Users Guide

● Log files 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 files 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]
Advanced Authentication
● When using Microsoft Windows 8.1, the Security Console screen will no longer be blank after minimizing and re-opening the
window. [28044]
● Amended 03/2014 - Password Manager pre-train icons are now supported with Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox as well
as Internet Explorer when using Microsoft Windows 8.1. However, Password Manager is not available in Google Chrome until
it is activated. To activate Password Manager in Google Chrome, follow these steps:
1. In the Google Chrome Settings page, select Make Google Chrome my default browser.
2. Select Show advanced settings > Content settings > Disable individual plug-ins and then select Always allowed for
the Dell Data Protection | Security Tools Plug-in. Close the Plug-ins page.
3. In the Google Chrome Settings page, select Extensions and check the Enable box next to the Dell Data Protection |
Security Tools Extension.
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Technical Advisories v8.2.1
Enterprise Edition for Windows
● The Shield is intermittently sending invalid XML characters in the event bundle. The result is that event logs from endpoints
are occasionally not parsed or logged for compliance reporting at the Enterprise Server. [28321]
Advanced Authentication
● 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 fingerprint 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 fingerprint 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
● Enterprise Edition for Windows (software encryption only) now supports Microsoft Windows 8.1 on Dell Venue Pro 11, Dell
Venue Pro 8, and Dell OptiPlex 3020.
Resolved Technical Advisories v8.2
Enterprise Edition for Windows
● Rijndael128 and Rijndael256 encryption algorithms are changed to AES128 or AES256 respectively when using EMS. This
change occurs during an Enterprise Server migration to v8.2. Virtual Edition is unaffected, as Rijndael128 and Rijndael256 are
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