Windows also made it nearly impossible for a regular user to set up a local account, and when you go for the windows account it automatically enables Bitlocker. People aren’t used to doing it this way, so no-one actually knows the importance and impact of the account.
Did I mention Bitlocker likes to trip itself? There are waves of the same laptop models suddenly requiring the key at the same time. I’ve seen a dead battery, a random update, or an unsafe shutdown trip the encryption. MS might say they made it to protect its users, in reality is just more planned obsolescence.
Easiest way to setup with a local account:
During the setup process, press Shift+F10 to open a Command Prompt window.
At the prompt, type the command:
start ms-chx:localonly
I’m not faulting Bitlocker, if I was carrying around a Windows machine it would for sure be secured by it. My problem is how they don’t notify the users, doesn’t give them a choice, and how it causes magnitudes more problems than it solves.
Windows also made it nearly impossible for a regular user to set up a local account, and when you go for the windows account it automatically enables Bitlocker. People aren’t used to doing it this way, so no-one actually knows the importance and impact of the account.
Did I mention Bitlocker likes to trip itself? There are waves of the same laptop models suddenly requiring the key at the same time. I’ve seen a dead battery, a random update, or an unsafe shutdown trip the encryption. MS might say they made it to protect its users, in reality is just more planned obsolescence.
Easiest way to setup with a local account:
During the setup process, press Shift+F10 to open a Command Prompt window.
At the prompt, type the command:
start ms-chx:localonly
All of these triggers seem reasonable to me. They can all be symptoms of hacking and hardware manipulation.
I’m not faulting Bitlocker, if I was carrying around a Windows machine it would for sure be secured by it. My problem is how they don’t notify the users, doesn’t give them a choice, and how it causes magnitudes more problems than it solves.
Their own legal safety is a priority over whatever user wants.