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    Back in January Microsoft encrypted all my hard drives without saying anything. I was playing around with a dual boot yesterday and somehow aggravated Secureboot. So my C: panicked and required a 40 character key to unlock.

    Your key is backed up to the Microsoft account associated with your install. Which is considerate to the hackers. (and saved me from a re-install) But if you've got an unactivated copy, local account, or don't know your M$ account credentials, your boned.

    Control Panel > System Security > Bitlocker Encryption.

    BTW, I was aware that M$ was doing this and even made fun of the effected users. Karma.

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    [–] RoyaltyInTraining@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (4 children)

    I can't even adjust bitlocker settings on my laptop's windows 11 home Installation...

    [–] nargis@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

    I had a windows home installation too, local rules may vary, but mine (India), I could turn it off from the command prompt.

    manage-bde -off C: (or any other drive) was what I used.

    Edit: nevermind, you meant that you wanted to change the key. That's not possible, unfortunately, you might have to use some other encryption software.

    [–] limerod@reddthat.com 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    Yeah, you need Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise, or Education edition.

    [–] RaccoonBall@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

    Not anymore. Now home has it too

    [–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    Is this person lying/incorrect? https://lemmy.world/comment/16865866

    [–] limerod@reddthat.com 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    Unlikely. But, there's a possibility they are both telling the truth. Since, they could be on a different Software version on their story.

    [–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 1 points 23 hours ago

    Always the AB testing. All versions are regional and they only try these things in faschist us first where it is safest to assault customers

    [–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    The what? I think i disabled bitlocker fromsettings on my laptop which is probably home version

    [–] RoyaltyInTraining@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

    Disabling it entirely is possible, but I want to keep the encryption and set a proper password for it instead of the stupidly long recovery key. That and similar features seem to be locked behind the pro version.

    [–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    Do home versions even come with bitlocker? There might be nothing to adjust

    [–] Vahenir@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

    They do and it auto activates when you add a Microsoft account. It cannot be turned off on the home edition as it doesn't have the full bitlocker settings. Came across this one on some machine i was working on a while ago and i ended up having to pull the SSD from the customers machine and plug it into something with pro to actually disable bitlocker.