BitLocker PIN not working since it includes a £

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I have set a BitLocker PIN and now I'm locked out since I cannot type the correct PIN. The reason I can think of is my PIN contains a "£" symbol since I have a UK keyboard layout. However, when typing the BitLocker PIN it is US layout and the £ symbol does not exist. How can I get around this problem? How can I type the £ symbol in the BitLocker blue screen?

I have tried ASCII Codes (ALT + 156 and ALT + 0163) but did not print the £ symbol.

Are you seeing this PIN prompt when you first time the computer on? — music2myear, Aug 21 '23 at 22:19
Similar question: https://superuser.com/questions/1164543/i-set-my-bitlocker-preboot-pin-in-arabic — Michael, Aug 22 '23 at 01:02
Does this answer your question? How to type pound sign(£) using US keyboard, in Windows, Linux and Mac? Also see https://superuser.com/questions/955783/setting-the-default-input-method-for-the-windows-10-login-screen — Tetsujin, Aug 22 '23 at 07:30

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 21 '23 at 23:35

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Make a disk image in case an attempt to fix the issue permanently locks BitLocker. This can be done using tools such as Macrium Rescue Environment or alternative.
Try using the on-screen keyboard.
Try an external keyboard that has the £ symbol.
You can use "data recovery agents": the drive must be mounted as a data drive on another computer for the data recovery agent to unlock it. This might require Support help.

answered Aug 21 '23 at 23:35

DrMoishe Pippik

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Changing the keyboard will not help. The asker uses an enhanced PIN and for those, Microsoft warns that only characters that exist on an EN-US keyboard can be used. Solution: unlock it with the numerical recovery password and change the PIN to something numerical or to something that exists on the en-us layout as well. – Bernd Schwanenmeister Aug 23 '23 at 10:02
It was fixed by a recovery-key and changing the PIN – mge3.14 Aug 24 '23 at 19:35

BitLocker PIN not working since it includes a £

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