Dell Wyse ThinOS Version 9.1.4097, 9.1.4234, 9.1.5067, and 9.1.6108 Operating System Release Notes

Updates to Admin Policy Tool and Wyse Management Suite policy settings

• On Desktop—Added On Desktop option in Session Settings > Global Session Settings. If you select On desktop = Specified Applications/Desktops, you can specify the applications or desktops list in the Specified Applications/Desktops List to be displayed on desktop. The option works only when you log in with classic mode or modern mode.
• Map Disks—Changed the default value of Map Disks option in Session Settings > Global Session Settings to enabled.
• Show Password for Login Window—Added Show Password for Login Window option in Login Experience > Login Settings. If you enable this option, an eye symbol is displayed in the password, passcode, or PIN field on the login window. Clicking the eye symbol displays the characters that you have entered in the password, passcode, or PIN field.
  NOTE:To use this option, ensure that there is no default password set. The option is not available on the login screen of web view windows such as Citrix Azure AD login window or Citrix OTP login window. The option is also not available on second passcode windows such as Citrix SMS passcode or Citrix OKTA passcode.
• Analog Audio Jack pop-up—Added Analog Audio Jack pop-up option in Peripheral Management > Audio to enable or disable the pop-up that is displayed when you plug in analog headsets.
• SmartCard Certificate Show Common Name—Added SmartCard Certificate Show Common Name in Login Experience > SmartCard Settings to display the common certificate name as the username when you use a smart card to log in.
• Admin User Password—Changed the minimum required length of Admin User Password from 8 characters to 9 in Privacy & Security > Account Privileges.
• System Information—Added System Information in Privacy & Security > Account Privileges to enable or disable the account privilege of having system information window.
• Security Type—Added WPA3 Personal and Opportunistic Wireless Encryption under the Security Type drop-down list in Network Configuration > Wireless Settings.
• Current BIOS Admin Password—Added Current BIOS Admin Password in the BIOS pages of all platforms.
  NOTE:If you have not synced the BIOS password in the Wyse Management Suite server, you can enter the current BIOS password in this field to publish the BIOS settings. If you have synced the BIOS password in the Wyse Management Suite server, this field is ignored.
  NOTE:If you enable Set Admin Password, set new BIOS password and then reboot, the new BIOS password is synced to WMS server automatically. If you first enable Set Admin Password, set the new BIOS password, and then disable Set Admin Password, the BIOS password is cleared to empty. On the thin client, the Current BIOS Admin Password option is always blank, and Set Admin Password option is always disabled. These options do not have any impact on the functionality.
• Playing video—Added the option to add a video in Personalization > Screen Saver > Screen Saver Type. Click Browse to upload a video file. The maximum file size that is allowed is 100 MB.
• Brightness—Added Brightness option in Peripheral Management > Monitor > Monitor Settings for adjusting the brightness of the built-in display. The option is only applicable on Wyse 5470 and Wyse 5470 All-in-One thin clients. The option is not available on external monitors.
• Main Screen—Removed Main Screen from Peripheral Management > Monitor > Monitor Settings > MultiHead Monitor > Mirror Mode. Main Screen is only available under Span mode.
• Enable the Intel's special GPU buffer format for Dual GPU (5070 Extended only)—Enabled the option in Peripheral Management > Monitor > Monitor Settings.
  NOTE:If you face issues with the mouse cursor speed, disable this option to improve the performance.
• MultiHead Monitor—Added Monitor Resolution and Monitor Rotationoptions in Peripheral Management > Monitor > Monitor Settings to support configuring display resolution and rotation in mirror mode with multihead monitor enabled.
• Default Printer—The default printer list in Peripheral Management > Printers > Printer Settings only supports LPD1-LPD19.
• LPD Printer—The LPD printer list in Peripheral Management > Printers > Printer Settings only supports LPD1-LPD19.
• Enable Show Group Key—Added the option Enable Show Group Key in Services > WDA Settings to enable an eye symbol that you can click to display the WMS group registration key.
• Key Length—Changed the default value for Key Length in Privacy & Security > SCEP > SCEP Settings to 4096 from 2048.
• Manual Override—Added Manual Override option in Region & Language Settings > TimeServer Settings. If you enable this option, changes made to the TimeServer Settings in the ThinOS local UI takes priority. The default value is disabled.
• Optimize for CPU—Added Optimize for CPU option in Peripheral Management > Camera. The option is enabled by default. The recommended settings for camera format, resolution and FPS are automatically set. The default settings are format=RAW, resolution=320X240 and FPS=10. You can customize Camera Format, Camera Width, Camera Height, and Camera FPS settings after disabling this option. Before you configure the camera settings, ensure that the camera supports the specified resolution and FPS. Increasing the resolution and FPS impacts the performance. The default camera device in the Admin Policy Tool or Wyse Management Suite policy settings is not supported in this release.
• Authority URL and Authority Endpoint—Changed the Authority URL and Authority Endpoint options in Broker Settings > Azure Virtual Desktop Settingsto read only.
• Updated the VDI configuration editor settings that cannot be modified. For more information, see the VDI Configuration Editor section in the latest Dell Wyse ThinOS 9.1.4234, 9.1.5067, and 9.1.6108 Administrator's Guide at www.dell.com/support.
• Updated the ThinOS 9.x policy settings for OptiPlex 3000 Thin Client.
  • Removed the Business Hours option.
  • Changed the option Disabling Push Notification to Ignore MQTT.
• Terminal Name—If the default value has been changed, the value of Terminal Name does not change when you set $TN in the policy or change the group of Wyse Management Suite server.
  • To change the terminal name—Insert a different name in the policy and send a new name using Change Host Name command from Wyse Management Suite.
  • To reset to the default value—Insert a special string -default- in the policy to reset to default value and then reset the system settings to factory default in the ThinOS local client.