Other users must be encountering this inconvenience. It makes no sense that a standard Windows user should have to know the Admin password in order to unlock a WD drive.
However, if users are running as Admin all the time, rather than doing the more secure route recommended by Microsoft of running as a standard user and leaving the Admin account just for when it’s needed, then I guess they wouldn’t see this as a problem. If they are the Admin, then they’d obviously know the Admin password.
But, it seems crazy that a standard user can’t unlock a drive unless they know the Admin password.
Also, it’[s annoying to have to go through the UAC elevation prompt and password just to unlock a WD drive.
