A remote employee must enable BitLocker drive encryption to comply with company security policy. When the user opens Control Panel > System and Security, the BitLocker Drive Encryption option is missing. System Information reports the device is running "Windows 10 Home" and a TPM 2.0 is present. Which of the following BEST explains why the BitLocker interface is unavailable on this laptop?
Windows 10 Home does not include the BitLocker feature set.
The Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is disabled in UEFI firmware.
The BitLocker Drive Encryption service is stopped.
The system drive is formatted with FAT32 instead of NTFS.
BitLocker is included only in Windows 10 Pro, Pro for Workstations, Enterprise, and Education editions. Because the user is running Windows 10 Home, the full BitLocker feature set-including the management interface in Control Panel-is not provided. Upgrading the edition (for example, to Windows 10 Pro) would make the BitLocker option appear. TPM configuration, service status, or file-system type would not remove the BitLocker interface entirely.
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