Users Guide

Resolved Technical Advisories v10.5
Encryption v10.5
● An issue resulting in corrupted files created by Notepad++ and Onenote is resolved. [DDPC-11440, DDPSUS-2385,
DDPSUS-2642]
● An issue resulting in files not encrypting after a change in encryption algorithm is resolved. [DDPC-11460]
● A rare occurrence resulting in the Change Password option to not display at Windows login is resolved. [DDPC-11400]
● Installing Dell Encryption with older versions of Encryption Management Agent now creates independent system tray icons
for each product. [DDPC-11052, DDPC-11279]
Pre-boot Authentication v10.5
● Boot time when the Pre-boot Authentication environment is present is improved. [DDPC-11042, DDPC-11422, DDPSUS-2471]
● Swiss French keyboard mapping now functions as expected in the Pre-boot Authentication environment. [DDPC-11122,
DDPSUS-2579]
SED Manager v10.5
● No technical advisories exist.
Technical Advisories v10.5
Encryption v10.5
● Added 12/2019 - In January 2020, SHA1 signing certificates are no longer valid and cannot be renewed. Devices
running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 must install Microsoft KBs https://support.microsoft.com/help/4474419
and https://support.microsoft.com/help/4490628 to validate SHA256 signing certificates on applications and installation
packages.
Applications and installation packages signed with SHA1 certificates will function but an error will display on the endpoint
during installation or execution of the application without these updates installed.
● In rare occurrences, computers leveraging eMMC drives will crash in Dell.SecurityFramework.Agent.exe, causing a Stop 0x74
CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED BSOD, when restarting the computer after applying encryption. [DDPC-11461]
● The German installer contains improperly formatted text. [DDPC-11501]
● In rare cases, encryption sweeps yield an error due to a mishandled vault code. [DDPC-11849, DDPSUS-2759]
Pre-boot Authenticationv10.5
● When leveraging smart cards for PBA activation, the Sync Users at PBA Activation policy must be disabled in the Dell
Server. [DDPC-11543]
SED Managerv10.5
● No technical advisories exist.
New Features and Functionality v10.4
● Dell Encryption's DDSSetup and DDSSuite installers have been updated to resolve CVE-2016-2542.
● Dell has added verbosity in the Policy-Based Encryption logs when performing Windows 10 Feature Updates.
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