Various versions of Windows include the option to use BitLocker, which is Microsoft’s built-in encryption tool. Here’s what to know.

Microsoft is making BitLocker device encryption a default feature in its next major update to Windows 11. If you clean install the 24H2 version that’s rolling out in the coming months, device ...

Open the Control Panel and go to System and Security > BitLocker Drive Encryption. Select the Turn off BitLocker option. This process will decrypt your hard drives. Hence, it will take time.

The specific details: the latest July Windows security update might just send you into a BitLocker recovery screen if you’re using the encryption feature. Microsoft itself alerted users to the ...

If you’re on Windows 11, there’s a good chance you’re using BitLocker to protect your system files and personal data. BitLocker is enabled on most Windows 11 PCs by default, and that’s a ...

Microsoft has confirmed that some Windows 10 and Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 systems will boot into BitLocker recovery after installing the May 2025 security updates.

The tests showed that when BitLocker encryption is enabled, sequential read speeds could drop by up to 45% and write speeds by up to 40%. Random read and write speeds were also affected, though to ...