I meant to say "Windows software" - it isn't by MS.
On Thu, 21 Jan 2021, at 21:43, Gareth Evans via Hampshire wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> A friend with a Windows laptop recently found that BitLocker was 
> activated after applying
> 
> https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/security-update-for-secure-boot-dbx-january-12-2021-f08c6b00-a850-e595-6147-d0c32ead81e2
> 
> (this seems to be a thing - 
> https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-e&q=windows+update+activates+bitlocker )
> 
> but it didn't accept the correct recovery key.
> 
> A quick Google suggests this means bitlocker is corrupted.
> 
> There is some MS software which will hopefully perform recovery [see 
> solution 5 in...]
> 
> https://www.m3datarecovery.com/bitlocker-drive-data-recovery/bitlocker-not-recognize-password-or-recovery-key.html
> 
> - is there any likelihood that dislocker on Linux may be of use?  
> 
> Does anyone have experience with this sort of thing?
> 
> Thanks,
> Gareth
> 
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