{"id":1010,"date":"2016-08-06T16:44:16","date_gmt":"2016-08-06T14:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bergs.biz\/blog\/?p=1010"},"modified":"2016-08-06T16:44:16","modified_gmt":"2016-08-06T14:44:16","slug":"bitlocker-how-to-require-startup-pin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bergs.biz\/blog\/2016\/08\/06\/bitlocker-how-to-require-startup-pin\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitlocker: How to require Startup PIN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A lot of people use Bitlocker for full-disk encryption of their hard drives. For extra security you might want to be prompted for a PIN when you unlock your hard drive, because allowing attackers to boot your system without authentication might open up extra attack vectors. Setting a PIN can be easily accomplised if you know how&#8230; \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>The below instructions are exact for Windows 10, but they are very similar in Windows 7, too.<\/p>\n<p>Launch the <code>Local Group Policy Editor<\/code> by typing <code>gpedit.msc<\/code> into your Windows search, then when it has been found right-click on it and select <code>Run as administrator<\/code> from the pop-up menu. Then maneuver to the following path in the left &#8220;folder&#8221; pane:<\/p>\n<p>Local Computer Policy &gt; Computer Configuration &gt; Administrative Templates &gt; Windows Components &gt; Bitlocker Drive Encryption &gt; Operating System Drives.<\/p>\n<p>This is what it looks like if you did it correctly:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bergs.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Bitlocker_Group_Policy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1011\" src=\"https:\/\/bergs.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Bitlocker_Group_Policy.png\" alt=\"Bitlocker_Group_Policy\" width=\"753\" height=\"577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bergs.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Bitlocker_Group_Policy.png 753w, https:\/\/bergs.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Bitlocker_Group_Policy-150x115.png 150w, https:\/\/bergs.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Bitlocker_Group_Policy-300x230.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 753px) 100vw, 753px\" \/><\/a>Then double-click on the setting <code>Require additional authentication at startup<\/code>, and you see the following dialog:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bergs.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Bitlocker_PIN.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1012\" src=\"https:\/\/bergs.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Bitlocker_PIN.png\" alt=\"Bitlocker_PIN\" width=\"688\" height=\"658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bergs.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Bitlocker_PIN.png 688w, https:\/\/bergs.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Bitlocker_PIN-150x143.png 150w, https:\/\/bergs.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Bitlocker_PIN-300x287.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/><\/a>Now change option <code>Configure TPM startup PIN<\/code> to read:<\/p>\n<p><code>Require startup PIN with TPM<\/code><\/p>\n<p>Then reboot. Now you can right-click on your system drive and select <code>Set Bitlocker PIN<\/code> or <code>Change Bitlocker PIN<\/code> (I forgot to take a screenshot of this last step, so I&#8217;m not 100% how exactly this looked like, but it should be obvious) from the pop-up menu.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re done. Wasn&#8217;t that easy?<\/p>\n<p>Please leave a message if this was helpful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lot of people use Bitlocker for full-disk encryption of their hard drives. For extra security you might want to be prompted for a PIN when you unlock your hard drive, because allowing attackers to boot your system without authentication might open up extra attack vectors. 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