Bitlocker Password Viewer for Windows 7
Got my AD schema extended for saving Bitlocker and TPM passwords. Encrypted a laptop and ran the VBS scripts to verify that a encrypted drive was saving password info to AD. When I open up ADUC on a Windows 7 Enterprise (64 bit)or Professional workstation (32 bit) that has the Bitlocker Password Viewer feature enabled, I do not see any selections when right clicking on the encrypted laptop nor can I search for it when right clicking on the domain in ADUC.The user I am logged in with is a domain admin, and also attempted it with the domain administrator account as well to rule out a permissions issue.I've installed the Win 7 RSAT tools on another machine (32 bit Enterprise) and received the same results. Tried removing/adding the Password Viewer feature but still get same results. Anyone else run into this?
November 24th, 2009 6:35pm

please read through KB http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928202 hope that helps
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November 29th, 2009 3:53pm

Thanks for the link to the KB article. I had already seen that link, and that applies only to Vista Enterprise and Server 2008 installations.I did download the tool for XP and did see tabs for searching and recovering Bitlocker passwords. I was able to view a Bitlocker password for a machine I encrypted, so I know the AD side of things are working.Because I can see the tabs and view recovery informatio with the XP based recovery tool, it sounds like an issue with Windows 7's implementation of the viewer. Anyone else using the Password Viewer on Windows 7 been able to get it to work?
December 1st, 2009 6:14pm

i found a nice article which say win 7 RSAT does not support Bitlocker AD Recovery Password Viewer http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958830anyone else facing the same problem here?need MSFT or MVP to verfiy it and with workaround available?
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December 2nd, 2009 5:24am

Ouch... To think we'll need to maintain XP machines to look at Bitlocker passwords stored in AD is pretty scary...
December 10th, 2009 3:20am

It works just fine with Windows 7. Two parts, make sure the Feature is installed. Secondary you have to run "regsvr32.exe BdeAducExt.dll" before you run ADUC and it works just fine.
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May 25th, 2010 3:10pm

Thanks, that means KB 928202 also apply to win7 as well.
May 26th, 2010 6:17pm

Install latest RSAT tools (the ones that will work with win 7/2008r2). Open command prompt as domain admin (not "run as administrator") i.e. hold shift key down when right clicking over command prompt link. Run "regsvr32.exe BdeAducExt.dll". Open ADUC.
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December 22nd, 2010 1:46pm

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