data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/microsoft” data-auto-tag-linker=”true” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/microsoft”>Microsoft just released a service alert informing users that the October 2025 Windows data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/security” data-auto-tag-linker=”true” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/security”>security update might trigger BitLocker recovery for some data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/windows-11″ data-auto-tag-linker=”true” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/windows-11″>Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2, as well as Windows 10 22H2 systems. According to data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-october-windows-updates-trigger-bitlocker-recovery/” target=”_blank” data-url=”https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-october-windows-updates-trigger-bitlocker-recovery/” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>BleepingComputer, this isn’t the first time that Windows has experienced this issue, with similar incidents in May of this year, as well as in 2024 and 2022.
“After installing Windows Updates released on or after October 14, 2025, some devices might encounter issues during restart or…
