How I Regained Control of My System After Being Locked Out by BitLocker

And how to protect yourself in advance from this happening to you!

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I just spent several days trying to figure out how to regain administrative control of my computer after I was suddenly locked out of all controlling functions by bitlocker including dos controls.

Every time I tried a method, I was told to enter my Recovery Key, which is different from the Recovery ID, which is just a corporate gaslighting technique. The system readily gives you your recovery ID and you might imagine that this means you have a way to unlock your system but in fact, once you are locked out your Recovery ID is useless what you need is your Recovery Key which you should locate using your Microsoft Account or Command Prompt before you are locked out.

I visited Microsoft Support and found many links where I was told I could access my Recovery Key but they all linked to …