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| author | Mounir IDRASSI <mounir.idrassi@idrix.fr> | 2017-07-02 23:57:01 +0200 |
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| committer | Mounir IDRASSI <mounir.idrassi@idrix.fr> | 2017-07-03 00:44:43 +0200 |
| commit | d52b5664f8236f6f8bdadf74980a8ab6a749a8e3 (patch) | |
| tree | 361518c6b7f2cce47f49ef74ff8ed120fc9a5a26 /doc/html | |
| parent | d1b26d4bfefe4d7f8581d4555e6634c3603772ed (diff) | |
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Documentation: Add workaround for hang issues encountered on some Windows machine during mount/dismount.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/html/Incompatibilities.html | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/html/Issues and Limitations.html | 7 |
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diff --git a/doc/html/Incompatibilities.html b/doc/html/Incompatibilities.html index 84610d9e..e3226b88 100644 --- a/doc/html/Incompatibilities.html +++ b/doc/html/Incompatibilities.html @@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ <div class="wikidoc"> <h1>Incompatibilities</h1> -<h4 style="text-align:left; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif; font-weight:bold; margin-top:0px; font-size:12px; margin-bottom:1px"> -Activation of Adobe Photoshop® and Other Products Using FLEXnet Publisher® / SafeCast</h4> +<h2> +Activation of Adobe Photoshop® and Other Products Using FLEXnet Publisher® / SafeCast</h2> <div style="text-align:left; margin-top:19px; margin-bottom:19px; padding-top:0px; padding-bottom:0px"> <em style="text-align:left">Note: The issue described below does <strong style="text-align:left"> not</strong> affect you if you use a non-cascade encryption algorithm (i.e., AES, Serpent, or Twofish).* The issue also does @@ -62,7 +62,12 @@ VeraCrypt Rescue Disk</a>.</div> <strong style="text-align:left">Possible permanent solution</strong>: decrypt the system partition/drive, and then re-encrypt it using a non-cascade encryption algorithm (i.e., AES, Serpent, or Twofish).*</div> <div style="text-align:left; margin-top:19px; margin-bottom:19px; padding-top:0px; padding-bottom:0px"> Please note that this not a bug in VeraCrypt (the issue is caused by inappropriate design of the third-party activation software).</div> -<p> </p> +<h2>Outpost Firewall 9.1</h2> +<div style="text-align:left; margin-top:19px; margin-bottom:19px; padding-top:0px; padding-bottom:0px"> +if Outpost Firewall 9.1 is installed with Proactive Protection enabled, the machine freezes completely for 5-10 seconds during the volume mount/dismount operation. This is caused by a conflict between Outpost System Guard option that protects "Active Desktop" objects and VeraCrypt waiting dialog displayed during mount/dismount operations.</div> +<div style="text-align:left; margin-top:19px; margin-bottom:19px; padding-top:0px; padding-bottom:0px"> +A workaround that fixes this issue is to disable VeraCrypt waiting dialog in the Preferences: use menu "Settings -> Preferences" and check the option "Don't show wait message dialog when performing operations".</div> + <hr align="left" size="1" width="189" style="text-align:left; height:0px; border-width:0px 1px 1px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000"> <p><span style="text-align:left; font-size:10px; line-height:12px">* The reason is that the VeraCrypt Boot Loader is smaller than the one used for cascades of ciphers and, therefore, there is enough space in the first drive track for a backup of the VeraCrypt Boot Loader. Hence, whenever the VeraCrypt Boot Loader is damaged, its backup copy is run automatically instead.</span><br style="text-align:left"> diff --git a/doc/html/Issues and Limitations.html b/doc/html/Issues and Limitations.html index a7be3f60..ac9e8e95 100644 --- a/doc/html/Issues and Limitations.html +++ b/doc/html/Issues and Limitations.html @@ -44,7 +44,12 @@ <br> Also, there are other entries whose name start with "#{" and "\??\Volume{": double click on each one of them and remove the ones whose data value contains the name "VeraCrypt" and "TrueCrypt". </li></ul> -</li></ul> +</li> +<li>On some Windows machines, VeraCrypt may hang intermittently when mounting or dismounting a volume. Similar hanging may affect other running applications during veraCrypt mounting or dismounting operations. +This issue is caused by a conflict between VeraCrypt waiting dialog displayed during mount/dismount operations and other software installed on the machine (e.g. Outpost Firewall Pro). +In such situations, the issue can be solved by disabling VeraCrypt waiting dialog in the Preferences: use menu "Settings -> Preferences" and check the option "Don't show wait message dialog when performing operations". +</li> +</ul> <h3 id="limitations">Limitations</h3> <ul> <li>[<em>Note: This limitation does not apply to users of Windows Vista and later versions of Windows.</em>] On Windows XP/2003, VeraCrypt does not support encrypting an entire system drive that contains extended (logical) partitions. You can encrypt an entire |