Windows 10 BitLocker Encryption Security Flaw

[Judge]

Looks like a mess for Microsoft and users depending on BitLocker encryption in Windows 10.

In the case of security update KB 5034441, it doesn't work. And their suggesting to fixing it seems questionable, apart from the fact that so many inexperienced Windows users aren't prepared to negotiate partitioning their disk just to fix an update error. Apart from the fact that some are successful in doing so while others are not.

Most of the computer gurus on YouTube seem to all suggest you just ignore it until Microsoft finds a real fix that doesn't involve anything as drastic as disk partitioning.

Microsoft KB5034441 Windows 10 security patch for BitLocker bypass is leading to errors and has a complicated fix

BitLocker bypass vulnerability patch requires manual partition resizing on some systems.

www.tomshardware.com

 

[maycontainthunder]

Yep, got that issue on not one but three PC's. Acutely obvious that they didn't test this update BEFORE inflicting it on us users!

 

[Judge]

Yep, got that issue on not one but three PC's. Acutely obvious that they didn't test this update BEFORE inflicting it on us users!

And they're taking a real pounding over this at the moment. As they should.

 

[WhitewaterWoman]

OK. For someone who has only a peripheral idea of what you are talking about: I am pretty sure I am running MS 11 on all my machines because that was required for the state programs I had to use.

Do I have to worry about this?

 

[maycontainthunder]

@WhitewaterWoman , this is a Wind'ohs 10 update. If you are on 11 there is nothing to worry about.

 

[Judge]

My version of Windows 11....

Kudos to Microsoft for steering me towards Linux Mint.

Meanwhile it looks like Microsoft hasn't fixed this encryption vulnerability yet....