Windows Update triggers BitLocker recovery on business PCs

Windows Update triggers BitLocker recovery on business PCs(windowslatest.com)

37 points by jinxmeta 242 days ago | 9 comments

pajko 241 days ago |

"However, the BitLocker key is always synced to the Microsoft account (MSA)."

Welp, that's true ONLY for the primary drive the OS is installed on. If other drives are encrypted and the key is lost, well...

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1o9i0or/bitlo...

N19PEDL2 241 days ago | |

Windows user experience is becoming terrible: new problems like this are popping up every week.

Yesterday I updated the BIOS because a large Lenovo pop-up kept asking me to do so. When I restarted, it told me that PIN login isn't available and I could only log in with password. I tried changing the PIN, but the problem persists, and for some reason the option to completely disable PIN login is greyed out.

Now I can only log in with password, and since 2FA is enabled I need to input a code that I get by email each time I log in. This happens not only when I start the computer, but also when I lock the screen.

I bought this computer brand new 3 months ago...

1718627440 241 days ago | | |

You need to access your emails, before logging into your computer? What kind of circular dependency is that?

electroly 241 days ago |

I once set up a Windows 11 VM. Everything was great. The first time it installed a feature update, it hit this BitLocker key input prompt on the reboot. Ugh. I was able to get the key but as soon as I was back into Windows, I disabled BitLocker on that VM and every other Windows machine I use. The risk of my machine being stolen and them finding some unencrypted private data is far easier to accept than the risk of me being suddenly and completely locked out of my computer, and I care more about the latter. Security isn't just about keeping bad guys out--it's also about making sure you can get in when you need it. Otherwise the only security you need is storing your data in /dev/null.

antiloper 241 days ago |

Same update that broke input in WinRE and the task manager. Are they coding updates with `copilot --dangerously-skip-permissions && git add -am 'Security and stability updates' && git push -f`?

QQ00 241 days ago | |

>Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Tuesday said that as much as 30% of the company's code is now written by artificial intelligence.

Well, apparently they do that.

pjmlp 241 days ago |

If only those QA folks had not been part of layoffs.