Windows 10: had pin setup - woke up to bitlocker - now I cannot log into pc no matter what I do -...

please I have a newer pc - now I cannot log in, I think I have 2 ids and it disabled my pin. I have been on call with dell and they said they would have to wipe the pc - THAT WAS THEIR HELP. I will never buy support from them again or another pc

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Bitlocker Questions

Did you uncheck "Allow BitLocker without a compatible TPM (requires a password or a startup key on a USB flash drive)" in step 4?

Using "allow" is fine. You will specify using a PIN to unlock BitLocker at step 10.

It doesn't matter about your account password.

 

Bitlocker Questions

PIN and password are two different ways to unlock BitLocker at startup. You would want to use a PIN for BitLocker since that's what you want. Enabling enhanced PIN for BitLocker is not required. It basically just allows you to use a more complicated PIN. Without using enhanced PIN, you would just enter a simple 4-6 digit PIN at step 10.

Your account password is unrelated. If you want to require a password to sign in to your account in Windows, then you would want to add a password to your account. It doesn't matter if you do it before or after turning on BitLocker for your Windows OS drive.

 

Bitlocker with TPM startup key and PIN

Step 4 below shows how to set up BitLocker with TPM and PIN, but it doesn't use command line since using the UI is much easier.

Turn On or Off BitLocker for Operating System Drive in Windows 10