Affecting Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server, the bug prevents your PC from booting into Windows, instead resulting in a blue screen that asks for your BitLocker recovery key.

Windows should then start with the BitLocker recovery screen and work again. You can retrieve the recovery key by logging into the BitLocker recovery screen portal with your Microsoft account.

The latest Windows security update that shipped earlier this month has a bug that can cause systems to show the BitLocker recovery screen when booting up. Microsoft is working on a fix, though you ...

The problematic update applies to Windows 11 Enterprise and Education, version 22H2, and Windows 11 version 23H2, all editions.

The first thing you should try to solve the blue screen of death is to restart your Windows computer until CrowdStrike's fix comes through.CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz on Friday appeared on NBC's ...

You can now recover a PC affected by the CrowdStrike outage without BitLocker recovery keys, at least in certain situations. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...