Encryption can protect your data from crooks, but if you don't have a recovery key stored securely, it can also keep you out – permanently.

Windows 11’s new Point-in-time restore brings a faster way to roll back your entire system, without relying on backups or ...

The BitLocker encryption method and Cipher strength you set as default is only applied when you turn on BitLocker for a drive. Any changes you make will not affect a drive already encrypted by ...

Halloween doesn’t spook me, but a tale from Reddit recently did. Imagine you’re living your best life, only to realize your PC isn’t quite doing the same. You decide to give Windows 11 a full wipe to ...

During the Information Lifecycle, data must be encrypted when stored on your devices or sent to someone else. With laptops and mobile devices now commonplace, most of us are used to taking our ...

Microsoft has been phasing out the Control Panel in favor of the Settings app since 2012. But more than a decade later, it’s still in no hurry to disappear. The Control Panel is still necessary for ...

Microsoft has announced that Windows 11 will get a major update for BitLocker encryption in 2026. The company says the new ...

Windows 11 is gaining anew, hardware accelerated BitLocker encryption capability on new devices starting next year.

The next generation of BitLocker, Microsoft’s encryption feature in Windows, will require next-generation Windows devices that are built on unannounced chips. “Hardware acceleration of BitLock ...

To check, scan and restore a potentially corrupted system file, run Command Prompt as Administrator. The command to be used is: If System File Checker finds corruption, and it is successfully able to ...