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Microsoft responds with advice for Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise users to turn it off and on again. Researchers reverse engineer a bunch of self-encrypting solid state drives to reveal multiple ...

Without full disk encryption it boots into fresh install of Windows 10 Pro (no crapware, just OEM install) within 11 seconds. With software BitLocker encryption on drive C: it boots within 15 seconds.

Windows 11, Windows 10, and even older versions come pre-installed with a security and encryption feature called BitLocker.It enables users to encrypt everything on the drive where Windows is ...

If you have enabled encryption on Windows 10 build 10240 and then upgrade to build 10586, the encryption works fine. While there is no official word so far, an unofficial workaround is available.

Most people who use the Home Edition of Windows 10 and 11 are unlikely to be aware that their computer also comes with a Microsoft encryption tool. On many computers, it’s even activated by ...

In Windows 11/10 and TPM 2.0 now, the BitLocker PIN length was increased to 6 characters. Also, the TPM 2.0 lockout period is greater than the default when a PIN is changed.

To eliminate that risk, use the BitLocker To Go feature of Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise editions to encrypt the drive so that it can't be read without a password.