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    Windows 7 Anyone else notice the Bitlocker vulnerability?

    I think I found a flaw in the way Bitlocker handles manually entering your key that would make it very vulnerable to a brute force attack. You can read about it Link Removed due to 404 Error on my site. It seems like I am the only one who thinks this a big deal. Is there something I am...
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    Windows 7 Flash memory became read only after turning off bitlocker

    hi i turned on bitlocker on my a-data flash memory and after a couple of days turned it off but after that the flash is read only and im unable to format it or delete anything and i cant even turn the bitlocker on again on it:frown: i used 3 different pc's with win 7 please advise
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    Windows 7 Will Homegroup Work with Windows 7 Ultimate and BitLocker Enabled?

    I have two computers that have 7 Pro connected via homegroup, I want upgrade to Ultimate for bitlocker, will the computers still be able to connect via homegroup with bitlocker enabled. I am trying to encrypt my offline files which I am able to do through the sync center, but the files are still...
  4. Windows 7 SP1 coming Feb 22, new Windows Thin PC coming Q1

    By Tim Conneally, Betanews Contrary to reports which said they were released in January Microsoft today announced that Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 were released to OEM partners today, and the updates will be available to consumers on February 22. As we've known since back in...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 dual boot (x86 / x64) and BitLocker encryption failure after running startup repair utilit

    I have an issue which I need resolved. My hard drive had about 5 different partitions, one for Win7 x86, Win7 x64, Misc, Encrypted Data and Virtual Machines. The Encrypted Data partition was secured with BitLocker - The OS-partitions was _not_ secured with BitLocker. Now what happened...
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    Windows 7 Reinstall windows on bitlocker protected partition

    Hi, I want to do a reinstall of my windows 7 installation and I currently have bitlocker with usb key authentication(no tpm). So I'm wondering if I will run into any troubles if I just reinstall over the old windows as I would rather not have to format the drive. What will happen. Will...
  7. Wave Introduces Wave BitLocker Manager for Windows 7

    Simple-to-Use Central Management for BitLocker Can Reduce Cost and Complexity of Deployment; Automated Activation of Trusted Platform Module Adds Hardware Protection for Keys and Recovery Passwords Link Removed
  8. Wave Introduces Wave BitLocker Manager for Windows 7

    LEE, MA--(Marketwire - 11/04/10) - Wave Systems Corp. (NASDAQ: WAVX - News ) announced the availability of Wave BitLocker Manager for Windows 7, a comprehensive set of tools for the central management of Microsoft's native encryption application. Organizations large and small can initialize...
  9. Windows 7 Use a BitLocker protected device on an non-W7 system

    Hello people, I want to know something about the BitLocker protection system: If I use it to protect my USB pendrive, how can I use it on a Windows XP system for example? How it'll ask me the password? I want to lock my pendrive because I have important data on it and my school computer has...
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    Windows 7 Any Way to Recover Formatted Bitlocker Key?

    So yes it was very stupid to not write the key down but i quick formatted my usb key with the bitlocker key on it and i cant seem to find it using recovery software. I have used recuvra, recover my files, and pc file inspector and i still cant find it....
  11. Windows 7 Format/create a bitlocker partition

    Hi i had bought new laptop. At that i have two drives and i locked one of them with the bitlocker and later on i just deleted that drive from disk management. Now i cannot create partition, i have more than 160 GB and system does not allow me to install a fresh copy and neither it allows me...
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    Windows 7 bitlocker problem

    Hi i read the threats about bitlocker problems and i couldnt do anything. I encrypted my external usb disk with bitlocker and i wanted to uncrypt it. during the uncryption i remove by mistake the external disk at 91%. From that time on when i connect the disk it shows that is reading my disk...
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    Windows 7 Cannont start Windows 7 b/c of Bitlocker

    Hi Guys, I have a Dell Laptop and left it open at a party. Afterward I noticed that it I cannot start windows anymore. Somehow someone enabled Microsoft bitLocker on my computer. When I start the computer the following message shows up: " Dell MeiaDirect Express cannot access your hard drive...
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    Windows 7 RPC not available?!?!

    My laptop was working fine until I rebooted. After I rebooted, Aero thems is gone. I cannot save any of the settings. Audio is not working. Networking is not working!! I cannot use anything in the control panel. I came to realize that RPC is not available but when i typed services.msc in run...
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    Windows 7 bitlocker problem

    i started encrypting a 1 tb external hard disk. abt 42% of the encryption was done when i paused and shut down the pc. now i cannot unlock it. when i type the password it stays for some time and the windows comes that it is not responding. i have to exit it becas its not wrking. pls can anybody...
  16. Windows 7 Windows 7 security: the complete guide

    Link Removed Windows 7 is just over six months old. It has been quickly adopted by PC users at home and in businesses. However, some IT admins are struggling with the platform's new security features. We take a look at the key features and what you need to know.In addition to changes to User...
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    Windows 7 Problem with bitlocker

    Hi, I am having a problem with bitlocker all of a sudden. I don't know what I did to cause this, if anything. I installed Norton and uninstalled it after I found I didn't like it. Now I'm back to MSE which works well with me. I have a Toshiba p205 s-6287 laptop, 32 bit, 4g RAM, 200g hd...
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    Windows 7 Win7 Bitlocker drive encryption leading Drive format in XP

    I have two hard disks-500GB and 80GB,so installed win 7 on 500GB HDD and 80GB was kept as slave.And i locked a drive present in 80GB using Bitlocker.Since week when i use win 7 ,after 20 min the display screen turned to black screen.So installed XP on 80GB drive.Now when i try to open the drive...
  19. Windows 7 Bitlocker Problems

    I'm Currently on the verge of losing 300GBs of my files stored on my Portable Harddisk! PLEASE HELP!!! I recently used bitlocker on my Windows 7 to encrypt my 500GB Portable Harddisk but decided to decrypt it when i found out that bitlocker can't be opened in XP or Vista. But halfway through...
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    Windows 7 My browser(s) stop working after a while

    Hey everyone! I have this really annoying issue and would be so thankful if anyone has any idea what could be causing it. Every now and then (sometimes right after boot and sometimes after a couple of hours) my browsers don't respond anymore. They just won't open links anymore. I can try...