Download Symantec Endpoint Encryption 8.2.1 MP6

Symantec has released the sixth maintenance pack for its Endpoint Encryption products, bringing the version number to 8.2.1 MP6. Endpoint Encryption consists of two flavors that can be used together: Full Disk and Removable Storage. The first focuses on encrypting a system’s internal hard drives; the second focuses on encrypting data stored on a removable storage medium, such as a USB drive or CD/DVD. For more information about the Full Disk release, please refer to this one page and for the Removable Storage release please visit this one page. The list of changes of this maintenance pack looks like this:

Resolved Issues in Symantec Endpoint Encryption 8.2.1 MP6

Full Disk

• 2827409 – Resolved an issue on HP EliteBook 8440p Notebooks with SEE Full Disk installed so that no error message appears for non-token users.
• 2939399 – Users can now access and authenticate to encrypted drives with the SEE Full Disk Access Utility using the command line.
• 2981573 – Resolved an incompatibility with the storage controller using the IDE mode on the HP EliteBook 2170p systems.
• 2981665 – Resolved an issue so that users no longer receive a blue screen error on booting when the drive controller is set to AHCI on a Panasonic Toughbook CF-C1 system with SEE Full Disk installed.
• 3014016 – Resolved the issue so that Sony VAIO SVE11115ENB systems successfully boot after the installation of SEE Full Disk.
• 3014030 – Resolved the issue so that Sony VAIO SVT13113ENS systems successfully boot after the installation of SEE Full Disk.
• 3015047 – Resolved an issue so that the Autologon policy works properly when the end time for pre-boot authentication bypass is set to cross midnight.
• 3047718 – Resolved an issue that prevented users from booting successfully into Microsoft Windows after authentication on HP ProBook 6465b.
• 3083724 – Resolved an issue so that SEE Full Disk uses optimal time to encrypt a partition on systems that use Advanced Format drives with the “Include unused disk space when encrypting” policy set to “No.”
• 2941534 – Resolved an incompatibility with the storage controller using the IDE mode on the HP EliteBook 2570p systems.
• 2949413 – Resolved an issue that prevented a user from authenticating at SEE Full Disk pre-boot on HP Compaq Pro 6300 Microtower PC (with Intel Core i3) systems running in IDE mode.

Removable Storage

• 2898352 – Resolved an issue so that the SEE Removable Storage Access Utility no longer gets deleted from the USB drive when the drive is connected to a system running SEE Removable Storage with the “Do not encrypt files” policy enabled for new files.
• 2902484 – Users no longer receive a blue screen error when they try to view the properties of an inserted SanDisk flash drive.
• 2918151 – Resolved an issue so that users can access the files copied onto a USB device when that device is re-inserted into a computer on which the Trend Micro antivirus software and SEE Removable Storage (with the Default Session Password policy enabled) are both installed .
• 3004207 – Resolved an issue so that files are not corrupted on a system running SEE Removable Storage and Microsoft System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection (previously Forefront Endpoint Protection) when a user performs On-Demand Decryption of files on an NTFS removable storage device.
• 3068952 – Resolved an issue with SEE Removable Storage running on Microsoft Windows 7 systems so that the View backups button is now enabled, allowing users to view the last backup available on a removable storage device.
• 3095090, 3100676, 3065420 – Resolved an SEE Removable Storage compatibility issue with ActivClient (CAC) software and McAfee Host Instrusion Prevention for Desktop so that files can be encrypted and accessed on a USB device.

Resolved Issues in Symantec Endpoint Encryption 8.2.1 MP5

Full Disk

• 2849173 – Resolved an issue so that the PIV card/smartcard reader and the USB-attached keyboard function properly during pre-boot authentication on HP 8470p computers.
• 2863243, 2897210, 2980703 – Resolved an issue so that users no longer see the Unsupported Storage Controller message in the pre-boot environment when the Storage Mode is set to ATA on the following systems:
  • Dell Optiplex 7010
  • Dell Latitude E6430
  • Lenovo Thinkpad X230
• 2867979 – Resolved an issue that prevented an HP Pavilion g6-1325sa user from booting successfully into Microsoft Windows after authentication with SEE Full Disk installed.
• 2964816, 2964792 – Resolved an incompatibility with the storage controller using the IDE mode on the following systems:
  • HP EliteBook 8470p
  • HP EliteBook 8770w
• 3017861 – Resolved an issue that prevented a Dell e610 user from booting successfully into Microsoft Windows after authenticating with SEE Full Disk installed.
• 3023399 – Resolved the issue so that HP EliteBook 8460p computers successfully boot up after reboot.
• 3023436, 3039420, 3001479 – Resolved an incompatibility with the storage controller on the following systems:
  • Dell Latitude E6530, E6430, and E6230
  • Dell Latitude E6430
• 3029837 – Resolved an issue so that SEE Full Disk boots successfully on Dell Latitude D620 computers.
• 2906876 – Resolved an issue so that Dell Latitude D610 successfully runs after initializing Symantec Endpoint Protection.
• 2990171 – Resolved an issue so that Dell Latitude D620 successfully boots up after an installation or upgrade of SEE Full Disk.

Removable Storage

• NBN – Resolved incompatibility issues when both SEE Removable Storage and Symantec Drive Encryption are installed on the same system. Removable devices are now managed by SEE Removable Storage.
• 2672303 – Symantec Drive Encryption no longer encrypts USB flash drives when SEE Removable Storage is installed.
• 2701174 – Resolved an issue so that SEE Removable Storage does not encrypt new files written to the system drive (C:) attached to an eSATA interface and no longer treats the system drive as an external removable drive.
• 2824540 – Resolved an issue so that users no longer receive a blue screen error on a Microsoft Windows 7 system with SEE Removable Storage and Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 installed when they perform On Demand Encryption of files on an NTFS removable storage device.
• 2824603 – Resolved an issue so that the files with a size of more than 22 MB that are downloaded directly to the removable storage device no longer get corrupted.
• 2824612 – Resolved an issue so that the shortcut menu of regedit.exe appears properly.
• 2824622 – Resolved an issue so that users can copy and run an EXE file from a USB disk formatted with NTFS and FAT32.
• 2824644 – Resolved an issue so that files that are downloaded directly from the Internet or from a remote location to an NTFS-formatted USB drive can be copied to the local disk.
• 2869799 – Resolved an issue so that SEE Removable Storage does not allow a user to create a self-extracting executable file that is larger than 4 GB.
• 2932513 – Resolved an incompatibility with SEE Removable Storage and Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection so that files can be encrypted and accessed on a USB device.
• 2977290 – Resolved an incompatibility with SEE Removable Storage and Symantec Endpoint Protection so that encrypted files can be opened and accessed properly on a USB device.
• 2996848 – Resolved an issue that prevented subsequent backups after a successful backup to a USB drive that is encrypted with SEE Removable Storage.
• 3017947 – Resolved an issue so that files can be successfully copied to a USB device when the device is connected to a computer with SEE Removable Storage.
• 3037148 – Resolved an incompatibility with SEE Removable Storage and Symantec Endpoint Protection so that files can be encrypted and accessed on a USB device.