Diguelo
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According to my recent reactivation of BITLOCKER after it was shut down by me, Microsoft seem to have this idea that I actually want it on my machine !!!
Ive had a look through some of the update files and internet data to see if I can track where this thing got turned back on. It most certainly wasnt my doing. Best I can work out is somewhere in one of teh Security updates some kind Person (Term used very loosely to include AI ) decided to help Granny out by resetting the initial settings the thing is on when first installed.
For those not sure what Bitlocker is and does, should you be in the unfortunate position of having a Hard Drive fail on your machine and Bitlocker was active, your data is so safe you will never see it again. BITLOCKER is one of the most pointless things Ive ever seen. It uses a 64 bit scrambler on your drive to supposedly "PROTECT YOU FROM HAVING YOUR FILES DOWNLOADED BY SOMEONE ELSE BY ENCRYPTING THE DAT WITH A UNIQUE KEY" this key however is fairly easy to locate in the Bitlocker settings and for the love of whatever deity you pray ro if you check your setting for this Bitlocker then make a note of the unique key. without it every file you transfer off your machine to another machine yourself will be encrypted and fully unreadable.
TURNING OFF THIS PROGRAM
1. Type Bitlocker in the search box on your taskbar.
2. In the window that opens up you will see Bitlocker on off button. Turn it to OFF. This will start a full drive (yes this is it a FULL drive deencryption routine) depending on how many drives and the size of said drives and speed of your machine this could take a long time. I rescued a friends machine and my own and it took best part of a round of golf to sort out the thing.
3. Microsoft in its infinite wisdom thinks it is best to make sure every computer on the planet is using Bitlocker so it is installed and run without asking you first on installation or the first run on any PC or Laptop.
If you have any issues, remember to get your Bitlocker Unique ID for that computer from the Bitlocker settings page. Oh and if you try to swap over the hard drive to a new machine, youll find Microsoft thought it best to Brick your harddrive to protect the contents and only the original machine can be used to decrypt the drive.
How thoughtful of them. Seeing as they have done this to my pc Im wondering if I should repay the kindness by doing it to all their servers, be interesting to see how they send out updates that only work on their machines. HMMMMMMM.........................
Ive had a look through some of the update files and internet data to see if I can track where this thing got turned back on. It most certainly wasnt my doing. Best I can work out is somewhere in one of teh Security updates some kind Person (Term used very loosely to include AI ) decided to help Granny out by resetting the initial settings the thing is on when first installed.
For those not sure what Bitlocker is and does, should you be in the unfortunate position of having a Hard Drive fail on your machine and Bitlocker was active, your data is so safe you will never see it again. BITLOCKER is one of the most pointless things Ive ever seen. It uses a 64 bit scrambler on your drive to supposedly "PROTECT YOU FROM HAVING YOUR FILES DOWNLOADED BY SOMEONE ELSE BY ENCRYPTING THE DAT WITH A UNIQUE KEY" this key however is fairly easy to locate in the Bitlocker settings and for the love of whatever deity you pray ro if you check your setting for this Bitlocker then make a note of the unique key. without it every file you transfer off your machine to another machine yourself will be encrypted and fully unreadable.
TURNING OFF THIS PROGRAM
1. Type Bitlocker in the search box on your taskbar.
2. In the window that opens up you will see Bitlocker on off button. Turn it to OFF. This will start a full drive (yes this is it a FULL drive deencryption routine) depending on how many drives and the size of said drives and speed of your machine this could take a long time. I rescued a friends machine and my own and it took best part of a round of golf to sort out the thing.
3. Microsoft in its infinite wisdom thinks it is best to make sure every computer on the planet is using Bitlocker so it is installed and run without asking you first on installation or the first run on any PC or Laptop.
If you have any issues, remember to get your Bitlocker Unique ID for that computer from the Bitlocker settings page. Oh and if you try to swap over the hard drive to a new machine, youll find Microsoft thought it best to Brick your harddrive to protect the contents and only the original machine can be used to decrypt the drive.
How thoughtful of them. Seeing as they have done this to my pc Im wondering if I should repay the kindness by doing it to all their servers, be interesting to see how they send out updates that only work on their machines. HMMMMMMM.........................
