Timeline for Cannot update Windows with Bitlocker enabled on Bootcamp - in either PowerShell or Setttings menu
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| Jan 20, 2022 at 3:08 | comment | added | Linux Overthrow | ... And this is almost turning into a philosophical conversation about naming conventions i.e. some sort of discussion over linguistics or etymology. Someone in an interview once asked me what a reverse shell is. It's basically a tunnel that an attacker generates from the target host giving him or her control over the victim's machine. I was rusty and faltered. I was then asked, "what is a shell." I started talking about Bash vs Korn or Powershell. He stared at me with a sense of wonderment and disbelief. I wasn't incorrect though. Technically speaking, he held solipsistic views on the topic. | |
| Jan 20, 2022 at 3:00 | comment | added | Linux Overthrow | I agree. Except for there could be some inference or conflation between the GUI and the system calls the the GUI is making. I'll give an example. To provide somewhat of an analogy, there are a variety of ways to modify registry entries in Windows. You can create new entries using PowerShell. You can manually go to the GUI section of the Registry using regedit. You can use the reg.exe command in the CMD. So all of those methods make the same system calls but they're all referred to by different names with different roles. Likewise, Bootcamp things behind the scenes along with offering a GUI. | |
| Jan 20, 2022 at 2:49 | comment | added | David Anderson | My view is Boot Camp is a the software that appears on the Windows control panel and the right side of the taskbar that allows the Mac to boot back to macOS from Windows. I consider the Boot Camp Assistant to be an application that can be included with macOS. This application completes many of the tasks required to install Windows on a Mac, thus greatly reducing the number of steps an user needs to preform. | |
| Jan 20, 2022 at 2:23 | comment | added | Linux Overthrow | There are journalists and tech writers who have already explained this. Having written for a Pulitzer-winning paper myself, albeit many years ago, I am inclined to trust sources such as Forbes: forbes.com/sites/dwightsilverman/2021/04/14/… MacRumors is more of a trade publication in my mind. Still a good source though: macrumors.com/guide/m1-max | |
| Jan 20, 2022 at 2:18 | comment | added | Linux Overthrow | BootCamp is simply a dual-boot program that partitions part of the disk - in the case of a Mac, the SSD - for Windows use. We're talking about disk sectors here. We're talking about pointers referencing data. Bootcamp does not come factory shipped with the M1 models. It's not that they can't run it, it's that Apple doesn't provide the software by default. Parallels can be used to run Bootcamp. However, Having a dual boot OS is not the same at all as running something in a container or on a virtual machine. The next conversation would be about type 1 vs type 2 hypervisors. | |
| Jan 19, 2022 at 22:15 | comment | added | David Anderson | Find your comment regarding Macs with M1 chips that can not run Boot Camp as being somewhat odd. What do you think Boot Camp is? | |
| Jan 19, 2022 at 22:09 | comment | added | Linux Overthrow | They don't have a TPM ... Yes, I figured that out when I set up Bitlocker. There's also a separate problem which is preventing me from enabling virtualization effectively. This is more appropriate for another unique question. Suffice it to say, Bootcamp is not a one-size-fits-all solution for those looking to get everything out of their Mac while still having the native OS. Also, the newer Macs with the M1 chips won't run Bootcamp, which I find lame. | |
| Jan 19, 2022 at 22:06 | vote | accept | Linux Overthrow | ||
| Jan 19, 2022 at 20:47 | comment | added | lx07 | Mac's don't have a tpm, you can only enable bitlocker by suppressing the check. | |
| Jan 19, 2022 at 20:15 | answer | added | Linux Overthrow | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 2, 2022 at 14:46 | history | edited | David Anderson | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 2, 2022 at 14:24 | comment | added | Linux Overthrow | Okay, so I already said in my post that I'm disinterested in suspending Bitlocker. Per my post above, "I have little-to-no interest in removing BitLocker before an additional upgrade attempt. For that reason, any advice involving that step may not be the best here unless it's the one-and-only solution." Yes, Mr. Anderson, removing Bitlocker would probably do the trick but that would be a short-term fix to a long-term problem. The sole goal is to update Windows in continuity with Bitlocker running without having to turn Bitlocker on or off each time, which would pose somewhat of a hassle. | |
| Jan 2, 2022 at 10:08 | comment | added | Linux Overthrow | ... It looks like it's even successfully downloaded all of the files for the upgrade to the next version but it won't install them on reboot. I'll keep everyone posted. For now, anyway, the problem remains unresolved. This should be a basic help-desk desktop support problem but I think it's tied into the security modules which makes it all the more complex. | |
| Jan 2, 2022 at 10:02 | comment | added | Linux Overthrow | Well, I can't answer that, haha. It's stuck in 2020, I guess? Likely, I installed an earlier image at one point. Either way, I believe it was updating with a frequently high success rate - that is up until I implemented BitLocker. I suspect that Apple just doesn't care about any given desire for security that a Windows user has if or when the primary use happens on the Windows Boot Camp partition. | |
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| S Jan 2, 2022 at 2:27 | history | asked | Linux Overthrow | CC BY-SA 4.0 |