Remember that a BitLocker-protected device will ask for your recovery key during this process. Roll Back a Recent Update That Broke the Boot If the boot failure started right after a Windows update ...

I used to have a (virtualized) Windows workstation at my job for something I had to do twice a year that required a windows-only utility. I had a thought and decided ...

From this screen, you’re able to suspend the protection, save the recovery key to a different location, or turn off BitLocker completely. Unless you run into performance problems or other issues with ...

If BitLocker asks for the Recovery Key after a Windows Update and you cannot boot into Windows, this article will help you troubleshoot and resolve the issue. The April 2026 Update for Windows 11, ...

A USB thumb drive stores private keys offline, functioning as an affordable entry point into cryptocurrency cold storage for budget-conscious investors. Crypto theft exceeded $3.4 billion in 2025, ...

Microsoft’s April 2026 Patch Tuesday update for Windows 11 introduced important security improvements—but also an unexpected headache for some users. The cumulative update KB5083769, released for ...

A Microsoft’s April 2026 Patch Tuesday update is locking some Windows Server 2025 and Windows 11 administrators out of their own machines. After installing the KB5082063 security update, released on ...

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

If you can’t find your BitLocker recovery key, this post will help you. BitLocker is a volume encryption feature in Windows that lets you encrypt an entire volume to protect your data. It provides a ...

If there is a policy mismatch, then you might get errors from the built-in cmdlet BackupToAAD-BitLockerKeyProtector. So I have wrapped the cmdlet in a try/catch in ...

In sharp contrast with its approach to privacy, Windows 11 security is in a good place, with no major enshittification issues. However, security is too big an issue to ignore, and Windows 11 ...