Windows 10: How to obtain recovery key

I need a recovery key to get my windows 11 desktop workingI can get a blue screen asking for the key.Every thing was working until I installed some software and was asked to restart the computer

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How do I obtain the recovery key since Microsoft cannot "Find My Phone"??

Hi Steve,

Before I assist you I would like to weather you are using Microsoft account to login to the phone and why are you trying to reset the phone?

A recovery key may be obtained from account.microsoft.com by removing your phone from account.microsoft.com/devices. You can find more information on the reset protection process
here.

1. Go to account.microsoft.com/devices,
   sign in with the Microsoft Account used on the device at time of reset or recovery.
   
2. Click Remove phone.
   
3. When you're certain that you have your recovery key saved, select the
   I've kept a copy of the recovery key check box, and then click
   Okay.
   
4. Use the recovery key during phone set up.
   

If you are not able to find the recovery key, I suggest you to reset the phone using the “Windows device recovery tool”


When the phone asks for the key, there is an option "turn off reset protection" and if you don not remember exactly the recovery key you can select reset the phone using “windows device recovery tool" after which phone would ask you for live
id and password. Restart the phone after which phone works perfectly.

Note:Take the backup to OneDrive before resetting the phone.

If you issue still persists, I would suggest you try the troubleshooting steps provided in the link related to “Repair and recover” and “Security and privacy” sections. These two section would help you for Securing and protecting your phone.

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Hope this helps you. Keep us posted if you face any issues on windows in future. We will be glad to help you.

Thank you.

 

How to obtain bitlocker recovery key?

Hello,

I would like to have more information on how to obtain a BitLocker recovery Key.

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How to obtain bitlocker recovery key?

Dear Tina Mendoza,

Good to see you in Microsoft Community.

Generally, you will be prompted to save the Bitlocker recovery key when turning on the Bitlocker encryption, as shown in the following figure.

• If you choose "Save to your Microsoft account", then it will exist in the Microsoft account you logged in when encrypting, visit Microsoft Account | Device to see your device and its Bitlocker recovery key.
  
• If you choose the other three, it should be a .txt file with a long name containing alphanumerics, please recall whether and where you have saved it.
  

Visit Where can I find my BitLocker recovery key?(microsoft.com) for more details about the Bitlocker recovery key.

If anything is unclear, please feel free to leave your messages here.



Best Regards,

| Microsoft Community Support Specialist