Microsoft is enabling BitLocker device encryption by default on Windows 11
Microsoft is enabling BitLocker device encryption by default on Windows 11
You can avoid device encryption by using a local account.
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[…] device encryption will be enabled by default when you first sign in or set up a device with a Microsoft account or work / school account.
For devices with a TPM, this has literally been the case since Windows 10 1803 back in 2018.
But that's not the case for Windows Home, is it? The FDE setting just takes me to a page to upgrade to Pro. My laptop does have TPM.
It is, Secure boot and the TPM must both be enabled.
If you check Msinfo32 / “System Information” with admin rights, there is a “device encryption” listing that maybhave additional information.
There are rare instances where a device won’t support automatic encryption due to “Un-allowed DMA capable bus/device(s) detected” which requires a registry tweak to work around
Un-allowed DMA capable bus/device(s)
And there it is in msinfo!
Thanks very much. I've been using veracrypt for years, it's good to know that I have another option (especially to simplify things for family members).