Users Guide

Preboot Authentication v8.9
● After recovering PBA access through recovery questions, the password change page displays a message that, if no action is
taken, the user will be automatically logged in to the Windows session, although no automatic login occurs. [CSF-1083]
● Added 04/2018- When a user tries to sync to the server while using a Latitude 7204 Rugged Machine on an XFR dock with
Windows 10 x32 and the Encryption client installed, the options
Sync and Network are not available at the PBA Log in screen. [DDPC-1638]
● Added 4/2017 - Login or recovery fails when a German keyboard is used to enter special characters into the password or
recovery answer fields. [DDPC-5531]
Previous Technical Advisories
This section includes previous Technical Advisories for the Dell Data Protection | Encryption client, SED client, Advanced
Authentication, and BitLocker Manager for releases of Enterprise Edition v7.0/7.0.1 - v8.7.1. Depending on the Endpoint Security
Suite Enterprise deployment and operating systems of client computers, some issues are not applicable.
Technical Advisories v8.7.1
● Added 8/2017 - The Dell Optiplex 7040 keyboard becomes unresponsive when the Advanced Boot Options menu is accessed
with the PBA active. [DDPC-2684]
Technical Advisories v8.7
Encryption Client
● If the HCA algorithm is changed during encryption, SDE encryption rather than HCA re-encryption begins. To work around
this issue, restart the computer. After log in, HCA encryption begins normally. [DDPMTR-406]
● Reinstallation may fail with an error such as a file or folder access error or an EMSService crash, if the \temp folder was
previously encrypted with the Common Encryption Key and files were not fully decrypted before uninstallation. To work
around this issue, before reinstalling, remove files from the \temp folder. [DDPMTR-1647, DDPMTR-1782]
● When the Encryption Removal Agent is used to decrypt and uninstall, if an invalid Encryption Administrator Password is
entered, an incorrect error message displays: "Failed to deserialize the specific file" [DDPMTR-1649]
● Running Diagnostic Info results in a file archiving error if run when files that must be accessed are locked or in use.
[DDPMTR-1830]
● When running the Setup Wizard after WSDeactivate, access to Common and User encrypted data is lost. To work around
this issue, after running WSDeactivate, do not run the Setup Wizard. Instead, perform File/Folder Encryption recovery as
explained in the Recovery Guide. Select the option, My system does not allow me to access encrypted data.... Reboot the
computer then run the Setup Wizard to re-activate the user. [DDPMTR-1831]
● When the EMS Access Code Failure Action policy is set to Apply Cooldown, the cooldown is not applied. To work
around this issue, after the allowed number of password attempts, the user must manually authenticate to the device.
For more information, see "EMS Authentication Failure" in AdminHelp, accessible from the Remote Management Console.
[DDPMTR-1859]
● If EMS Service (without the full version of the Shield) is installed, uninstall it prior to installing Enterprise Edition. Otherwise,
installation will fail. [DDPMTR-1871]
● After upgrade from v8.2 or later, authentication with fingerprints fails. To work around this issue, re-enroll fingerprints after
upgrade. [CSF-746]
● After uninstallation, the DDP Console icon remains on the desktop. To work around this issue, delete the icon after
uninstallation. [DDPMTR-1815]
Preboot Authentication
● If activation fails with an error message that the SED must be recovered, perform a recovery using the instructions in the
Recovery Guide, then reinstall Advanced Authentication and re-activate. [DDPLP-305]
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