Windows 10: Getting errors when attempting to enable bitlocker on surface pro 8. It won't allow me to...

I got several errors. Some can be pictured below. I have already attempted to use command : manage-bde –protectors –add c: -TPMAndPIN and GPUpdate/ forceI configured it exactly as instructed and it worked on several laptops with Windows 10 but not this Surface Pro 8. After trying various things I read in these threads, now its saying I configured the startup incorrectly. That's after I Enabled use of BItlocker authentication requiring preboot keyboard input on slates.I am not an IT buff. I am just an Office Assistant whose job it is to help with computer set up and minor tech issues.

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Surface Pro 6 and Win 10 Home with bitlocker enabled out of the box?

So I bought a brand new Surface Pro 6 today, Win 10 Home is the default OEM operating system installed.

However I noticed that bitlocker is enabled.

According to the windows 10 comparison page only devices with Windows 10 Pro are entitled to have bitlocker as a Windows 10 feature.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/windows/compare

How is it possible for Microsoft to enable a feature on their devices that they do not allow on anyone else's devices that run Windows 10 "Home" to have?

Does this mean that everyone with Surface Pro should disable bitlocker or should Microsoft Surface division as an OEM correct the licencing internally with Microsoft Windows division and upgrade everyone with a surface pro to Windows 10 "Pro"

 

Not Able to Enable Hardware Based Bitlocker Encryption On Surface Pro 4 (Windows 10 Pro)

Ok, I have a feeling that this is a larger Windows 10 issue, but I am experiencing this with the Surface Pro 4, the ideal test hardware for anything Microsoft, right?

Here is what we are trying to accomplish:

Encrypt our Surface Pro 4's (win 10 Pro) using Hardware-Based Encryption

Why?

A) Because it is faster for the SSD to perform the encryption rather than the process, since the SSD is already encrypted

B) Better battery life (because the processor is not encrypting the volume)

C) Performing software encryption on an already encrypted volume defeats many of the internal optimizations that SSDs have built in (leading to slower performance)

How?

We have taken stock Surface Pro 4s, straight from the box. No applications or updates have been installed, we have not added to a domain. The only modification we have made is to the Local Group Policy:

Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Windows Components/Bitlocker Drive Encryption/Operating System Drives

*Require additional authentication at startup (Enabled, default options)

*Enable use of BitLocker Aauthentication requireing preboot keyboard input on slates (Enabled, default options)

*Configure use of hardware-based encryption for operating system drives (Enabled, default options)

What's Wrong:

When I go to enable Bitlocker, I am being provided the prompt to encrypt Used Only, or Whole Drive. From all of the literature I have read, this prompt indicates Software Encryption. When I select Full Drive, it takes a while (over 10 minutes) to encrypt.
Again, from my reading, Hardware

Encryption should be immediate (as everything is already encrypted).

Question:

What am I missing? Is there an issue with Hardware Encryption that I have not been able to identify on the Surface Pro 4? Is this an OS issue? Are there any other troubleshooting steps that I can take a look at? Again, these are stock units, fresh out of
the box from Microsoft.

Sources (these are just some, all have been verified using additional sources that repeat the information):

Slower Performance- Hardware Accelerated BitLocker Encryption: Microsoft Windows 8 eDrive Investigated with Crucial M500

Hardware Accelerated BitLocker Encryption: Microsoft Windows 8 eDrive Investigated with Crucial M500

Steps to enable encryption- How to Enable BitLocker Hardware Encryption with SSDs

How to Enable BitLocker Hardware Encryption with SSDs • Helge Klein

Technet on Why to Hardware Encrypt - Encrypted Hard Drive

Encrypted Hard Drive

GP Settings to Enable Hardware Encryption - Enabling Hardware Acceleration of BitLocker

http://blog.jflamb.com/enabling-hardware-acceleration-of-bitlocker/

Tags Bitlocker, Encryption, Windows 10 Pro, Hardware Encryption, 1511

 

Re-enable bitlocker on Surface Pro 3 (Windows 10)

Hi, I turned off bitlocker on my Surface Pro 3's main drive and now I want to turn it back on. But it comes with a message that I can not do so because it's a system drive. How do I re-enable bitlocker on my surface pro 3's main (OS) drive?

thank you in advance.