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oftheothergroupsshouldnotbeusedunlessthereisaspecificreason.Theseusuallyinclude“EEPC52

OPTION:”orsimilaratthestartofthename(examplefromEEPCv5.2.2).

Someoftheoptionalcompatibilityfilegroupsthatshouldnotbeassignedtomachinesunlessaspecific

issueisbeinga

ddressed:

• “EEPC52OPTION:ExcludeSector59forNECCompatibility”

• “EEPC52OPTION:TestsforComputracepresence”

• “EEPC52OPTION:UpdateMBRforEndpointEncryptionforPCcompatibility”

• “EEPC52OPTION:UpdatenumberofsidesreportedintheOSbootsector”

• “EEPC52OPTION:WACOMActiveTabletPenDriver”

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Thingstoavoid

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Alternativesupportedmethodfollowseachitem.

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• DonotassignmultipleThemefilegroups

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AssigntheThemeyourequire.

• AvoidusingSafeTechviabootableUSBstick.Althoughthefunctionitisavailable,theBIOSonmany

laptopscausestheUSBstick(atboot‐up)toappearasafixeddrivean

dthereforeswapswiththefixed

diskafterbootingfromit.ItcancauserecoveryproblemswithRemoveorEmergencyBoot,for

example.

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Alternatively,usewithafloppydiskdriveorbootableCD(makeanISOfromthefloppydisktomakea

bootableCD).

• Avoidmakingmultiplefundamentalcha

ngestoclientsatonce.Forexample,changingthe

encryptionstateandupgradingEEPCclientsatthesametimewillcauseproblems.

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Doonemajorthingatatime,allowclientstosyncandperformthechange,thenmakethesecond

change.

• Donotassignmultipleunnecessaryfilegroupsasa“catchall”forallpossiblehardw

are/software

combinations.

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Instead,trytogroupmachinescarefullyandassignonlythenecessaryfilegroupsfortheirspecific

requirements.

• Donotusethefilegroup“EEPC52OPTION:UpdateMBRforEndpointEncryptionforPC

compatibility”togetherwith“EEPC52OPTION:Updatenumberofsi

desreportedintheOSboot

sector”–theyarenotcompatible;

Instead,useoneortheother,butonlyifspecificallyneededorrecommendedbyMcAfeeSupport.

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