Hi, As you use manage-bde I guess you are targeting Windows 7 OS.
You can actually turn off popup messages using this: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/1f2e6bc1-3b45-4584-b659-b67d2c7687f2/forum-faqhow-to-disable-notification-area-balloon-tips?forum=w7itproui or you can put an applocker deny rule on the hash of c:\windows\system32\fvenotify.exe On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 3:43 PM, Danvers, Jim <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey guys … > > > > Readers digest we have become aware of a number of laptops in our > organization that for whatever reasons didn’t get bitlocker turned on when > the help desk staff built them. We’re now looking at getting them turned > on by either physically visiting with the end user and/or remoting to a > target machine via psexec and running the following: > > > > 1. PSEXEC onto a machine (psexec \\machine cmd > > 2. Type “manage-bde –status” to determine if bitlocker is on and > active > > 3. Type “manage-bde –on C: -RecoveryPassword” to turn it on (reboot > required to actually start the encryption) > > 4. Type “shutdown /r /f /t 15” to shut down and reboot their laptop > in 15 seconds > > > > I wasn’t going to do step 4 on the first machine that I just did this on > as I know for a fact that the user will take his laptop home at the end of > the day anyway. So anyway – literally within 10 seconds of turning > bitlocker on at step 3 “ring!” goes my phone and it coincidentally enough > (lol) happens to be that user. He’s asking me about “… a bitlocker drive > encryption popup just appeared on my screen – what’s that?” > > > > My question for you guys is – can I suppress local host popups? > > > > Thanks… > > > > -=- jd -=- >
