Recent content by Comport Colin

Not every site will allow you to utilize your Yubikey. The number is growing, but still many (possibly more than half) will not offer it. That said, at the moment, I use this: password manager with browser integration (it can enter the passwords as an in-browser manager can) and the password...

@WIN11User - is that from chatGPT, or who says "the YubiKey 5C NFC does not natively support discoverable passkeys as defined by the WebAuthn (Web Authentication) standard."? I have used passkeys on yubikey 5 NFC, and was under the impression that means, they are discoverable. "Pressing "Use...

If someone tells me "you can create a passkey on another device" and there's a button "Use another device", guess what I would do? Possibly, your yubikey is addressed than. Possibly, windows' first choice is a different device that you are not aware of - so simply try it out.

During auto insertion? If you wanted to, you could turn off asking altogether, that's another option in the depicted chrome password menu ("sign in automatically")

Microsoft Authenticator is not available for PC (only for SmartPhones)

Keepass is a free and simple PC app that may serve as 2FA authentication source since it supports OTP generation via plugins. No texts / OTP needed to complete the installation, open source and also portable.

You are definitely a standard user, you write. UAC cannot elevate users to admins without credentials. In no configuration at all. So either you are admin and are not aware of it (via nested groups, for example) or your installation is broken.

You may add a recovery password at all times and if it has been set already, retrieve it, if you are local admin. Examples for an elevated cmd: manage-bde -protectors -get c: manage-bde -protectors -add c: -rp

Be aware that BL does not auto activate without a key backup. If that deleted installation never belonged to a company network, then the key MUST have been saved to an MS account - which? You tell me. Can potentially be any account that ever logged on to your machine. Now why would you not...

@author please specify whether it annoys you to enter a masterpassword when viewing or editing passwords in chrome's internal password manager, or during auto-insertion of passwords. That are two different things. Also FYI: setting up a the master password for chrome's pw manager does not in...

Ok, for the case that someone uses multiple bootable disks, that will be the necessary, correct. I wíll change that today, thanks for pointing out.

It's encrypted but with an empty key which would get exchanged for a real one as soon as you log on with a Microsoft account. If you don't want to use a Microsoft account AND you're on Windows Home Edition, there's a workaround for you which I describe here: How to use Bitlocker on Windows 10...

It is encrypted but no protectors are active, so it's "not armed" and thus, anyone can access it at any time. There is no recovery password to retrieve as there's none set. If I am not mistaken, manage-bde -off c: should work on an elevated command prompt in order to turn it off completely.

I wonder why you care about your mouse and not your keyboard. Mouse movement, unless perfectly relatable to GUI buttons that do something secret like an onscreen keyboard for PIN entry could, is usually not seen as critical. often, companies disallow non-corded keyboards while they impose no...

No, this behavior is still the same as of w11 24H2. But anyhow, you know the solution.