So I work for a company that sells computers and I do some tweaking to disable telemetry and whatnot for customers who choose to do so.
Some SSDs which support hardware encryption such as the Samsung 980 PRO and many of the new ones, the moment you create a Windows account you will notice that BitLocker status in control panel says "Encrypting". This does not happen while I am in OOBE only once the account is created.
I then saw the the developer of Rufus has added an option to disable automatic drive encryption when creating a Windows ISO so I asked him if there was a setting that I could change or registry entry to prevent this but his answer was:
I'm not sure how can I do that while in OOBE.
Another guy on Ten Forums also mentioned this registry entry but I'm not sure if it really works, When I am in:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control/Bitlocker
I see the following subfolders:
Do I need to create a DWORD in the root of the Bitlocker folder? "Value: PreventDeviceEncryption equal to True (1) (Default is False) Type: REG_DWORD"
Please help
Some SSDs which support hardware encryption such as the Samsung 980 PRO and many of the new ones, the moment you create a Windows account you will notice that BitLocker status in control panel says "Encrypting". This does not happen while I am in OOBE only once the account is created.
I then saw the the developer of Rufus has added an option to disable automatic drive encryption when creating a Windows ISO so I asked him if there was a setting that I could change or registry entry to prevent this but his answer was:
I'm not sure how can I do that while in OOBE.
Another guy on Ten Forums also mentioned this registry entry but I'm not sure if it really works, When I am in:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control/Bitlocker
I see the following subfolders:
- AutoDE
- KeyBackupMonitor
- RecoveryPasswordRotation
Do I need to create a DWORD in the root of the Bitlocker folder? "Value: PreventDeviceEncryption equal to True (1) (Default is False) Type: REG_DWORD"
Please help
My Computers
System One System Two
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- OS
- Windows 11 Pro
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Alienware m16 R1
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
- Motherboard
- Alienware
- Memory
- SK Hynix 64 GB 5200 MHz DDR5 RAM
- Graphics Card(s)
- GeForce RTX 4090 16 GB GDDR6
- Sound Card
- Realtek Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 16" QHD+ (2560 x 1600) 240Hz, 3ms 300-nits Screen + LG 32GQ850-B 32" UltraGear QHD 240hz Monitor
- Screen Resolution
- QHD (2560x 1440)
- Hard Drives
- 2x Samsung 990 PRO 4TB SSDs + WD_BLACK SN770M 2TB SSD
- PSU
- 330W AC Power Adapter
- Cooling
- Noctua NT-H2 + Fujipoly Extreme Thermal Pads
- Keyboard
- Alienware CherryMX mechanical keyboard (Laptop) + AW510K Mechanical Gaming Keyboard (external)
- Mouse
- Alienware Tri-Mode Wireless Gaming Mouse AW720M
- Internet Speed
- 1 GBPS Down / 350 MBPS Up
- Browser
- Google Chrome
- Antivirus
- Avast Antivirus
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- Operating System
- Windows 11 Pro
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Dell XPS 15 9500
- CPU
- Intel i7-10875H
- Memory
- Kingston FURY Impact 64 GB 3200 MHz DDR4 RAM
- Graphics card(s)
- nVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q w/ 4 GB GDDR6
- Sound Card
- Realtek
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 15.6 UHD+ Touch, InfinityEdge, 500-nits, Anti-Reflecitve
- Screen Resolution
- 3840 x 2400
- Hard Drives
- Samsung 990 PRO 2TB + 4TB SSDs
- PSU
- Dell 130W Laptop Charger USB C Type C AC Adapter
- Cooling
- Noctua NT-H2 Thermal Paste on CPU + GPU
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Anywhere 3
- Internet Speed
- 1 GBPS Down / 350 MBPS Up
- Browser
- Google Chrome
- Antivirus
- Avast Free Antivirus