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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Tech@programming.devEnglish · 2 months ago

Microsoft locks Windows 11 user out, shows how easy losing data from forced encryption is

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Microsoft locks Windows 11 user out, shows how easy losing data from forced encryption is

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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Tech@programming.devEnglish · 2 months ago
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The forced Microsoft Account requirement and BitLocker auto encryption can lead to catastrophic issues on Windows if you aren't careful, and especially in the case of a lockout.
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    Am I missing something? Doesn’t Microsoft provide keys associated with your accounts? I had to unlock mine once and I just had to access it on my account page.

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      Right well the fellow on Reddit got kicked out of their account by Microsoft.

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      And if you dont remember your Microsoft account because you originally had a local account on win10?

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        Go through the steps to recover that account through Microsoft, I would reckon.

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        You have to sign in to get converted to a Microsoft account. It doesn’t magically give you a Microsoft account without your login info.

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