Download Symantec Encryption Desktop 10.4.1

Symantec has in the past acquired two different companies that developed encryption software, namely GuardianEdge and PGP. The software from these two acquisitions was long released as two different encryption product lines by Symantec, the GuardianEdge line was renamed to Endpoint Encryption, and the PGP line was renamed to Encryption Desktop along with Encryption Management Server. To an outsider, it’s confusing that one company released two different encryption products that competed and couldn’t work with each other. There is with the release of Endpoint Encryption 11 largely came to an end in 2014. Since there is no easy way to upgrade from SED and SEMS to SEE, maintenance packs are still being released for the old PGP line. The developers have released Symantec Encryption Desktop 10.4.1 with the following changes:

What’s new in Symantec Encryption Desktop 10.4.1 for Windows

• Compatibility added for Windows 10 Anniversary Update – This release supports the in-place upgrade toWindows 10 Anniversary Update, without your having to decrypt and re-encrypt the disk. See article HOWTO125015.
• Compatibility added for Web Email Protection – Web Email Protection now runs on the Google Chrome web browser.
• Compatibility added for Citrix XenApp 7.9 with Symantec Encryption Desktop – This release adds supports for the Symantec Encryption Desktop feature in the Citirix XenApp 7.9 environment. For more information, see article INFO4047.

resolved issues

• Symantec Encryption Desktop can no longer be downgraded without first uninstalling the currently installed version. [3956590]
• After upgrading Symantec Encryption Management Server to version 3.4.1, Symantec Encryption Desktop clients no longer fail to synchronize with the server if the user name of the currently active account includes characters with accent marks. [3994451]
• The installation of Symantec Drive Encryption on systems running Windows 10 no longer produces multiple blue screen errors. [4015109]
• Microsoft Windows systems with the ‘fast startup’ option enabled now no longer loads the incorrect Windows user profile when you disable Single Sign On using the Symantec Encryption Desktop registry settings. [3955953]
• Microsoft Windows no longer fails to load after pre-boot authentication on the following systems that use NVMe drives: [3973034, 3986046, 3976777, 3975779, 4003007, 4003009, 4003014, 3994855]
  • HP ZBook 15 G3
  • Dell Precision 5510
  • Dell Precision 7710
  • Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon 4th Gen
  • Dell Latitude 7275
• Now there is no data corruption towards the end of a .txt file that is copied from a local folder to a Server Message Block (SMB) folder, which is encrypted using Symantec File Share Encryption. [3890152]
• Users can now click Folder Status and see the status of current File Share folders successfully. Also, Symantec Encryption Desktop does not crash when users click Folder Status. [3998032]

What’s new in Symantec Encryption Desktop 10.4.1 for Mac OS X

• Expanded client management to native OS encryption Adds management of FileVault 2, the native encryption solution from Apple. Management of FileVault 2 includes the client and server components. The client is installed on a managed Mac OS X system (running on Mac OS X 10.11 or later) and the server is the Symantec Encryption Management Server. Key recovery and reporting are supported. Specifics of this feature include:
  • Enabling FileVault 2 to start encryption on your Macintosh computer.
  • The generation of a Personal Recovery Key (PRK) during user enrollment that is transmitted to the server. The PRK allows the help desk to work with you to recover your locked system, if you have forgotten your password.
  • Migrating your Mac system to be managed by the Symantec Encryption Management Server, if your system already has FileVault enabled. This provides you with system recovery.
• Compatibility added for Mac OS X 10.11 and Mac OS X 10.12 for Symantec Encryption Desktop for FileVault users – For Symantec Encryption Desktop for FileVault users, Symantec Encryption Desktop is now compatible with Mac OS X 10.11.6, Mac OS X 10.12, and Mac OS X 10.12.1.