The July security update continues to cause problems in Windows 11. This time, a bug has been confirmed that causes our computer to display the BitLocker recovery screen for no reason after booting. I know what you’re thinking, it’s not a serious problem and under normal circumstances it wouldn’t be, but it can happen.

If we have the BitLocker recovery key at hand, everything is perfect, we can continue by just typing but imagine you don’t have it for some reason or that you lost it. In this case, you will find yourself in a very complicated situation, esp when you don’t know what to do get this recovery key.

Microsoft acknowledged the problem and said so they are looking for a solution, though he hasn’t given details or talked about a specific release date at this point. It will most likely take a few weeks for it to arrive, but as I said, since we don’t have a specific date, anything can happen.

As many of our readers know, BitLocker is security feature that is able to encrypt entire volumesand as such it plays an important role in protecting the data on our PC or laptop. In case of theft or loss or unauthorized access, it works as a fairly effective protection system thanks to the encryption it uses.

To use BitLocker, it is ideal and most sensible to have the recovery key handy and in two different formats. I personally recommend using a USB drive and the classic hard copy method, so you have a redundant recovery key that you can use in case you lose one of these two formats.

The latest versions of Windows 11 are confirmed to be affected by this bug (from 21H2 to 23H2) and it appears to have affected the 21H2 and 22H2 Windows 10. At this time, there is no known workaround other than entering a BitLocker recovery key to return the computer to normal operation.

If you don’t have this recovery key, don’t panic you can get it through the Microsoft recovery portal. To do this, you need to sign in to your Microsoft account and follow the instructions to get the key. If you don’t remember your account password, you can also reset it through the options offered by Microsoft, such as a classic email or a text message to your mobile phone.

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