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.

Microsoft’s BitLocker offers solid encryption for your data on Windows 11 devices, but its level of protection isn’t for everyone all of the time. This article shows how to disable BitLocker ...

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 ...

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BitLocker is officially only available for Windows 10/11 Pro. However, the tool is actually also included in the Home versions, just hidden.

By default, BitLocker is enabled on all Windows 11 PCs. Once the drive is encrypted with BitLocker, Windows asks where you’d like to back up the encryption key.

BitLocker and Device Encryption are critical tools for protecting a PC’s data from thieves. Here’s everything you need to know about the encryption technologies built into Windows 10 and 11.

Last month's BitLocker Recovery bug should be a wake-up call for everyone who owns a Windows PC. Make sure you have a copy of your recovery key so you can avoid being locked out of your data files.

Though Windows 11 Home edition does not have the BitLocker feature, it comes with Device encryption by default. It encrypts the drive and its volumes with BitLocker.

BitLocker is enabled by default on newer Windows 11 installations under "Device Encryption". In this mode, the hard disk is encrypted at rest, but is automatically decrypted when a legitimate ...