No, Windows 11 doesn’t automatically enable BitLocker. If you want to use this security feature, you must manually turn it on. For that, you can search for BitLocker in the Taskbar search box ...

Unlike the KB5041580 patch for Windows 10, which basically only fixes problems, this update for Windows 11 brings several new features to the taskbar, the Start menu, and File Explorer.

To truly ensure Windows 11 provides the strongest security possible to all users, BitLocker should be available to Windows Home licenses as well. The technology is already baked in and ready to go.

M icrosoft is making BitLocker device encryption a default feature in its next major update to Windows 11. If you clean install the 24H2 version that’s rolling out in the coming months, device ...

Two new Windows 11 Insider builds 22621.1972 and 22631.1972, have been released to the Beta channel under KB5027295. The new build fixes multiple bugs including one for BitLocker, 3.5GB RAM, and more.

7 new Windows 11 features in the July 2025 Security Update "After installing the July 2024 Windows security update, released July 9, 2024 (KB5040442), you might see a BitLocker recovery screen ...

BitLocker, an encryption program from Microsoft, offers data protection for the whole disk in an efficient method that is easy to implement, seamless to the user, and can be managed by systems admins.

The Pro version of Windows allows you to use even the most advanced feature of BitLocker. To configure BitLocker on your Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise, or Education edition, follow the prescribed ...

Given that Microsoft often experiments with new features within Insider builds of Windows 11, default BitLocker encryption might be absent from the final build of Windows 11 24H2.

That means if you clean install Windows 11 later this year or buy a new PC with 24H2 installed, BitLocker device encryption will be enabled by default. If you just upgrade to 24H2, Microsoft won ...