Windows 10: How can I display the Bitlocker pre-boot PIN entry screen on my external monitor?

I have two different notebook computers of various brands using different docking stations with the same issue. When I open the notebook and power on the device, I'm taken to the pre-boot Bitlocker PIN entry screen, as intended. However, when I have the notebook closed yet connected to a docking station and power on the device, the PIN entry screen does not appear. I can say for sure the computer is on that screen and is waiting for input because I can type my PIN on my external keyboard, and if I wait a moment or so, the external monitor turns on, and the system boots as normal. On one of

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Samsung Galaxy TabPro S, and Bitlocker, and PRE-boot on-screen keyboard?

Galaxy TabPro S Gold and Bitlocker and Windows 10 Pro

samsung galaxy TabPro S gold (256g drive,8 g memory)

I just upgraded to Windows 10 pro so I could use Bitlocker.

this way I can travel,and have personal business documents on the machine, encrypted.

When I cold boot the machine, I want Bitlocker to request a PIN.

HOWEVER, Bitlocker starts to encrypt the drive (when installed) without requesting what PIN I Want.

I changed the Bitlocker registry settings, to require TPM + PIN

but then tried to encrypt teh drive and bitlocker states that some policies are in conflict.

The issue seems to be that since this is a tablet (even though it has an external keyboard), Bitlocker is concerned whether the onscreen keyboard will work as a PRE-BOOT keyboard; that is, come up at BOOT-UP, Not just come up at the WINDOWS Log-ON

can ANYONE tell me if this device's keyboard can indeed come up at a PRE-BOOT time, thus letting Bitlocker get a PIN ENTRY from on-screen?

AND, also, what are the correct Bitlocker Settings for the machine

GPEDIT.MSC from command line

Local -> Administrative -> Windows -> Bitlocker -> Operating System Drives

aNY HELP to clarify is appreciated.

ALSO, if KEYBOARD cannot b e used, can a USB stick be used, and allow the parameters to work?

 

Switching to black BitLocker pre-boot screen

On my previous Windows 10 PC, I enabled a setting that switched from the standard blue BitLocker screen to a plain-text black BitLocker screen. I have a new PC and want to do this again, but I can't remember how to do it. Can anyone tell me?

The screen I'm talking about is the pre-boot BitLocker password entry screen shown right after POST. (I don't have a TPM, so I have to enter a password there.)

The black screen I'm referencing was not BitLocker recovery or anything aberrant. It was a legitimate BitLocker pre-boot password screen, enabled via a Windows 10 setting. It was just black and had "uglier" text.

 

How can I enable Pre boot bitlocker pin on my Surface 6 computer

Hi ShivaramVenkatesh,

Did you follow all the steps from this link: https://www.howtogeek.com/262720/how-to-enable-... including the step for adding a PIN in command prompt?

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