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Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise Advanced Installation Guide v3.8

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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 files.

To upgrade a previous version of the Encryption client installed with Deferred Activation, uninstall with the Data Security Uninstaller or the Child Installers. These uninstallation methods are 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 flag is not set in the SDE vault.

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