Users Guide

Resolved Customer Issues
● Setting the registry entry, EnableNGMetadata, resolves an issue that resulted in Microsoft update failure on computers with
Common key-encrypted data and performance issues related to encrypting, decrypting, or unzipping large numbers of files
within a folder.
Set the EnableNGMetadata registry entry in the following location:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\CmgShieldFFE]
"EnableNGMetadata" = dword:1
0=Disabled (default)
1=Enabled
[DDPC-694, DDPC-794, DDPSUS-863]
● An issue is resolved that resulted in access denial errors for non-domain users. [DDPC-854]
● Decryption performance is improved when SDE Encryption is enabled. [DDPC-3577, DDPSUS-975]
● An issue is resolved that occasionally caused the Encryption client to become unresponsive with warnings in the log files.
[DDPC-5311]
Advanced Authentication v8.13
● When a user is removed from a computer just before the computer is shut down, the removal process is now completed as
expected. [DDPC-4260]
Resolved Customer Issues
● An issue is resolved that resulted in a delay in displaying the User Account Control prompt. [DDPC-5017]
Preboot Authentication v8.13
● Preboot Authentication is supported on the following computers:
○ Latitude 5280
○ Latitude 5480
○ Latitude 5580
○ Latitude E7280
○ Latitude E7480
○ Precision M5520
● The smartcard reader now functions as expected for PBA login on Dell Optiplex All-in-One computers. [DDPC-3465,
DDPC-5014]
● With smart card authentication, the Sign In button is now enabled after the user enters the smart card PIN. [DDPC-5125]
● The updated domain now displays in the Challenge/Response dialog after the domain is changed on a computer with PBA
activated. [DDPC-5132]
● The correct information is now included in the "About" information accessed from the PBA login screen. [DDPC-5178]
SED Client v8.13
● When a user is removed from a computer just before the computer is shut down, the removal process is now completed as
expected. [DDPC-4260]
BitLocker Manager v8.13
● When a user is removed from a computer just before the computer is shut down, the removal process is now completed as
expected. [DDPC-4260]
● Logging is improved. [DDPC-4305]
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Technical Advisories