You may be one of the cautious users who use BitLocker to protect the contents of your Surface 2 tablet, but you may have noticed that a recent bug in Windows 8.1 caused problems with the BitLocker recovery key. The good news, however, is that Microsoft has now released a fix.
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The BitLocker recovery key issue for Surface 2 occurs when you resume or restart the device, which prompts you to enter your BitLocker recovery key before booting into Windows 8.
If you are having this problem, you can learn more about this issue and download the fix KB2921482 (Surface 2 prompts you for BitLocker recovery key when restarting the device) from Microsoft. The update applies to Surface Pro, Surface Pro 2, and Surface 2. Note that you cannot install this update on Surface RT.
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