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Since when is Bitlocker required? None of my files are encrypted, and I've been using 11 since it came out.
Did you use Rufus? You can bypass Bitlocker. Or your machine does not have TPM 2.0 (which you can also bypass)…?
Bitlocker encrypts your drive, not single files. Once the computer is booted up, it's completely transparent to the user.
But my PC doesn't even have a password. So how can my files be encrypted? I thought a password was manditory for file encryption to work.
Every retail PC I've seen with win11 has bitlocker enabled. Screwed one over as they forgot their password...