Thursday 6 August 2015

Windows 10 encrypted: How to Bitlocker-encrypt and protect your whole Windows 10 system


Windows 10 has new fancy log-in options like fingerprint, facial and iris recognition. But anybody with a bootable USB-stick might just steal your files. Unless you encrypt it with Bitlocker or similar tools.
Per default, windows secure user account and data with a password. You need to log-in to access your files.

But unfortunately there is no default windows 10 encryption of your drive. This means anybody with a bootable USB-drive might gain access to your data by passing the Windows 10 login-mechanism. Just imagine you loose your Surface Pro 3 tablet or it gets stolen. Thieves and hackers might just copy your files and use your data. Even worse, they might also get access to passwords stored in Web browsers and login into your online accounts.


Why windows 10 does not advertise its great built-in BitLocker encryption when you install or upgrade? As our short tutorial shows, activating BitLocker on Windows 10 and encrypting your files is a no-brainer.

  Turning on BitLocker encryption for a Windows 10 System disk

Right click on your system drive symbol in Windows 10 file explorer. Then select turn on BitLocker.
A)     If you see the following error message, then continue with Step-2 –open windows ten group policy editor

Read More Here: Windows 10 encrypted: How to Bitlocker encrypt and protect your whole Windows 10 system

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