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How to Enable BitLocker to prompt for PIN during startup

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You can do this after BitLocker has encrypted the entire drive. First you have to enable the local policy to require a PIN during startup. You could also do that centrally enterprise wide through Group Policy (GPO). To do this:-

  • Click Start > Run.
  • Type “gpedit.msc”

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  • Go to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > BitLocker Drive Encryption > Operating System Drives.
  • One the right pane, double-click on Require additional authentication at startup.

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  • Choose Enabled
  • Uncheck the Allow BitLocker without a compatible TPM
  • Under Configure TPM startup PIN:, choose Require startup PIN with TPM

After all that is done, you need type a few commands to get it going. Here’s how.

  1. Start your command prompt (make sure you run it as an administrator).
  2. Type; “manage-bde -protectors -add c: -TPMAndPIN”.
  3. Then type; “manage-bde -status” to check whether the TPMAndPin protector has been added.

After you’ve done this and still realise you’re not prompted for PIN during startup, you might want to try this. http://weikingteh.wordpress.com/2011/03/17/how-to-get-bitlocker-to-prompt-for-pin-during-startup/

Enjoy!!!

Free MS Press Books

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I found a list with free ebooks from Microsoft Press, that you may find useful too. Many of them are quite technical, so they won’t be for everybody. I bet there are some people around you that would appreciate this list:

imagePersonally, I haven’t read them all – but I have read the Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions book – mainly to make sure that I can keep up with some of my more technical colleagues and customers, and to understand what the true potential can be in different scenarios.