KB5040442 / KB5040427: Microsoft confirms Windows PCs boot into BitLocker recovery


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I'm so glad I've never used BitLocker
 

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This Neowin.net article states that the problem only exists in a corporate client-server environment and that it only "might" occur. Since this was limited to the July 9th update and it's now July 24th, it would seem that if there were a major corporate problem it would have made the news.
 

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TraderGary said:
This Neowin.net article states that the problem only exists in a corporate client-server environment and that it only "might" occur. Since this was limited to the July 9th update and it's now July 24th, it would seem that if there were a major corporate problem it would have made the news.
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It says both client and server in the article, but perhaps its been updated since you read it.

BrianInEngland said:
I'm so glad I've never used BitLocker
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it's not that big of a deal to just enter your key.
 

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I had a client this week that had this problem. He had no idea that Bitlocker had been turned on; many of my clients don’t know because Microsoft never tells them that it’s been applied.

Microsoft also didn’t save the Bitlocker recovery key into his Microsoft account. Therefore, after some struggles and much discussion, I had to blank his boot drive and reinstall Windows 11. Luckily, most, but not all of his files were in OneDrive.
 

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