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“Is there any way to export the recovery key without admin access?” - Far easier to just disable BitLocker than export the key, and exporting the key, wouldn’t let you do anything unless you have the recovery key. The key used to encrypt the files and the recovery key are two entirely different things. Is there a reason you don’t just reinstall Windows?– RamhoundCommented Jul 11, 2023 at 17:08
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1@Ramhound Reason: free software ;) Also, won't an Enterprise Win install eventually time out without being able to phone the mothership domain controller?– TetsujinCommented Jul 11, 2023 at 17:15
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@Ramhound don't think you can deactivate bitlocker as non-admin.– LPChipCommented Jul 11, 2023 at 17:29
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Keeping Win8 is a dead end, anyway. What software would be worth the trouble to keep? If it were MS Office, there's free LinreOffice and OpenOffice. If it were an Oracle DB, that's available free for developer... usw.– DrMoishe PippikCommented Jul 11, 2023 at 18:16
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@Ramhound If I could disable bitlocker then that does the same thing. So can you disable bitlocker without admin access?– saltedcaramelCommented Jul 11, 2023 at 19:36
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