We are in the process of testing Bitlocker on Windows 7 client attached to a domain environment. The configuration is setup that Bitlocker will not be enabled unless the Recovery Key is backed up to AD, this is working fine. We are enabling Bitlocker on all fixed drives incluing the system drive, this is also working fine. We are also controlling the configuration via GPO's which are being successfully applied to our test machines, currently only 5 laptops, 1 Tosh and 4 Dell's. The problem we are experiencing is that we are continually being promoted for the Recovery Key, however this can be at first cold boot, a warm boot but not at a complete reboot, it is inconsistent. Are there any tools out there that we can use to discover what actually made Bitlocker believe that there is a problem that requires the Recovery Key?

Maybe this blog post can help you somewhat http://blogs.technet.com/b/askcore/archive/2010/08/04/issues-resulting-in-bitlocker-recovery-mode-and-their-resolution.aspx Can you see a pattern to when BitLocker is entering recovery mode? Are the users local administrators, i.e. can potentially change the settings of the system so that it will prompt for recovery password?Blogging about Windows for IT pros at www.theexperienceblog.com

Hi, How are you doing? I am just checking to see how things are going there on this issue and if the above suggestions which Andreas provided are helpful. If you would like further assistance, please do not hesitate to let me know. It is my pleasure to help. :) Thanks, and have a great day! Regards, Sabrina TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.comThis posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees, and confers no rights. |Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Hi, As this thread has been quiet for a while, we assume that the issue has been resolved. At this time, we will mark it as ‘Answered’ as the previous steps should be helpful for many similar scenarios. If the issue still persists, please feel free to reply this post directly so we will be notified to follow it up. You can also choose to unmark the answer as you wish. BTW, we’d love to hear your feedback about the solution. By sharing your experience you can help other community members facing similar problems. Thanks for your understanding and efforts. Best Regards, Sabrina TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.comThis posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees, and confers no rights. |Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.