Users Guide

New Features and Functionality v8.2.1

• Personal Edition now supports Microsoft Windows 8.1.

Resolved Technical Advisories v8.2.1

Encryption

• Personal Edition provides improved support for the touch keyboard on the Microsoft Windows 8.1 Sign On Screen.

• Log les are now placed in the proper directory on localized operating systems. [25463]

• An unrecoverable error no longer occurs upon encryption completion when the Local Management Console is left open and the

computer is locked for an extended period of time. [27545]

• Interoperability issues when using VMware image les have been resolved. [28355]

• Previously, when uninstalling the Encryption client, if the uninstaller failed, the Decryption Agent would be installed before the uninstaller

failed. This caused issues because the uninstaller would not re-run if the Decryption Agent was already installed. This issue is resolved.

[28364]

Technical Advisories v8.2.1

Advanced Authentication

• Pre-enrolled Contactless Smart Card users are lost after joining the computer to the domain. Therefore, the indicator on enrollment

status shows that no users have been enrolled using Contactless Smart Cards. To work around the issue, log on to the computer with a

user ID and password, then re-enroll Contactless Smart Cards for local and domain users. [28386]

• Amended 03/2014 - When using Microsoft Windows 7 on the All-in-One computer without an external keyboard, the On-Screen

Keyboard does not automatically display after the computer resumes from the sleep or hibernate state. To display the On-Screen

Keyboard, select the On-Screen Keyboard button at the lower left of the Windows Login Screen. [28606]

• Amended 04/2014 - Integrated ngerprint readers on Latitude E6430u and Latitude E5430 do not work after installing Dell Data

Protection | Security Tools 1.2.1 or later on Windows 7 (64-bit). To use the integrated ngerprint reader on these computer models, use

Dell Data Protection | Security Tools 1.2 (or Dell Data Protection | Encryption 8.2). [28979/DDPC-157, MMW-393]

New Features and Functionality v8.2

• Personal Edition now supports Microsoft Windows 8.1 on Dell Venue Pro 11, Dell Venue Pro 8, and Dell OptiPlex 3020.

Technical Advisories v8.2

Advanced Authentication

• If the "Interactive logon: Smart card removal behavior" Group Policy Object is congured to lock or force log o when a smart card is

removed, the computer will be locked or the user will be logged o during Dell Data Protection | Encryption installation, because smart

card reader drivers are updated during Dell Data Protection | Encryption installation. To work around the issue, unmount the smart card

from the reader prior to installing Dell Data Protection | Encryption. [27856]

• Amended 01/2014 - When using Microsoft Windows 8.1, Single Sign-On with Password Manager does not work with some email

providers. [28259]

• Amended 01/2014 - The Password Manager prompt to add a login screen displays after de-selecting "Prompt to add logons for logon

screens" in the Security Console Settings or when selecting "Exclude this screen" in Internet Explorer Icon Settings. To correct the

issue, download and install Microsoft KB2888505 https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2888505. [28334, 28445, 28536]

• Touch capability is not available for Password Manager icons on Dell Venue Pro 11 and Dell Venue Pro 8 tablets.

• Updated drivers for the Eikon to Go external ngerprint reader for Windows 8.1 can be found on support.dell.com.

Dell Data Protection | Personal Edition Technical Advisories

Technical Advisories