Have a dell laptop is windows ten pro. Had turned on bitlocker on a while back again as i like it because everytime i turn on laptop, i need to enter the bitlocker pin and then the windows ten ...

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.

If you want to prevent standard users from changing your BitLocker drive encryption password/PIN, you can deploy the relevant Enable/Disable GPO setting for this.

MBAM 1.0 included a Recovery Portal that the help desk could use for PIN resets, and BitLocker recovery issues, but it still required that the user call the help desk for assistance.

First off, I'm running Windows 8.1 and I don't have a TPM. I know all about going under the local Group Policy and disabling the TPM requirement. That's fine, I understand that aspect of it. Where ...

If you don’t know the password or PIN you used to set up BitLocker, that’s where the recovery key comes into the picture. It’s basically your digital life preserver.