Windows BitLocker. Until recently, if you wanted to use BitLocker, you would need to be running a version of Windows other than Home (Pro, Enterprise, or Education).

Microsoft 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, ...

Setting up BitLocker on a Windows 11 PC. To activate BitLocker Drive Encryption on your Windows 11 PC, you’ll first need to upgrade to Windows 11 Professional if you haven’t already done so.

Today, Microsoft confirmed the issue and said it's investigating reports that "a small number" of Windows 10 PCs display BitLocker recovery screens after installing the KB5058379 update.

A new report suggests Microsoft may be enabling BitLocker encryption by default on Windows 11 24H2 PCs. What's interesting is that the report suggests that this may happen on Home editions too.

"After installing the July 2024 Windows security update, released July 9, 2024 [..], you might see a BitLocker recovery screen upon booting your device," Microsoft said. "This screen does not ...

Microsoft began pushing BitLocker with the Windows 11 23H2 update, which made BitLocker the default for new installations on supported systems. With 24H2, that setting expands to reinstallations ...

Various versions of Windows include the option to use BitLocker, which is Microsoft’s built-in encryption tool. Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning.

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 ...

Encryption is an added level of security for you PC. Here are the pros and cons of Microsoft’s built-in encryption tool BitLocker.