• Unencrypting a Hard Drive from a Crashed Device

    We had a laptop that died on us, but the hard drive is still good. We've setup the a new laptop for the user, but we would like to be able to get their files off the old hard drive. The problem is it's still encrypted and prompts us to reformat the drive…
  • SafeGuard Management Center 7.00.0.97 not generating user Certificate after first sign-in

    I'm noticing a most recent issue with our SafeGuard environment where newly added members to our AD are assigned an natively encrypted end-point managed by our Management Console. Once they've signed into the machine for the first time, they are not receiving…
  • Authenticated User Media Encryption Key

    Users are encrypting files on removable media just fine , but when attempting to decrypt the same files they are prompted for a password. The password is never the same one that is used upon SafeGuard initially asking for you to provide a Media Passphrase…
  • Remove Computer from Safeguard Console

    Hi I have a safeguard protected computer that has suffered a disk failure. I have installed a new hard disk and reinstalled Windows however when I look in the Safeguard Management Console I can still see the PC listed. How can I safely remove the…
  • Windows account disabled

    I'm trying to give an account POA on a laptop here, but the account is listed as disabled. The account works fine on computers without SafeGuard installed, but every computer with SafeGuard that I attempt to log in immediately locks up and logs me out…
  • Safeguard easy 7.00.2.23 + windows 10

    Hi, I seem to be getting mixed results on encrypting windows 10 machines with safeguard easy and im struggling because there is no documentation or guides from Sophos. The issues I am receiving vary but I have tried to outline them below. I have logged…
  • Maxium hard disk size for SGN 7.0??

    Good morning. What's the maxium size for the volume based encryption of a hard disk? We have SGN Enterprise 7.0 I have encrypted a 2TB hard disk of a "toshiba satellite p70-b-104" and lead to a corrupt Windows OS. I have encrypted with this two…
  • Change user password in Active Directory and Sophos allways ask for the old password. (Windows 10 Bitlocker)

    Hello, we use Sophos Safeguard 7. It works very good but when i change an password in the active directory (eg. when a user don’t know his password) When I try to login into Windows a Sophos window appears and ask for the old password for the…
  • Safe Guard POA disabling on endpoint

    Hello, I had an endpoint enable POA without having an appropriate policy enabling the feature and I am having issues disabling POA. Is there a way to remove POA without uninstalling SafeGuard from the endpoint? Also, is there a way to enable POA from…
  • RE: I'm having No Init on Dell Precision 7510 laptops Safeguard 7.0.2

    Hi Hoger, Thanks for the info. I saw the post when first researching this problem. I've tried multiple of times With the Shift + F6 and I'm not able to get the timing right do to the lag I'm guessing?? Again thanks Edit: I was finally able to…
  • I'm having No Init on Dell Precision 7510 laptops Safeguard 7.0.2

    Hi and thinks for taking a look. I'm having No Init on Dell Precision 7510 laptops after a long wait at the Safeguard "white screen" version 7.0.2... RAID is off in the bios and set to legacy. Any ideas for a work around? I haven't tried the latest…
  • Safeguard prevents hibernation mode

    Hi, I am using Sophos Safeguard version 7.00.2.23. Since this was installed, I haven't been able to use the hibernate mode on my laptop. Whenever I put it in hibernate mode, it restarts to come back to the Sophos login screen after 5 minutes or so…
  • Safeguard Encryption trial download link and Extended Trial License.

    Where can i get Safeguard Encryption trial download link and if possible Extended Trial License for the same ?
  • Error upgrading from 6.10 to 7.00.2.23 ERROR: 1603

    Hello, I am experiencing this issue while attempting an msiexec upgrade from 6.10 to 7.00.2.23. I am receiving the 1603 error. I just called support and they said sorry that we cannot assist you. I am stuck upgrading 35 machines. Property(S): Summary_Final…
  • No /boot/loader error on Lattitude E5550 SGN 7.00.2.23

    Ok, took a freshly installed Windows 7 machine and installed the latest SGN 7.00.2.23, got the following issue: SATA operation mode configured to "RAID on" (BIOS default): Sophos SafeGuard is starting. Please wait ... Invalid slice No /boot/loader…