Vista Enterprise on an IBM Thinkpad T42 with a TPM chip on the motherboard
and enabled in the BIOS.
IBM had a Vista TPM driver so installed it. the TPM is visible and enabled
in device manager but when i run Bitlocker it says no TPM was found....
whats the deal?

Troy--

Could this be a situation where you need a TPM software upgrade to the
chip?

I dunno-- but you might get some help particularly from the first link
below:

BitLocker Drive Encryption: Scenarios, User Experience, and Flow

http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...LockerFlow.doc


http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/w.../aa906018.aspx

"The feature ideally uses a Trusted Platform Module (TPM 1.2) to protect
user data and to ensure that a PC running Windows Vista has not been
tampered with while the system was offline. BitLocker provides both mobile
and office enterprise information workers with enhanced data protection
should their systems be lost or stolen and secure data deletion when it
comes time to decommission those assets."


BitLocker Drive Encryption: Technical Overview
Published: April 4, 2006
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/w.../aa906017.aspx

CH

"Troy McClure" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:u$4n$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Vista Enterprise on an IBM Thinkpad T42 with a TPM chip on the motherboard
> and enabled in the BIOS.
> IBM had a Vista TPM driver so installed it. the TPM is visible and enabled
> in device manager but when i run Bitlocker it says no TPM was found....
> whats the deal?

ill go check that out now thanks



"Chad Harris" <msftneedstogetoutvistainfo.net> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Troy--
>
> Could this be a situation where you need a TPM software upgrade to the
> chip?
>
> I dunno-- but you might get some help particularly from the first link
> below:
>
> BitLocker Drive Encryption: Scenarios, User Experience, and Flow
>
> http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...LockerFlow.doc
>
>
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/w.../aa906018.aspx
>
> "The feature ideally uses a Trusted Platform Module (TPM 1.2) to protect
> user data and to ensure that a PC running Windows Vista has not been
> tampered with while the system was offline. BitLocker provides both mobile
> and office enterprise information workers with enhanced data protection
> should their systems be lost or stolen and secure data deletion when it
> comes time to decommission those assets."
>
>
> BitLocker Drive Encryption: Technical Overview
> Published: April 4, 2006
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/w.../aa906017.aspx
>
> CH
>
> "Troy McClure" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:u$4n$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Vista Enterprise on an IBM Thinkpad T42 with a TPM chip on the
>> motherboard
>> and enabled in the BIOS.
>> IBM had a Vista TPM driver so installed it. the TPM is visible and
>> enabled
>> in device manager but when i run Bitlocker it says no TPM was found....
>> whats the deal?
>

It can't find the TPM. Seems obvious to me.

"Troy McClure" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:u$4n$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Vista Enterprise on an IBM Thinkpad T42 with a TPM chip on the motherboard
> and enabled in the BIOS.
> IBM had a Vista TPM driver so installed it. the TPM is visible and enabled
> in device manager but when i run Bitlocker it says no TPM was found....
> whats the deal?

Go back one step from the technet Executive summary:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/w.../aa905065.aspx
Of the five links links furnished there, select to examine
"Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption Step by Step Guide"

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/w.../aa905089.aspx

You can set it up with or without the TPM, but it looks like
you need to create a 1-1/2 gig "S" partition before you install
Vista on the "C" partition. If I'm wrong, please correct me.

"Troy McClure" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> ill go check that out now thanks
>
>
>
> "Chad Harris" <msftneedstogetoutvistainfo.net> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Troy--
>>
>> Could this be a situation where you need a TPM software upgrade to the
>> chip?
>>
>> I dunno-- but you might get some help particularly from the first link
>> below:
>>
>> BitLocker Drive Encryption: Scenarios, User Experience, and Flow
>>
>> http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...LockerFlow.doc
>>
>>
>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/w.../aa906018.aspx
>>
>> "The feature ideally uses a Trusted Platform Module (TPM 1.2) to protect
>> user data and to ensure that a PC running Windows Vista has not been
>> tampered with while the system was offline. BitLocker provides both mobile
>> and office enterprise information workers with enhanced data protection
>> should their systems be lost or stolen and secure data deletion when it
>> comes time to decommission those assets."
>>
>>
>> BitLocker Drive Encryption: Technical Overview
>> Published: April 4, 2006
>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/w.../aa906017.aspx
>>
>> CH
>>
>> "Troy McClure" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:u$4n$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Vista Enterprise on an IBM Thinkpad T42 with a TPM chip on the
>>> motherboard
>>> and enabled in the BIOS.
>>> IBM had a Vista TPM driver so installed it. the TPM is visible and
>>> enabled
>>> in device manager but when i run Bitlocker it says no TPM was found....
>>> whats the deal?
>>
>

you cant even "find" vista, dumbass! so go away



"Robert Armand Hammer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> It can't find the TPM. Seems obvious to me.
>
> "Troy McClure" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:u$4n$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Vista Enterprise on an IBM Thinkpad T42 with a TPM chip on the
>> motherboard and enabled in the BIOS.
>> IBM had a Vista TPM driver so installed it. the TPM is visible and
>> enabled in device manager but when i run Bitlocker it says no TPM was
>> found.... whats the deal?
>
>