Administrator Guide

Prepare the Computer for Installation

If the data is encrypted with a non-Dell encryption product, before installing the Encryption client, decrypt data using the existing

encryption software, and then uninstall the existing encryption software. If the computer does not restart automatically, restart the

computer.

Create a Windows Password

Dell highly recommends that a Windows password be created (if one does not already exist) to protect access to the encrypted data.

Creating a password for the computer prevents others from logging on to your user account without your password.

Uninstall Previous Versions of the Encryption Client

Before uninstalling a previous version of the Encryption client, stop or pause an encryption sweep, if necessary.

If the computer is running a version of Dell Encryption earlier than v8.6, uninstall the Encryption client from the command line. For

instructions, see Uninstall Encryption and Server Encryption Client.

NOTE:

If you plan to install the latest version of the Encryption client immediately after uninstallation, it is not necessary to run the Encryption

Removal Agent to decrypt the les.

To upgrade a previous version of the Encryption client installed with Deferred Activation, use the Control Panel/Uninstall a Program

utility. This uninstallation method is possible even if OPTIN is disabled.

NOTE:

If no users were previously activated, the Encryption client clears the OPTIN setting from the SDE vault since the setting is left-over

from a previous installation. The Encryption client blocks Deferred Activations if users previously activated but the OPTIN ag is not set

in the SDE vault.

Install the Encryption Client with Deferred Activation

To install the Encryption client with Deferred Activation, install the Encryption client with the OPTIN=1 parameter. For more information

about client installation with the OPTIN=1 parameter, see Install Encryption Client.

Activate the Encryption Client with Deferred

Activation

• Activation associates a domain user with a local user account and a specic computer.

• Multiple users can activate on the same computer, provided they use unique local accounts and have unique domain email addresses.

• A user can activate the Encryption client only once per domain account.

Before you activate the Encryption client:

• Log in to the local account that you use the most often. The data associated with this account is the data that will be encrypted.

• Connect to your organization's network.

1 Log on to the workstation or server.

2 Enter the domain email address and password and click Activate.

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Congure Deferred Activation