Users Guide

Resolved Technical Advisories v8.6
Enterprise Edition for Windows
● At uninstallation, decrypting a registry hive that exceeds 52 MB now succeeds and the computer no longer experiences a
blue screen when uninstallation is complete. [DDPC-867]
● Encryption Removal Agent failure due to file sharing violations is now resolved. [DDPMTR-883]
● Issues that resulted in rollback of upgrades when installation was attempted more than once are now resolved.
[DDPMTR-1029]
● Upgrade from v8.x no longer fails due to encryption processing during installation. [DDPMTR-1114]
Advanced Authentication
● In Security Tools - Setup, clicking the Defaults button on the Recovery Questions page no longer returns the prompt to
confirm deletion of recovery questions but now more accurately prompts the user to confirm a reset of Recovery Questions
settings. [CSF-91]
● Password Manager now functions properly with Mozilla Firefox v36.0.1 and later. [CSF-199]
● When One-time Password is used to recover access to a computer, if the user enters a blank value for the password, error
messages now display "Unknown user name or incorrect password/One or more arguments are not correct." After the user
acknowledges the messages, the OTP screen displays. [CSF-233]
Preboot Authentication
● The System Shutdown Required message that displays before PBA activation begins can now be properly minimized and
maximized by clicking the system tray icon. [CSF-195]
● On a German operating system, the PBA logon button text is now sized correctly and fully visible. [DDPLP-276]
● The issue that resulted in a computer experiencing a blue screen after External Media Edition is uninstalled from a computer
with PBA activated is resolved. [DDPMTR-1020]
● On a UEFI computer running a Japanese or Korean operating system with PBA activated, the PBA logon screen now loads
and functions as expected. [DDPUP-547]
● On the Dell Precision T1700 and OptiPlex XE2, enabling Secure Boot and activating the PBA no longer results in the error,
"No bootable devices found." [DDPUP-614, DDPUP-615]
BitLocker Manager
● Activation issues that previously occurred with the error message, "unable to create TPM only protector," and unexpected
reboots are now resolved. [CSF-426]
Technical Advisories v8.6
Enterprise Edition for Windows
● Added 09/2015 - In order to add new features, functionality, and the newest operating systems, Enterprise Edition for
Windows will support Windows XP through Shield version 8.5.
● Added 08/2015 - If Microsoft TPM Base Services is improperly installed, the following functionality is affected: HCA
provisioning, fingerprint enrollment in the DDP Console/Security Console, and BitLocker Manager operation. For more
information and to work around this issue, refer to this KB article: http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/19/
SLN296706. [CSF-454]
● If HCA policy is disabled or the HCA encryption algorithm is changed during encryption, the computer may experience a blue
screen after reboot or at PBA logon. [DDPMTR-282]
● With Encryption with Deferred Activation, data is encrypted using the Common Encryption Key. However, the local console
reports the values of the following policies not as Common Key but as they are set on the DDP Server: Application Data
Encryption Key, User Data Encryption Key, and EMS Data Encryption Key. [DDPMTR-657]
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