• Window Updates fail

    Windows updates will fail to load and virus protection will stop working when safeguard is installed. We uninstall SGN Client and all returns to normal. Any ideas of what would cause this?
  • File encryption icon not change when encrypted file || Synchronize encryption

    Hi I have problem about icon file. When I have to encrypt file via application based encryption or manual encryption, The icon of file not change encryption icon. How can I solve this issue? Thank you.
  • SafeGuard 8.00.0.251 on Windows 10 1709 Installation Error

    Attempting to install Sophos SafeGuard 8.00.0.251 on clean Windows 10 1709 install and receiving the following error message: "Product: Sophos SafeGuard Client 8.00.0.251 -- Error 1935. An error occurred during the installation of assembly 'Microsoft…
  • How to customize Logo in HTML Password Protected File?

    Hello, we are searching for an option to customize the Logo in the HTML File that is generated when creating a password protected file. Does anybody have an Idea? Thanks!
  • Safeguard Windows 1804 Patch - Installation of SafeGuard Client with the patch default options

    Hello, I'm looking to integrate the Windows 1804 patch to my standard install of the SafeGuard client when deploying to new workstations. As of now I use the VBS scripts to deploy and that has specific options such as specifically installing Challenge…
  • warning about password synchronization

    Hi, One of out first SGN users is gonna migrate his laptop. Nowadays he is using windows 7 and he is going to use OS High Sierra. On his first OS High Sierra login sophos asked his credentials as usual. The point is he got a warn about a password…
  • SafeGuard Enterprise Client Hotfix Rollup 8.00.4

    Hello Everyone, Today we have released a Client Hotfix Rollup package which upgrades the standard SGN 8.0 Windows Client to version 8.00.4. This Client Hotfix Rollup Patch fixes several issues in SafeGuard Enterprise Client 8.0: SafeGuard file filter…
  • SGN 8 Touchpad / Maus funktionieren nicht

    Hallo, das Touchpad sowohl auch externe Mäuse funktionieren bei unseren neuen Notebooks (DELL Latitude e5480) während des SGN Logins nicht. Habe den SGN 7 und 8 getestet, beides nicht funktionstüchtig. Das ältere Modell E5470 hat keine Probleme…
  • File encryption on Mac OS X, keys won't be synced

    I try to be a good user and open a separate thread for every issue I run into. If this is not common here let me know and I'll put it all in once. I've create a file encryption policy to encrypt files that will be saved on a shared drive. The policy…
  • Safeguard Enterprise Client not synchronizing

    Hi Pros, I have a problem with a Windows 10 machine with Safeguard Enterprise. As I incidentially found out yesterday, the last synchronization took place on the 1st of August this year. I tried everything I found on the web and everything I could…
  • Safeguard 8.0 SmartCard Login

    Hello, I installed an Sophos Safeguard 8.0 Server with my policies. I created a testuser and enabled smartcard login for that User. With that i set the logon mode for the Safeguard authentication also to "Token". Middleware etc. is also installed…
  • Deploying via GPO software installation

    Hello, I am looking at automating the Safeguard install for our institution through Group Policy using a software installation GPO. But I cannot pass the MSIEXEC commands this way - a transform / MST file must be created. How do I translate the MSIEXEC…
  • Installing SafeGuard Client on PC with Bitlocker already installed

    Sorry if I missed this in one of the documents somewhere, or if this is common knowledge, but I just want to make sure it is completely possible to install SafeGuard Client on a computer already encrypted with BitLocker. I didn't see anything explicitly…
  • Sophos Safeguard Enterprise 8 Client - users can't edit documents on desktop

    Dear all, We are facing a problem in saving the documents on desktop after installing Sophos, we noticed that any document (word, excel, etc.) cannot be saved normally, we need to save a copy from the document and then to re copy it in the needed location…
  • Workgroup User not Registering on Windows 10 Pro

    The policies I have set work for Windows 7 and other Windows 10 Workgroup systems, but this system will not auto register it's username. Similar to this post https://community.sophos.com/products/safeguard-encryption/f/sophos-safeguard-products/9891/why…
  • How to Decrypt SafeGuard Enterprise 8 Client Hard Disk

    Hello, I am trialing the SafeGuard Enterprise 8 software. Very simple policy structure to encrypt the HDDs of Windows 7 Pro Toughbooks. I've successfully installed the client side and encrypted the HDD. The test phase is complete and I want to return…
  • Error on Installing Sophos SafeGuard Client 7.00.1.2

    Hi Guys, I encounter Error on Installing Sophos SafeGuard Client 7.00.1.2 (please refer screenshot below). Please Advise
  • Custom Computer - No init

    We have a custom computer we built that we can't get sophos to finish installing on. We always get stuck at boot with no init. We started by trying the Shift, Shift F6 tricks to toggle modes which did toggle modes, but still we got no init. We tried…
  • Safeguard Enterprise 8.x and management of "free range" systems

    Installing environment where customer will need a "managed" environment, systems that are imaged, prepped for deployment "anywhere" and will never reach back into the environment at HQ and check in, they will be forever out in the wild as "free range…
  • Dell Inspiron 15 5559 and Lenovo Thinkpad E460 No init

    Good day, I just stack on "no init" display on those two machine after installing SGN version 7.0. I try Shoft + hotkey and it didn't work for me. Please help me how to resolve this issue. Please see the below image for details. Thanks.
  • How to deploy Safeguard via GPO (Software distribution)

    Hello, I'm sorry for this question, but I don't understand, how to deploy Safeguard in domain network. docs.sophos.com/.../index.htm In this article is written about msiexec keys such /qn and ADDLOCAL for installing safeguard silently with necessary…
  • RE: Sophos SafeGuard Authentication Service is not running, no further action possible! on SafeGuard 8.00.0.251

    Hi Toby, thanks for your reply, the Issue was not resolved by this. Lenovo RapidBoot was not installed on that Client. Can I send you a SDU Log of this Client somehow? best regards Frank
  • Documentation of Safeguard LanCrypt file format

    Hello Sophos community, during an internal evaluation of Sophos LanCrypt I was wondering if there is some documentation of the encrypted file format that Safeguard LC uses/generates. Do you have some resources to documentation on that format? Thank…
  • uninstall Configuration Protection Client

    Hi, is it still possible to receive the uninstall Token from Sophos for CP Client? I am wondering because I am not able to find any KBA about this Topic and I am sure that there was an Articel describing what to do. This one for example: http:/…
  • 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…