Official support for Windows 10 has ended, and its security certificates are expiring. Your system is at risk, and Microsoft ...

Upgrading to a smart lock is a DIY project -- if you know what you're doing. These steps will explain what instruction ...

The -ForceDismount parameter forces Windows to close open files and immediately lock the drive. Note: Before using the -ForceDismount parameter, save all open files and close any apps using the drive, ...

I used to have a (virtualized) Windows workstation at my job for something I had to do twice a year that required a windows-only utility. I had a thought and decided to see if I could run it with ...

From this screen, you’re able to suspend the protection, save the recovery key to a different location, or turn off BitLocker completely. Unless you run into performance problems or other issues with ...

[UPDATE: April 22, 2026 | 15:45 IST] Microsoft has reportedly removed the second workaround of applying a Known Issue Rollback (KIR) before installation to fix the issue. As of now, there’s no ...

Microsoft’s April 2026 Patch Tuesday update for Windows 11 introduced important security improvements—but also an unexpected headache for some users. The cumulative update KB5083769, released for ...

A Microsoft’s April 2026 Patch Tuesday update is locking some Windows Server 2025 and Windows 11 administrators out of their own machines. After installing the KB5082063 security update, released on ...

If you can’t find your BitLocker recovery key, this post will help you. BitLocker is a volume encryption feature in Windows that lets you encrypt an entire volume to protect your data. It provides a ...

If there is a policy mismatch, then you might get errors from the built-in cmdlet BackupToAAD-BitLockerKeyProtector. So I have wrapped the cmdlet in a try/catch in ...

In sharp contrast with its approach to privacy, Windows 11 security is in a good place, with no major enshittification issues. However, security is too big an issue to ignore, and Windows 11 ...