Windows update may present users with a BitLocker recovery screen
Posted: July 25, 2024 by Pieter Arntz
Some Windows users may see a BitLocker Recovery screen after applying the Microsoft patch Tuesday updates. BitLocker is a Windows security feature that encrypts entire drives. It prevents someone that has obtained a stolen or lost device from reading the files stored on that drive.
Unfortunately, though, Microsoft launched an update this month that has caused problems for some Windows systems. Without telling the public what, exactly, has gone wrong, Microsoft provided some details about what might happen on the Windows release health dashboard.
Affected systems are running Windows 10 and 11 or one of the server versions (Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008.). And the affected systems are very likely to have Device Encryption enabled.
You can find out if you have Device Encryption enabled by looking at:
Settings
Privacy & Security
Device encryption
If Device encryption doesn’t appear under Privacy & Security, it isn’t available for your system.
Under normal circumstances you wouldn’t see the BitLocker Recovery screen unless you enter the wrong PIN too many times or when you’ve made some hardware or firmware changes.
If you are affected by this faulty update, you will be presented with a screen similar to this one when you boot the system.
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