BitLocker locked me out of my PC after a system update, but the recovery key saved me. I found it on my Microsoft account under the device’s details and used it to unlock each encrypted drive. It’s a ...

Last time I covered an introduction to BitLocker, the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and what TPM does to assist in keeping your system secure. This time I'm writing about the most important aspect of ...

Windows encryption protects sensitive files and folders by locking them when not in use or when you're away from your computer. Depending on the version of Windows you use, different types of ...

I wrote about the BitLocker feature in Microsoft Windows Vista almost two years ago, when Vista had just been released. With Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1), Microsoft implemented a few enhancements to the ...