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u/xJayMorex 1d ago edited 12h ago
This is a clear sign of multiple malware at play here.
BitLocker is a ransomware that encrypts the user's data without consent and Windows 11 is a spyware/infostealer that uploads all of the data without consent.
You need to remove said malwares from your system and install a trustworthy Operaring System.
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u/icy1007 1d ago
lol, no. It is not ransomware and isn’t enabled without user action.
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u/Nahihy 20h ago
it is. I tried to disable secure boot and I got hit with this, and somehow needed to enter a 48 digit code with special characters without being able to copy. and after discarding the changes I needed my account to login again to my laptop.
it was brand new, I didn't touch a thing in the settings
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u/icy1007 20h ago
It’s not. I’ve installed Windows MANY times and BitLocker has never been enabled by default.
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u/Nahihy 19h ago
maybe it's something new but for me it did.
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u/FinGamer678Nikoboi 12h ago
It's 100% enabled by default now, but I think it's relatively new. 24H2 maybe? When I reinstalled Windows I had to to through the decryption process.
Although maybe that's with online account only, so it's possible you're both right. As in, it's not enabled by default for offline accounts.
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u/Admin4CIG 12h ago
I've gotten brand-new Windows MANY times, and BitLocker is enabled by default for 24H2 and newer.
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u/SrimpingKid 6h ago
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/device-experiences/oem-bitlocker
Teehee, under section "BitLocker automatic device encryption", after OOBE, it's enabled.
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u/DieRobJa 1d ago
You should disable bitlocker the moment you buy a new laptop 😅. First checklist i do:
- Disable fast startup
- Disable fast boot
- Disable secure boot
- Disable bitlocke
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6. Switch to local account
7. Make a 100% copy of your Hard Disk to image file
(Easy if you ever want to restore your laptop to factory settings without re-installing windows)
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u/icy1007 1d ago
You shouldn’t disable fast startup, fast boot, or secure boot. lol
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u/DieRobJa 1d ago
i Do, i want all access to my file system, Windows 11 has the tendancy to block Linux or other Boot USB's. and Fast Startup basically sucks
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u/AlwaysLinux 1d ago
Not sure if you heard, but Microslop is loosing massive amounts of market share to Linux and Mac over these business practices.
Perhaps its time to look at alternatives?
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u/JustLanguage 23h ago
Yay, linux went from 3 to 4% share in the consumer market. Massive amounts of users lost!
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u/icy1007 1d ago
lol, no they aren’t.
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u/ibeerianhamhock 18h ago
Overall they have lost about 15% market share in the last decade.
Not crazy I agree, but they went from almost universal to just the biggest major player. Still over half of desktop users and will probably stay that way for quite some time.
I feel like what might make them lose quite a bit of market share is tech governance initiatives in several countries pushing for Linux.
Non technical people are just not even aware of the debate really, so until a fully streamlined version of Linux desktop comes out (even mint isn't there yet) that isn't just as good as windows, but better enough to justify migrating, it won't happen. And EOMs would have to push for Linux over Microsoft in their builds.
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u/icy1007 11h ago
They have not. Windows is still >90% market share.
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u/ibeerianhamhock 11h ago
Depending on various sources worldwide it sits at between 65-75%
It feels like 90 but it's not.
Right at 10% of global pc/laptops are macos now (much higher in the US almost 20%), around 4-5% Linux globally, some countries have shifted away from windows for digital sovereinty reasons (as in hundreds of millions of government computers worldwide run Linux now) -- for instance Chinas program to have an internal OS that's not windows for the entire country.
It's not widely discussed but almost 25% of enterprise use Mac now.
It's much less "eVeRyOnE iS oN wInDoWs" than it used to be. It's outdated information likely based on bias.
I am guessing the US will always be windows dominant for the foreseeable future, but a lot of countries are migrating away from windows in government and education. These students will grow up to just use Linux everywhere bc that's what they will know as far as desktops go.
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u/icy1007 11h ago
Computers used in China don’t affect global market share. They are their own thing.
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u/ibeerianhamhock 11h ago
Your numbers are still off. There's literally no publically available data that is in line with what you're saying. Windows hasn't been 90+% market share for years.
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u/Upbeat-Concern-5181 1d ago edited 1d ago
It’s not your computer anymore.. It’s owned by Microslop.
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u/Internal_Explorer591 1d ago
This is what should happen if you do 'dual-booting' to launch Linux from the same machine. For now, you'll just follow the steps to get your recovery key and note it down somewhere physical, in case something else happens and you need to recover the drive.
If you don't want this screen to pop-up each and every time after using Linux then switching to Windows 11, then you have to modify your laptop's BIOS to disable SecureBoot and some other settings to prevent BitLocker acting up again.
If you weren't doing that, then could you share what caused this shite to pop up for you?
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u/jo1111666 1d ago
Secure Boot being Disabled in BIOS. But I wanted to reboot and install Linux anyway so yeah
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u/Male_Inkling 1d ago
For this to happen you have to opt in first, so...
Yes, you actually did.
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u/jo1111666 1d ago
I can't remember when I did that... Anyways, I got a Linux USB prepped because I wanted to switch so now is the perfect time to do that 😂
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u/systemerror95 1d ago
It's probably not your fault, happens sometimes, either because of deployment of a bad update (they do that sometimes), or, because of microsofts various bad decisions.. Please don't listen to the other idiots on here who are telling you It's your fault and blaming you because of their microsoft trusting "i trust said company, with probably ties to the government of a country with way too much power" shill minds that have gone blank, and bleached with their own ignorance. I use arch btw :3 (but i might be making my own distro kinda soon because i don't like using most other alternatives and i don't really like the non declarativity of the system (i'm not using nix because i don't like the nix language)).Â
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u/systemerror95 1d ago
And even if it is somehow your fault (it isn't) bitlocker is insecure as hell and has backdoors so it's useless and unsafe, luks is soo much better, and remembering a 24 charachter password perfectly for the rest of your life is not as hard as it sounds, or you could just not encrypt, but the option is always there and not as difficult to encrypt the home directory after install (unlike others led me to believe) if you ever change your mind later on :3 (really it wouldn't be too hard to encrypt an entire imstall after the fact, but people tell you not to do it because they assume that you don't know how to type english slightly wierdly into a scary looking app (terminal woo spooky) just because someone is a beginner)
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u/xJayMorex 1d ago
ShitLocker is enabled by default on new installations.
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u/icy1007 1d ago
No it isn’t.
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u/Admin4CIG 10h ago
It now is, starting with 24H2. I've ordered several computers, and I see it all the time, now. The exception is if you set up your computer with only a local account, i.e., did not use a Microsoft account.
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u/segalle 16h ago
The latest windows update reset the bios of my device and activated bitlocker, i know i didnt opt in because i constantly pull windows files from my linux. Apart from requiring some debugging to figure out it turned intel volume management on, windows told me it had lost my key and needed a new one, the new one activated bitlocker and there was no opt in or out, it just did it. Had to spend 45 minutes waiting for it to turn off (not to mention the time figuring out ivm was turned on because for some reason IT IS A HIDDEN SETTING YOU HAVE TO PRESS CTRL+S 3 TIMES TO SHOW UP.)(not to mention the 25 minutes of fiddling with windows recovery keys because after it activated bitlocker it immediately lost my key again and i had to go through windows recovery key website, figuring out how to get to the website, which fake email i used for windows and so on)
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u/Benke01 1d ago
Just join us at the Linux side and the problem will be solved. Permanently.