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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller
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      Chris is back!

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        MrWright4hire @scottalanmiller
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        @scottalanmiller
        Hey my Big brotha. Sorry for being away so long. I missed all of you guys. I'm not just saying that either.

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          MrWright4hire
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          Wow! 35 looks thus far and no feed back. Very unusual.

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          • Minion QueenM
            Minion Queen Banned
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            Oh man I hope someone has some help for you soon!

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            • brianlittlejohnB
              brianlittlejohn
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              I really would like to help... just have not used bitlocker.

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              • coliverC
                coliver
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                Sorry, I don't have any experience with Bitlocker.

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                • BRRABillB
                  BRRABill
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                  Is it asking for a recovery key?

                  In my experience with Bitlocker, if ANYTHING changes, it invalidates the key, and it will ask for your recovery key, which is a 30+ character code to type in.

                  I found that out the hard way once by simply updating the BIOS of the server. Rebooted to a recovery screen.

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                  • BRRABillB
                    BRRABill @MrWright4hire
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                    @MrWright4hire

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                      MrWright4hire
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                      Aight Fam (short for family), this is what I've discovered that seems to be working thus far.

                      1. Go into the bios to see if TPM is activated or deactivated. If deactivated, click activated, apply, exit and restart computer.
                      2. Log in as admin, type in search bar "tpm.msc and select.
                      3. On the far righthand side under, "Actions", see if TPM is initialized. If not, click on initialize to initialize it.
                      4. Once you finished initializing it, the computer will ask to restart.
                      5. After logging in, go to Control Panel, Bitlocker
                      6. If the Bitlocker is turned off, turn it on and allow it to do it's work in the background

                      Now mind you I just discovered that the Bitlocker can be on, but a server will give a notification stating otherwise due to the Bitlocker on the computer isn't properly communicating with the server.
                      To check to see if this is the case, Go into the property of the computer via AD. Under the Bitlocker tab, if you don't see any pwd key or any information pertaining to Bitlocker that's the issue. Try to reset, if not, clear.
                      If you have to go beyond this point, it's beyond me. Thus far all that I mentioned above has worked for me. G'luck!

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                      • BRRABillB
                        BRRABill @MrWright4hire
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                        @MrWright4hire

                        Oh good.

                        I thought you/he were locked out of your machine.

                        Bitlocker is finicky.

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                          MrWright4hire @BRRABill
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                          @BRRABill
                          Thank you for your concern. The cool thing about Bitlocker, the Pwd recovery key is listed in the AD under the Bitlocker tab.

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                          • BRRABillB
                            BRRABill @MrWright4hire
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                            @MrWright4hire said:

                            @BRRABill
                            Thank you for your concern. The cool thing about Bitlocker, the Pwd recovery key is listed in the AD under the Bitlocker tab.

                            Unless it is a standalone system like many of mine. 🙂

                            AD is the much better option.

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                            • DustinB3403D
                              DustinB3403 @BRRABill
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                              @BRRABill said:

                              @MrWright4hire said:

                              @BRRABill
                              Thank you for your concern. The cool thing about Bitlocker, the Pwd recovery key is listed in the AD under the Bitlocker tab.

                              Unless it is a standalone system like many of mine. 🙂

                              AD is the much better option.

                              And only if you have AD manage this 🙂

                              I tried to get my boss to have us upgrade everyone to Windows 10, he said nope, not until at least a year has passed... So instead we're using a separate encryption software for our needs.

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
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                                @DustinB3403 one more aspect of the cost of not upgrading. Often the costs of staying back are hidding in the little things liek this.

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                                • DashrenderD
                                  Dashrender @DustinB3403
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                                  @DustinB3403 said:

                                  @BRRABill said:

                                  @MrWright4hire said:

                                  @BRRABill
                                  Thank you for your concern. The cool thing about Bitlocker, the Pwd recovery key is listed in the AD under the Bitlocker tab.

                                  Unless it is a standalone system like many of mine. 🙂

                                  AD is the much better option.

                                  And only if you have AD manage this 🙂

                                  I tried to get my boss to have us upgrade everyone to Windows 10, he said nope, not until at least a year has passed... So instead we're using a separate encryption software for our needs.

                                  HUH? Is bitlocker now included with Windows 10 Pro? I thought it was still limited to the Enterprise OS only?

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                                  • DustinB3403D
                                    DustinB3403 @Dashrender
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                                    @Dashrender said:

                                    @DustinB3403 said:

                                    @BRRABill said:

                                    @MrWright4hire said:

                                    @BRRABill
                                    Thank you for your concern. The cool thing about Bitlocker, the Pwd recovery key is listed in the AD under the Bitlocker tab.

                                    Unless it is a standalone system like many of mine. 🙂

                                    AD is the much better option.

                                    And only if you have AD manage this 🙂

                                    I tried to get my boss to have us upgrade everyone to Windows 10, he said nope, not until at least a year has passed... So instead we're using a separate encryption software for our needs.

                                    HUH? Is bitlocker now included with Windows 10 Pro? I thought it was still limited to the Enterprise OS only?

                                    It is included.

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                                      MrWright4hire @DustinB3403
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                                      @DustinB3403
                                      I'm not sure about Windows OS 10, but I'm dealing with an Enterprise network.

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                                      • DustinB3403D
                                        DustinB3403 @MrWright4hire
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                                        @MrWright4hire I have Windows 10 Pro at home, and I have bitlocker.

                                        No need to question me 😛

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                                        • DashrenderD
                                          Dashrender @DustinB3403
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                                          @DustinB3403 said:

                                          @MrWright4hire I have Windows 10 Pro at home, and I have bitlocker.

                                          No need to question me 😛

                                          Just because?

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                                          • DustinB3403D
                                            DustinB3403
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                                            Because I have Bitlocker enabled on my Window 10 Professional computer.

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