This is because the drive label information still contains the original computer name. In this situation, you must use the password ID information to search for the recovery password. Q4: Why are only the first eight characters of the password ID used to search for the location of a recovery password?
A4: This is a design decision that's intended to help simplify searching for recovery passwords without sacrificing the accuracy of the search operation.
Tests that randomly generated over one million password IDs typically yielded only duplicates for the first eight characters of the password ID. So even if you have one million recovery passwords in a search domain, it's unlikely that two recovery passwords will be returned by a single search operation. Additionally, it's even more unlikely that more than two recovery passwords will be returned in the same search.
We recommend that you examine the returned recovery password to make sure that it matches the whole password ID that you used to perform the search. This is to verify that you have obtained the unique recovery password. A5: Generally, it takes no more than several seconds to search for a password ID across all the domains of a forest. However, you may experience decreased performance if the following conditions are true:. A6: Use the following information to help troubleshoot issues that you experience when you use the BitLocker Recovery Password Viewer tool:.
Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported. Download Microsoft Edge More info. Contents Exit focus mode. Please rate your experience Yes No. Any additional feedback? A2: No. To view recovery passwords, you must be a domain administrator, or you must have been delegated permissions by a domain administrator.
If a user who does not have sufficient rights installs the BitLocker Recovery Password Viewer tool, that user cannot locate any recovery passwords for any computer. Also, if you use the BitLocker Recovery Password Viewer tool to search for recovery passwords among all the domains in a forest, results are returned only from the domains in which you have sufficient rights.
Note The BitLocker Recovery Password Viewer tool cannot distinguish between a situation in which no recovery passwords exist for a particular computer and a situation in which you do not have sufficient rights to view the recovery password for a particular computer. Q3: What if a stored recovery password does not appear on the "BitLocker Recovery" tab of a computer's " ComputerName Properties" dialog box? A3: Usually, the BitLocker recovery passwords for a particular computer appear on the BitLocker Recovery tab of the ComputerName Properties dialog box for that computer.
However, if a computer is renamed, you may be unable to locate the correct computer. This is because the drive label information still contains the original computer name. In this situation, you must use the password ID information to search for the recovery password. Q4: Why are only the first eight characters of the password ID used to search for the location of a recovery password? A4: This is a design decision that is intended to help simplify searching for recovery passwords without sacrificing the accuracy of the search operation.
Tests that randomly generated over one million password IDs typically yielded only duplicates for the first eight characters of the password ID. Therefore, even if you have one million recovery passwords in a search domain, it is unlikely that two recovery passwords will be returned by a single search operation.
Additionally, it is even more unlikely that more than two recovery passwords will be returned in the same search. Note We recommend that you examine the returned recovery password to make sure that it matches the whole password ID that you used to perform the search.
This is to verify that you have obtained the unique recovery password. Q5: How long does it take to search for a recovery password across all domains? A5: Generally, it takes no more than several seconds to search for a password ID across all the domains of a forest.
However, you may experience decreased performance if the following conditions are true:. A6: Use the following information to help troubleshoot issues that you experience when you use the BitLocker Recovery Password Viewer tool:. If you cannot locate a recovery password when you expect to locate one, verify that you have sufficient rights to view recovery passwords. If you receive a "Cannot retrieve recovery password information" error message when you search for a recovery password, verify that the global catalog servers and other domain controllers can communicate correctly.
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