Release Notes
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- Dell Wyse ThinOS Version 8.6 and ThinOS Lite 2.6 Operating System Release Notes
- Contents
- Overview
- Version matrix
- ThinOS 8.6_710
- Release summary
- Compatibility
- New and enhanced features
- Supports display rotation to flip 180 degrees
- Support for Inclusive language
- Enable or disable the Citrix Self Service Password Reset pin icon and pin change
- Support to disable the default behavior of Client discovery methods
- Enable Home wireless setup when user privilege set to None
- Support for DelayReboot feature
- Important notes
- Fixed issues
- INI parameters
- Known issues
- ThinOS 8.6_606
- ThinOS 8.6_511
- ThinOS 8.6_412 and ThinOS Lite 2.6_412
- Release summary
- Compatibility
- New and enhanced features
- ENERGY STAR 8.0 compliance
- Network icons added to Zero desktop
- Security warning for anonymous user
- Supports End User License Agreement
- Mouse cursor accuracy
- Supports South Asia smart card and middleware
- Supports RDS 2019
- Support U49 monitors and bloomberg keyboard with Horizon Broker connection
- New INI parameters available for Teradici cloud access
- Updated cipher suits
- New system variables for ethernet and wireless MAC addresses
- Supports secure RDP
- Important notes
- INI parameters
- Fixed issues
- Known issues
- ThinOS 8.6_303 and ThinOS Lite 2.6_303
- Release summary
- Compatibility
- New and enhanced features
- Network icon added to taskbar
- Show Key feature for Wyse Management Suite group token
- Change registration code for Amazon WorkSpaces
- Wyse Management Suite Proxy information using DHCP options or DNS SRV records
- Supports RC4_HMAC_MD5 for RDP connections
- Limit core dumps by clearing NVRAM
- ENERGY STAR 8 compliance
- Supports TicTok smart cards
- Important notes
- INI parameters
- Fixed issues
- Known issues
- ThinOS 8.6_206 and ThinOS Lite 2.6_206
- Release summary
- Compatibility
- New and enhanced features
- Important notes
- INI parameters
- Fixed issues
- Known issue
- ThinOS 8.6_028 and ThinOS Lite 2.6_028
- ThinOS 8.6_204
- ThinOS 8.6_111
- ThinOS 8.6_108
- Release summary
- Compatibility
- New and enhanced features
- Display features
- DP audio port feature
- Troubleshooting features
- Frames per second (FPS) display
- Text color customization on login window
- Smart card as Proximity Card of Imprivata
- New system variable for MAC address
- Reconnect workflow for VMware Horizon View broker
- VMware Horizon package
- Teradici Cloud Access broker type
- Username Hint option for VMware Horizon View broker
- Touchpad
- Wyse Management Suite support
- New connection under low privilege
- Battery information
- Behavior while closing the lid
- Fn key combinations
- FR package
- Network features and limitations
- Docking station features and limitations
- SD card reader
- Sleep mode
- Touch Panel
- Important notes
- INI parameters
- Known issues
- ThinOS 8.6_106
- Release summary
- Compatibility
- New and enhanced features
- Display resolution
- DP audio port
- Troubleshooting features
- On-Screen Display (OSD) feature
- Frames per second (FPS) display
- Text color customization on login window
- Smart card as Proximity Card of Imprivata
- New system variable for MAC address
- Reconnect workflow for VMware Horizon View broker
- VMware Horizon package
- Teradici Cloud Access broker type
- Username Hint option for VMware Horizon View broker
- Wyse Management Suite support
- New connection under low privilege
- FR package
- Sleep mode
- Important notes
- INI parameters
- Known issues
- ThinOS 8.6_027 and ThinOS Lite 2.6_027
- ThinOS 8.6_024 and ThinOS Lite 2.6_024
- ThinOS 8.6_019 and ThinOS Lite 2.6_019
- ThinOS 8.6_015
- ThinOS 8.6_013
- Release scope
- Release type and definition
- Supported platform
- BIOS information
- Packages
- Feature support matrix
- Citrix Receiver feature matrix
- VMware Horizon feature matrix
- Important notes
- New and enhanced features
- Cisco Jabber Softphone for VDI
- Update RTME package to 2.5
- Upgrade Horizon package to version 4.8
- VMware Horizon Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business
- Multiple logins with Citrix and VMware Horizon
- BIOS update
- Export and restore BIOS settings
- Package version check
- Telnet
- Disable DisplayPort audio
- Report locally attached devices to Wyse Device Manager
- Vertical Synchronization
- PCoIP connections using Teradici Remote Workstation card
- Okta integration through Citrix NetScaler
- Display selection when launching RDP connection in full screen
- Desktop scaling factor for RDP connection
- Icon folders for StoreFront interface
- Caradigm Way2Care enhancement
- Wireless IP configuration
- Display priority on Wyse 5070 Extended thin client
- Display GUI update
- Bluetooth pairing update
- INI parameters
- Tested environment
- Tested peripheral devices for ThinOS 8.6_013
- Known issues
- Release scope
- ThinOS Lite 2.6_013
- Upgrading firmware
- Resources and support
- Contacting Dell
Table 11. INI parameters
INI parameters Description
MultiHead={yes, no}
[Rotate={left, right, flip}]
This parameter enables the user to flip the display 180 degree to a landscape display
mode when the user INI is set to Rotate=flip.
SecurityPolicy=[full, warning, low]
[DNSFileServerDiscover={yes, no}]
This parameter is disabled if it is not defined using the user INI parameter after initial
configurations are received by the thin client from Wyse Management Suite. This
parameter can be enabled after a factory reset of the thin client or if the user INI
is set to DNSFIleServerDiscover=yes. As a security update, this parameter is
disabled if it is not enabled by the user manually.
WMSEnable={yes, no}
[Discover={yes, no}]
This parameter is disabled if it is not defined using the user INI parameter after initial
configurations are received by the thin client from Wyse Management Suite. The thin
client fails to collect the new Wyse Management Suite entries modified in the DNS
record. This parameter can be enabled after a factory reset or if the user INI is set to
Discover=yes.
DHCPOptionsRemap={yes}
[Discover={yes, no}]
This parameter is disabled if it is not defined using the user INI parameter after initial
configurations are received by the thin client from Wyse Management Suite. The thin
client fails to collect the new Wyse Management Suite entries from DHCP scope
options. This parameter can be enabled after a factory reset or if the user INI is set
to Discover=yes. As a security update, this parameter is disabled if it is not enabled
by the user manually.
**PRIVILEGE={None} When the PRIVILEGE parameter is set to None and the user presses the key
combination Windows+ P or Fn + F8, the display setup window is disabled.
DEVICE_SECURITY=allow_list/
block_list
The parameter name is changed to DEVICE_SECURTIY=allow_list/
block_list. The functionality of this parameter remains the same.
Known issues
Table 12. Known issues (continued)
Issue ID Description Workaround
THINOXSUS-706 Smartcard authentication option is not
available with Blast Protocol in Windows
Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server
2016 after locking the user profile.
There is no workaround in this release.
THINOXSUS-367 When you use a Dell Docking Station
WD19 with Dell Wyse 5470 Thin Client,
you have to press the power button for
a manual reboot for the ping to function.
There is no workaround in this release.
THINOXSUS-586 Home window is visible in the Citrix
session.
There is no workaround in this release.
THINOXSUS-431 Traces of ThinOS window border remain
while hovering over published apps.
There is no workaround in this release.
THINOXSUS-483 Session reconnection fails with VMware
Horizon View 7.12 when using the CAC
card.
There is no workaround in this release.
THINOXSUS-971 Wyse 5470 AiO Thin Client with a 32 GB
eMMC SanDisk SSD does not respond
when user tries to put the system to
sleep.
There is no workaround in this release.
THINOXSUS-965 On Wyse 3040 Thin Client, a display
issue is observed while using Citrix XD
2006 and Citrix XD 2012 Broker client
There is no workaround in this release.
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