Windows 10: How does BitLocker protect my PC without pre-boot password?

Discus and support How does BitLocker protect my PC without pre-boot password? in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; I just encrypted my system drive with BitLocker and was expecting to see a prompt for setting a password which will enable me to go through on the PC... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by skyflame00, Feb 13, 2022.

  1. SKYFLAME00
    skyflame00 Win User

    How does BitLocker protect my PC without pre-boot password?


    I just encrypted my system drive with BitLocker and was expecting to see a prompt for setting a password which will enable me to go through on the PC boot. But it never happened. I tried to reboot my PC to see how BitLocker is going to protect my PC. But nothing of this sort happened - I was just required to enter my PIN as ever.I searched a bit on the Internet to see what's wrong and found out that I can enable pre-boot password prompt but this requires going to the system register or command line or something and do some crazy stuff. I mean, I was expecting to be able to do this in one-clic

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    skyflame00, Feb 13, 2022
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  2. M_GO_BLUE
    M_Go_Blue Win User

    Bitlocker - Pre Boot Password - alpha, numeric, special characters

    I am only able to setup Bitlocker to use a numeric PIN for pre boot authentication.

    How can I setup Bitlocker to require a password using alpha, numeric, special characters for pre boot authentication?
     
    M_Go_Blue, Feb 13, 2022
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  3. HSEHESTEDT
    hsehestedt Win User
    Pre-boot BitLocker password typing affected by TPM?

    Thanks for the clarification. Still not sure why it would accept the password so slowly, but I guess I'm just not understanding why you would want to have to enter a password if you already have BitLocker. Wouldn't it be far easier to enable the TPM and dispense with the pre-boot password?

    After all, you still have to enter a password (or a pin if using a Microsoft account) to logon the system after the initial boot anyway.

    Not saying that you cannot do it the way are, I've just never seen anyone require a pre-boot password when they already have BitLocker with a TPM. After all, that's one of the big advantages of having a TPM - it does the authentication for you in place of a pre-boot password.
     
    hsehestedt, Feb 13, 2022
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  4. STRESSED
    STRESSED Win User

    How does BitLocker protect my PC without pre-boot password?

    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.
     
    STRESSED, Feb 13, 2022
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