Disabling Windows 24H2 Forced Encryption

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  1. Outbreaker

    Outbreaker MDL Senior Member

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    #1 Outbreaker, Jan 29, 2025
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    Hi,
    Last week I install Windows 11 24H2 on a friends computer and saw that MickySoft now forces it's encryption crap on everyone so I had to disable TPM on my friends computer. I google a bit on how to do this without disabling TPM in the BIOS because I know some crappy Laptop OEM's don't have such option in thier BIOS. But I have 3 question:

    1. If "PreventDeviceEncryption" is set to "1" why do we have to also set "TCGSecurityActivationDisabled to "1"?
    2. If "TCGSecurityActivationDisabled" is set to "1" do we also have to set "DisableEncryptedDiskProvisioning" to "1"?
    3. If any of this registry option are set to "1" will it still be possible to use all the Encryption options when turning on BitLocker in the Windows Settings menu?
     
  2. Outbreaker

    Outbreaker MDL Senior Member

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    The internet is full of how to do it but no information what they exactly do.
     
  3. IXMas

    IXMas MDL Senior Member

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    Either you don't read, or you don't understand what you read, there is no third.
    From the links in the previous post


     
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  4. Outbreaker

    Outbreaker MDL Senior Member

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    Not the really the questions that I asked in the first post.
     
  5. pm67310

    pm67310 MDL Guru

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    3. If any of this registry option are set to "1" will it still be possible to use all the Encryption options when turning on BitLocker in the Windows Settings menu?

    => yes you can later use bitlocker
     
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  6. :Sabbath

    :Sabbath MDL Novice

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    To Turn BitLocker Off Without Activation on windows 11 24H2

    In Command Prompt Copy & Paste

    manage-bde c: -off

    manage-bde d: -off
     
  7. TairikuOkami

    TairikuOkami MDL Expert

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    The service has to be running in order to be able to decrypt it, so just to be sure:
    Code:
    rem Disable Bitlocker/Windows ransomware
    sc config "BDESVC" start= demand
    net start BDESVC
    
    fsutil behavior set disableencryption 1
    
    manage-bde -off C:
    manage-bde -off D:
    manage-bde -off E:
    
    sc config BDESVC start= disabled
    net stop BDESVC /y