Took me a few hours to figure this out, figured I’d pass it along. Forgive formatting, I’m on mobile.

How to Bypass Bitlocker for Crowdstrike BSoD

Only use this if the Bitlocker key is lost.

From the Bitlocker screen, select Skip This Drive. A command prompt will appear.

Type bcdedit /set {default} safeboot network and press Enter.

Type Exit to exit the command prompt, then select Shut Down

Hardwire the device to the network

Login as an admin account

Navigate to C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\Crowdstrike and delete C:\windows\system32\drivers\crowdstrike\c-00000291-*.sys

Win+R to open the Run menu, then type msconfig and press Enter

Go to Boot

Uncheck the box for SafeBoot

You will receive a warning about Bitlocker. Proceed.

Click OK and you will be prompted to restart. Do so.

Have the user login

Test their access to files

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-5 points

It means the drive isn’t fully encrypted or the encryption is easy to bypass. That defeats the purpose of encrypting your drive.

If you can get to a login screen, you’ve compromised the device.

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That’s not what it means.

Bit locker is encryption at-rest. Logging in with an admin account means the system is no longer “at rest”. The admin is fully authorized to be operating that system.

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Are you under the impression that you have to enter a Bitlocker key during each boot?

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Any system without network unlock usually requires a TPM PIN/PW every reboot. Your instructions (when read a certain way) imply that the command also bypasses the encryption without fetching a recovery key from the TPM or DC.

My home network (ISC DHCPD) behaves this way - either I type the TPM key or I type the 25-char key.

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