Recent content by lx07

Bitlocker keys are .bek files afaik. The .pfx I've never seen but Google says it's a certificate for unlocking network volumes. For example they're discussed here : BitLocker - How to enable Network Unlock (Windows 10) - Microsoft 365 Security Does that apply to you by any chance?

It really does astonish me the anti encryption sentiment on this forum. Would you rather anyone can read your daughter's hard drive when she loses her laptop? Or her phone? I would not. With bitlocker your backups aren't encrypted (unless you chose it) so you are trading minor convenience for...

I don't think the tpm stores the keys rather it has it's own private key that the os can use to validate whatever as root of trust. I suppose it's to make Windows Hello more secure (as you can make it the only sign on option on 11) but idk technically what it's required for.

That's the real question. Everyone says you need tpm but for what? Bitlocker isn't new and nor is Windows Hello. Both work fine without on Windows 11 exactly as they did on 10. What is the new security requirement it is needed for exactly? Does anything actually require it to work?

This happened to me too on an incompatible machine. If you want to stay on beta channel you can use this script on github : abbodi1406 / offlineinsiderenroll What it does (in addition to the settings in this tutorial) is disable the Windows Insider online check to stop it resetting the...

Good to hear. I'll update and retry, am a bit out of date as I didn't update for a week or two.

I get UAC starting minimized on 10 but mainly on my older PC's. I assumed it was because they didn't respond in time but idk. As for annoyances, my main bugbear is increased mandatory use of mouse. I can't do Win-x then press 'U' 'U' to shutdown for example.

bcdedit needs quotes when using powershell - it isn`t new to Windows 11. PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> bcdedit /set {current} description "Windows 11" The set command specified is not valid. Run "bcdedit /?" for command line assistance. The parameter is incorrect. You can use CMD to switch to old...