I read the article but am not smarter than before. I heard some time ago that windows does encrypt the drive but you need an active online account and the key will be saved online. So do people forget their online passwords and methods to recover that said account? I dont like m$ and am using linux, but people loosing their passwords, being uninformed about their systems and dont so backups is not the direct fault of the operating system.
this post was submitted on 02 May 2025
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you need an active online account and the key will be saved online
Is there a legit reason for this? Why can't they just encrypt the data with the password used to access the online account?
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I've decided to switch to Linux come october. I have some reasons I wanna wait as long as I can, but come october I'm leaving Windows behind.
I've decided to switch my gaming PC to Linux...a few weeks ago.
No ragrets. My games run faster, I no longer need extra shit to make Windows work the way I want it to work, and I can remote into it however I want without running into artificial roadblocks.
Get started early so you have time to acclimate and address issues. You are going to hate it if you urgently need your computer for something and something unexpected happens.
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I saw this problem coming a mile away
Must have been a massive monitor.
When are stockholders going to realize that the current Microsoft CEO is ruining Windows?
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Since when is Bitlocker required? None of my files are encrypted, and I've been using 11 since it came out.
Did you use Rufus? You can bypass Bitlocker. Or your machine does not have TPM 2.0 (which you can also bypass)…?
Yeah I used Rufus. Always do for every OS install. Explains it lol
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Something broke.
I blame bitlocker.
I'm in favor of a heavy handed push towards encryption, I think most people don't realize how important this is (now more than ever), but windows should be guiding and educating on this not requiring, and it should have absolutely nothing to do with an email address or online account.
On a home PC, what for? The only data that really matters to be encrypted is my keepass database file. Giving the option is fine but I don't think it should done without asking the user to choose.
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How are these people losing access to their MS accounts on their computers?
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All of the data I actually care about is stored on a NAS and backed up in triplicate. The only data actually on my PC are program files.
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