It’s imperative to point out that Device encryption is different from BitLocker drive encryption. All Windows Home editions support only the former, whereas every other edition supports both security ...

Clean installs of Windows 11 version 24H2 now have BitLocker device encryption enabled. Clean installs of Windows 11 version 24H2 now have BitLocker device encryption enabled. is a senior editor and ...

Microsoft is rolling out hardware-accelerated BitLocker in Windows 11 to address growing performance and security concerns by leveraging the capabilities of system-on-a-chip and CPU. BitLocker is the ...

If you're running Windows 11 Pro, you could be costing your SSD almost 50 percent of its performance and speed. According to extensive tests run by the fine folks at Tom's Hardware, Windows 11's ...

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In a nutshell: The next major upgrade to Windows 11 will introduce several changes to the not-so-popular operating system. One key update is Microsoft enhancing the security of users' on-device data ...

If your PC suddenly booted into BitLocker recovery mode after the latest Windows update, you’re not alone. Microsoft has confirmed that the October 2025 cumulative update is causing this problem on ...

I was recently talking to someone I know about using Windows Defender to scan their system, and they decided to use the "offline scan" option (the one that reboots and does a scan before loading ...