Users Guide

Resolved Technical Advisories v8.1.1

Encryption

• Upon upgrade to 8.1, EMS was failing to prompt CD/DVD media to encrypt due to the controller driver failing to provide the correct

device type to EMS. This release resolves the issue and CD/DVD media is now properly prompted to encrypt. [28150]

• Additional hardening and stability xes have been added to this release.

• This release resolves the issue of encrypting/decrypting les larger than 4GBs.

New Features and Functionality v8.1

• Personal Edition adds class level port controls to block data leakage to smartphones

• Personal Edition adds Windows XP support for software encryption

Resolved Technical Advisories v8.1

All Products

• Windows Vista is no longer a supported operating system.

Encryption

• The Dell Data Protection | Encryption v8.x conict with Symantec Endpoint Protection v12.x. has been resolved. The SEP v12.x product

uses 2 separate lter drivers which led to a dead-lock with the re-architected Dell Data Protection | Encryption v8.x le encryption

driver. [27660]

• A registry override has been created to allow SDE encryption on a self-encrypting drive. By default, the 8.x client disables SDE

encryption if a self-encrypting drive is detected on the computer. It does not matter if the drive is the primary disk or not. This can be a

problem if the customer only wishes to use SDE encryption and has a self-encrypting drive that is not congured. Use this registry

setting to always enable SDE on a self-encrypting drive that is not congured. A reboot is required for this setting to take eect.

[27565]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\CMGShield]

AlwaysApplySDE=REG_DWORD:1

• If an SDE encrypted le is moved (not copied) to a Common or User encrypted folder, the Shield now properly applies the Common or

User encryption policy, rather than remaining SDE encrypted. [27752]

Advanced Authentication

• The Tab key can now be used to navigate through the recovery questions in the Security Console. [26974]

• When using Password Manager, the default values in the Live.com/Hotmail.com credential elds are now correct. [27033]

• The Authentication tab in the Security Console no longer displays a blank page after switching tabs. [27112]

Dell Data Protection | Personal Edition Technical Advisories

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