[KB8098] Allow Full Disk Encryption username caching in ESET Endpoint Encryption

Issue

ESET Endpoint Encryption (EEE) Client and EEE Server are separate products from ESET Full Disk Encryption (EFDE)

The article below applies only to the EEE Client or EEE Server and not EFDE.

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  • Allow the login screen on a workstation with ESET Endpoint Encryption (EEE) managed Full Disk Encryption to remember the last logged in username
Username caching is only available for UEFI

Username caching is only available for UEFI workstations.

Solution

  1. Log in to the EEE Server.

  2. Click WorkstationsWorkstation policy, then select Allow FDE Username Caching and click Change Setting.

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  3. From the drop-down menu select Yes and click OK.

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  4. Apply the Workstation Policy to the Workstations.

  5. After the user logs in, the username will be cached and displayed at the next reboot.

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Verify that the policy has been applied

To verify that the policy has been applied, open the Windows Registry, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\DESlock\Client\Policy and verify that the FDEStickyUsername policy value is set to 1.