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ViProCon
Brass Contributor
Jan 26, 2020

Disable BitLocker prompting on boot?

Hi all,    I just enabled and completed Bitlocker encryptoni on C: on a Win 10 Pro machine, remotely.  I saved the bitlocker key file just in case.  In order to maintain remote access over the long...
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david kay
Copper Contributor
Jan 26, 2020

ViProCon 

 

You can try either suspending or disable then re-enable:

 

Suspend:

  1. Right click Bitlockered Drive (c:) in file explorer
  2. Select Manage Bitlocker (this opens BL Drive Encryption)
  3. Click Suspend
  4. Click Yes
  5. Reboot
  6. Repeat steps 1 & 2
  7. Click Resume Protection
  8. Reboot

 

Or

 

Disable/Enable:

In elevated PoSh window:

<for remote establish a session 1st>

manage-bde -protectors -disable c:

reboot

manage-bde -protectors -enable c:

reboot

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Ant-1
Copper Contributor
Nov 15, 2022

david kay I am facing the problem of a lost recovery key, I am ready to wipe the entire device, however not being able to get through the BitLocker Lock. What can I do?

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