Users Guide

● The updates for the Dell Docking Solution cannot be cleared from Customize Selection screen.
● The Automatically restart the system (when required) option is selected and cannot be cleared.
● The system may restart multiple times and continue the installation.
● One or more categories (Security, Critical, Recommended, Optional) are selected and cannot be cleared if there are updates
that are part of the Dell Docking Solution.
● The Dell Docking Solution option is not displayed if there are no updates available for Dell docking solution.
A warning message is displayed if:
● An update that is to be installed requires an interim version of the utility. If there are multiple dependencies for an update,
Dell Update attempts to install the latest version. This task may require multiple update cycles to be completed.
● Certain updates cannot be installed until a power adapter is plugged into the system.
Suspend BitLocker
Dell Update supports the ability to install BIOS updates even if BitLocker Encryption is enabled on the system's boot drive. This
provides an option by suspending the BitLocker while updating the BIOS and resuming BitLocker encryption once the BIOS has
been upgraded.
Dell Update provides a check box in the Select Updates screen to Automatically suspend BitLocker and displays the
following warning message: Warning: Automatically suspending BitLocker drive encryption must be
executed in a secure environment to safeguard the drive security.
If BitLocker is enabled, the following options get applied:
● When a BIOS update is available and selected, and the Automatically suspend BitLocker option is checked, then the
Automatically restart the system (when required) option is checked. By default this option is disabled. When the BIOS
update is installed, BitLocker is suspended temporarily to apply the BIOS updates. After the BIOS and other updates are
installed, the system automatically reboots to complete the BIOS update, and BitLocker is reenabled.
● A BitLocker icon is displayed to the left of the BIOS update, if present, in the list of Selected Updates screen.
● You can clear the Automatically suspend BitLocker option, the BIOS update is cleared and disabled.
NOTE:
Hovering over the icon provides the message: This update is blocked because BitLocker is
enabled on this system. If you want to install this update, please check
Automatically suspend BitLocker in the BIOS settings pane.
Give us your feedback
You have the option to provide the feedback about the product, by clicking Give us your feedback link option from the bottom
corner of the left pane on the welcome page.
NOTE: You have the option to publish the feedback anonymously.
Features of Dell Update 9