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Didn't this happen like a year or so ago???  
www.techpowerup.com/348345/windows-11-april-2026-update-triggers-bitlocker-recovery-on-some-pcs
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Windows 11 April 2026 Update Triggers BitLocker Recovery on Some PCs | TechPowerUp
It has been a while since one of Microsoft's Windows 11 updates wreaked havoc among PC enthusiasts, and the April update seems to be another in line for IT administrators. In an updated support document on the Windows 11 KB5083769 cumulative update, Microsoft officially confirms that some users are ...
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Had this happen to one of my test benches. Had a power cut, turned PC back on, Windows updated itself and enabled BitLocker.. Had to log into my Microsoft account and find a code for it, which I never set up.

Wasn't that bad, but it was extremely annoying, especially as I have never used BitLocker.

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"Daedalus, ByteMyAscii, ByteBlight, Bugroth." —  

Yep, it did.
And a big part of why I say that Bitlocker must explicitly be opt-in, not on by default.

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