Users Guide

Pre-boot Authentication v10.7

● The About section in the PBA environment currently lists the incorrect version number. [DDPC-11995]

SED Manager v10.7

● No technical advisories exist.

New Features and Functionality v10.6

● Dell's DiagnosticInfo utility now queries additional registry entries for more comprehensive results.

● SED Manager now supports the following platforms:

○ Latitude 7070 Tower

Note: This platform was incorrectly listed as supported in v10.5 Technical Advisories.

○ OpiPlex 7080 Tower

Resolved Technical Advisories v10.6

Encryption v10.6

● An issue resulting in the inability to decrypt and uninstall if multiple System Data Encryption keys were present in the registry

is resolved. [DDPC-2428, DDPC-11662, DDPSUS-2208]

● An issue resulting in ERR files after changing policy to Single Overwrite Pass during a System Data Encryption sweep is

resolved. [DDPC-2751, DDPC-5038, DDPC5148, DDPC-7708, DDPC-8019, DDPC-8116]

● The reboot prompt no longer displays off-screen after a policy requiring a reboot is updated. [DDPC-5374, DDPC-5376]

● The Data Security Uninstaller now removes all Dell Encryption registry entries as expected. [DDPC-5410]

● An issue resulting in the inability to configure encryption after installing Encryption Personal is resolved. [DDPC-11390,

DDPC-11618]

● Encryption Personal can now be uninstalled through Control Panel and Apps & features as expected. [DDPS-11634]

● An issue that triggered System Data Encryption recovery after Windows updates is resolved. [DDPC-11667]

● An issue caused by corrupt vault entries that resulted in cmgshieldsvc.exe and computer crash is resolved. [DDPC-11720]

Pre-boot Authentication v10.6

● Smart cards leveraging compressed certificates now function as expected. [DDPC-11769]

SED Manager v10.6

● An issue resulting in domain-added users failing to authenticate when a third-party credential provider is in use after an

administrator invoked password change is resolved. [DDPC-11654, DDPSUS-2506, DDPSUS-2695]

● An issue resulting in computers starting up automatically after hibernating or shutting down is resolved. [DDPC-11751]

Technical Advisories v10.6

Encryption v10.6

● In January 2020, SHA1 signing certificates are no longer valid and cannot be renewed.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.

Technical Advisories