pre boot authentication

BitLocker’s absence on some Windows editions doesn’t mean you’re left unprotected — VeraCrypt is a mature, free, open‑source alternative that can encrypt everything from a single folder to your boot drive, and for many power users it delivers features and portability that BitLocker alone does...

Microsoft’s security update guide lists CVE-2025-55330 as a Windows BitLocker security feature bypass that allows an attacker with physical access to circumvent BitLocker protections; Microsoft assigns a medium severity (CVSS v3.1 ≈ 6.1) and points administrators to vendor updates as the primary...

Microsoft’s security advisory for CVE-2025-55338 describes a new BitLocker weakness that allows a physical attacker to bypass a BitLocker security control by exploiting an inability to patch certain ROM-level code used during the boot/recovery process — a security‑feature bypass with meaningful...

Microsoft’s security advisory confirms a use‑after‑free defect in the BitLocker stack that can be triggered by an authorized local user to escalate privileges on affected Windows systems — administrators must treat CVE‑2025‑54912 as an urgent patching priority and assume a high‑impact threat...

Microsoft’s security update guide lists CVE‑2025‑54911 as a use‑after‑free defect in Windows BitLocker that can be triggered by an authorized local user to elevate privileges on affected machines, creating a high‑impact local elevation‑of‑privilege risk that administrators must treat as urgent...

I'm running W7 Ultimate 64-bit as an admin and I WANT it to prompt for a password at start-up. However, it doesn't and logs in automatically. There are no other users on the computer. The standard answer on the web is to "Run-> control userpasswords2" and then check the box there. It doesn't...