Users Guide

● The Windows 10 Feature Update preparation phase will no longer fail to stop the sweep state and will not fail on updating the
registry on a computer running Encryption External Media. [DDPC-4254]
● Encryption sweeps no longer pause or require manual intervention to complete. [DDPC-4499]
● Pausing encryption from the system tray icon now properly pauses the encryption sweep. [DDPC-5372]
● Added 05/2018 - An issue causing the local management console to become unresponsive or file explorer filename sorting to
not function after an encryption sweep the Secure Post-Encryption Cleanup policy set to an overwrite value has now been
resolved. [DDPC-5764]
Resolved Customer Issues
● Windows now properly resumes from hibernation when the Secure Windows Hibernation File policy is enforced.
[DDPSUS-1346]
● Registry keys are now properly removed at uninstall. [DDPC-5410]
● An issue that resulted in failed activation of endpoints is resolved. [DDPC-6119]
● An issue that resulted in the Port Control System causing intermittent BSOD during upgrades is resolved. [DDPC-6357]
● An issue resulting in BSOD when resuming from hibernation using an NVMe drive in AHCI is resolved. [DDPC-6456]
● An issue is resolved that resulted in customized Encryption External Media dialogue boxes to display incorrectly. For more
information, see http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/19/sln302925. [DDPC-6537]
● Applications using Microsoft's Encrypted File System no longer conflict with Policy Based Encryption. [DDPC-6846]
● A USB 3.0 driver causing BSODs when interacting with Dell Encryption is resolved. [DDPC-6893]
● Added 03/2018- The following hard-coded SDE exclusions have been added for improved interoperability with Windows
upgrades. This sweep decrypts files that are system-generated files, but will ensure that user-generated data within these
folders will stay protected as either Common encrypted or SDUser encrypted data based on currently set policies. These
changes can be overridden by adding a Category 3 inclusion to SDE Encryption Rules.
○ %SystemDrive%\_SMSTaskSequence
[DDPC-6932}
● Encrypt for Sharing files created on a 64-bit computer now open on a 32-bit computer. [DDPC-6998]
● An issue that resulted in BSOD after enabling HyperVisor is resolved. [DDPC-7028]
Technical Advisories
Dell Encryption v8.16
● Added 11/2018 - When attempting to uninstall Dell Encryption Personal with the Dell Data Security Uninstaller, ensure that
the LSARecovery executable being used for the uninstall is stored locally. If the LSARecovery being used for the uninstall is
stored on a network share, an error may be seen, which causes the uninstall to fail. [DDPC-7535]
PBA Advanced Authentication v8.16
● Advanced Authentication options display only under the following conditions:
○ When upgrading to v8.16 with the PBA inactive, Advanced Authentication options display at the Windows login screen
upon the first reboot after installation of v8.16. After the next reboot, Advanced Authentication options display only if
PBA is activated.
○ When upgrading to v8.16 with the PBA active, Advanced Authentication options display at the Windows login screen
upon the first reboot after installation of 8.16.
○ After a clean install of v8.16, Advanced Authentication login options will not display until the PBA is activated.
[DDPC-7087]
● When installing Advanced Authentication to a non-default directory, files will still be written to the default location of
C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\Dell Data Protection\Authentication\bin\. These files must remain at
this location. Files being written to multiple locations will not affect functionality. [DDPC-7128]
SED Management v8.16
● The Latitude 5289 does not support SED Management. [DDPC-7144]
Technical Advisories
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