If you clear the TPM keys, you will lose all the encryption keys that have been created by the TPM and also access to the data protected by those keys (sign-in PIN, virtual smart card, etc.). So ...

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A Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is an all singing, all dancing security component that can store sensitive secrets such as ...