Once again. If I were to encrypt my drive via BitLocker and a Laptop with TPM CHIP. (We know that we can encrypt and use BitLocker without the TPM CHIP embedded in our device) So if the TPM chip ...

Take your daily dose of sensational headlines in the IT press with a grain of salt! In the last couple of weeks, the blogosphere has been abuzz with news that (Microsoft’s) BitLocker drive partition ...

Microsoft on Friday downplayed the risk of using Trusted Platform Module chips after Black Hat researchers demonstrated a hack of them last week. TPM, the bases of Windows hard drive encryption ...

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Back when Microsoft announced the system requirements for Windows 11, one of the key criteria was the need for relatively modern CPUs, though users have continued to run it on very old hardware but ...

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Microsoft added a reason why features like TPM and Secure Boot are important on the latest version of Windows 11. Microsoft, time and time again, has explained why features like TPM (Trusted Platform ...

When Microsoft introduced Windows 11 in 2021, its new, stringent hardware compatibility test included checking for the presence of a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) -- specifically, one that meets the ...

When Microsoft released Windows 11 a few years back, the PC community went into a frenzy over TPM, or Trusted Platform Module, and Microsoft's requirement for one in the then-new operating system. I ...

I have a nice gaming grade PC that I use for sensitive stuff (banking etc) as well and that therefore I have been less able to use for actual gaming. Some of the things I want to play - MiHoYo games - ...

Since BitLocker heavily relies on WinRE to handle pre-boot authentication, including the recovery password prompt, if WinRE is disabled, corrupted, or not properly ...