windows 11 to receive default BitLocker encryption, new RAM speed metrics in Task Manager

In a nutshell: The next major upgrade to Windows 11 will introduce several changes to the not-so-popular operating system. One key update is Microsoft enhancing the security of users' on-device data ...
BGR

BitLocker In Windows 11 Pro Could Be Slowing Your SSD Down

If you're running Windows 11 Pro, you could be costing your SSD almost 50 percent of its performance and speed. According to extensive tests run by the fine folks at Tom's Hardware, Windows 11's ...
ExtremeTech

Microsoft to Make BitLocker Encryption the Default in Next Windows 11 Build

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BitLocker could be cutting the performance of SSDs almost in half in Windows 11

A new report goes some way to showing that the BitLocker security feature of Windows 11 could be massively reducing the performance of SSDs. An investigation found that the data encryption tool, which ...
BleepingComputer

Microsoft fixes BitLocker recovery issue only for Windows 11 users

Microsoft has addressed a known issue causing some Windows 11 systems to boot into BitLocker recovery after installing the April 2026 Windows security updates. BitLocker is a Windows security feature ...
Neowin

Microsoft's default BitLocker on your Windows 11 PC is hitting even the fastest SSDs hard0 0

If you have an OEM pre-built system that came pre-installed with Windows 11 Pro, chances are it has software BitLocker enabled. You can check that by running an elevated command prompt (CMD as an ...
Neowin

Microsoft confirms "65000" BitLocker encryption error is haunting Windows 11 and Windows 10Microsoft confirms "65000" BitLocker encryption error is haunting Windows 11 and ...

Microsoft has not been able to resolve a new issue related to BitLocker encryption reporting on Intune on Windows 11 and Windows 10 enterprise PCs. Thankfully, the company has issued a workaround.