I was recently talking to someone I know about using Windows Defender to scan their system, and they decided to use the "offline scan" option (the one that reboots and does a scan before loading ...

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. This ...

BitLocker may suddenly ask for the recovery key. Make sure you back up the code in good time so that you can access your data ...

From as early as Windows Vista, Microsoft's operating systems started shipping with an important security feature called BitLocker. It's a feature designed to protect sensitive data and information ...

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In a nutshell: The next major upgrade to Windows 11 will introduce several changes to the not-so-popular operating system. One key update is Microsoft enhancing the security of users' on-device data ...

Yesterday, Microsoft released the KB5041585 cumulative update for Windows 11 that brought some important changes. Unlike the KB5041580 patch for Windows 10, which basically only fixes problems, this ...

Microsoft is investigating a bug triggering security alerts on systems with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) processor after enabling BitLocker. BitLocker is a Windows security feature that encrypts ...

Microsoft has confirmed that it had resolved the "65000" BitLocker encryption bug that was affecting almost all Windows 11 and 10 client systems. Interestingly, the fix wasn't deployed recently. Back ...