I've noticed that in the past week, multiple devices suddenly boot into the BIOS and require a BitLocker recovery key. Initially, this was happening exclusively with ASUS devices, but it has now expanded to Lenovo as well. Is anyone else facing similar issues, and could it be tied to recent updates?
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It sounds like you might be dealing with the aftermath of a Secure Boot update from Microsoft. If your BIOS doesn't support the latest Certificate Authority (CA) from 2023 or if it isn't enabled, BitLocker can get triggered. I suggest checking if any updates have been pushed recently for your BIOS, especially on HP devices where you might need to enable the CA manually in the settings.
You might also be running into issues with UEFI Secure Boot certificates expiring if your devices are older, especially if they were upgraded from Windows 10 to 11. Make sure to check the BIOS updates for the new certificates to avoid these BitLocker prompts after applying updates.
That makes sense! I did an in-place upgrade to Windows 11, so perhaps the issue lies there.