Users Guide

● Advanced Threat Prevention is now supported on Windows 10 IoT Enterprise.
● Dell Encryption v10.1 and later defaults to leveraging a new cryptographic library, provided by RSA, as well as multiple new
options for cryptographic libraries. For more information, see http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/19/SLN301500.
● HP EliteBook 840 G4 and HP EliteBook 1040 G3 have been validated with SED and FDE when running in UEFI Boot mode. To
ensure full functionality, set the following BIOS settings:
○ In BIOS, navigate to the Advanced tab, select Secure Boot Configuration, then select the check boxes labeled Import
Custom Secure Boot keys and Enable MS UEFI CA key.
○ From the drop down menu, select Legacy Support Disable and Secure Boot Enable.
○ In BIOS, navigate to Advanced tab > Option ROM Launch Policy and select All UEFI from the drop down menu.
● Automated in-place upgrades are now supported for Windows 10 on Bitlocker manager, Full Disk Encryption and self-
encrypting drives.
Resolved Technical Advisories v2.1
Advanced Threat Prevention 2.1
● No resolved technical advisories exist.
Encryption Client v10.1
● EMS Explorer is now working as expected when connecting an encrypted USB with EMS on a computer without Dell
Encryption. [DDPC-5585, DDPSUS-2401]
● Resolved an issue that resulted in the loss of user activation on reboot. [DDPC-6572, DDPSUS-1844]
● Local users can now activate with Dell Encryption installed with Opt-in mode on a computer running Windows April 2018
update and not joined to a domain. [DDPC-9377, DDPSUS-2365, DDPSUS-2387, ]
● The PBA Recovery Question authentication works as expected. [DDPC-9671]
● A timeout no longer occurs for user credentials when waiting some time to provide a new password after passing the
recovery questions screen on a computer with Windows April 2018 update in UEFI more and FDE enabled. [DDPC-9818]
● When child installers fail to install successfully, Dell Encryption will also fail to install and will log these errors. [DDPC-10110,
DDPSUS-2379]
● LastSyncTime in the report results for Device Detail is now working as expected. [DDPC-10184, DDPSUS-2388]
● SDE plugins, PBE plugins and Encryption plugins now display the correct versions on the Management Console.
[DDPC-10531, DDPSUS-2416]
Preboot Authentication v10.1
● An issue resulting with a computer running Windows 7 becoming unresponsive during decryption with PBA activated and
FDE enabled has been resolved. [DDPC-9237, DDPC-10121]
Full Disk Encryption v2.1
● An issue resulting with a computer running Windows 7 becoming unresponsive during decryption with PBA activated and
FDE enabled has been resolved. [DDPC-9237, DDPC-10121]
Technical Advisories v2.1
Advanced Threat Prevention v2.1
● When checking for policy updates from the Encryption icon menu, the application may appear to freeze for a short while.
This condition can be safely ignored without closing the Encryption console. [DDPC-10302]
Technical Advisories
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