Encryption can protect your data from crooks, but if you don't have a recovery key stored securely, it can also keep you out ...

If you back up both your data and your encryption key, your files should remain safely accessible to you (and only you). Open ...

Some Intel-based Windows devices boot into BitLocker recovery after October updates. Microsoft confirms the issue and offers ...

Your BitLocker key is stored in your Microsoft Account. Get it now. Even if you’re not an enterprise user and so not at risk ...

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 11 25H2, 24H2, and Windows 10 22H2 users are affected by a BitLocker Recovery bug that ...

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 ...

TL;DR: Get Windows 11 Pro now for only $15 (reg. $199). Microsoft ended support for Windows 10, and any computer still ...

Drive encryption on Windows is still technically a "business" feature, but if you have Windows 11 Pro, you can fully encrypt your drive using BitLocker. Your TPM is supposed to handle the decryption ...

Windows 11 is no longer inferior to its predecessor in terms of performance, offering an improved user interface, a better ...

In terms of security, keeping your files on a USB drive isn't the worst idea. When disconnected from a computer, the files on ...

That 32GB of DDR4 RAM is the real game-changer here: Most budget laptops ship with 8GB or maybe 16GB, which forces you to close applications constantly to avoid lag. This much memory future-proofs the ...