Click Start, type gpedit.msc in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.If the User Account Control dialog box appears, verify that the proposed action is what you requested, and then click Continue. For more information, see Additional Resources later in this document.In the Group Policy Object Editor console tree, click Local Computer Policy, click Administrative Templates, click Windows Components, and then double-click BitLocker Drive Encryption.Double-click the setting Control Panel Setup: Enable Advanced Startup Options. The Control Panel Setup: Enable Advanced Startup Options dialog box appears.Select the Enabled option, select the Allow BitLocker without a compatible TPM check box, and then click OK.You have changed the policy setting so that you can use a startup key instead of a TPM.Close the Group Policy Object Editor.
Click Start, type gpedit.msc in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.
If the User Account Control dialog box appears, verify that the proposed action is what you requested, and then click Continue. For more information, see Additional Resources later in this document.
In the Group Policy Object Editor console tree, click Local Computer Policy, click Administrative Templates, click Windows Components, and then double-click BitLocker Drive Encryption.
Double-click the setting Control Panel Setup: Enable Advanced Startup Options. The Control Panel Setup: Enable Advanced Startup Options dialog box appears.
Select the Enabled option, select the Allow BitLocker without a compatible TPM check box, and then click OK.
You have changed the policy setting so that you can use a startup key instead of a TPM.
Close the Group Policy Object Editor.
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