• SGFileEncWizard.exe - Command Line Options

    Hello, Could you tell me where I can find the command line options for SGFileEncWizard.exe? We have the follow statement in a batch file and we need to make a modification. CALL "C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\SafeGuard Enterprise\Client\SGFileEncWizard…
  • mac client can't Synchronize with server

    hi everybody. I have installed a client in Mac 10.12.1. I enabled ssl in IIS,and had tested it in Mac. also I have disabled ssl verify by command "sgfsadmin --disable-server-verify". In server tab, It shows company certificate rightly. But when…
  • Constant connections from SafeGuard to Singapore

    We recently looked at a Geofencing report of our network and found a huge number (millions) of attempted connections from our workstations to a Singapore address of 168.63.242.221. On tracking one of the computers down and running a Netstat on it, we…
  • SafeGuard USB Device White list

    We are currently deploying automatic USB encryption across the organisation, however we have a select few devices we would like to add as an exception and not encrypt. One of these devices is a presentation unit which connects via USB and allows the…
  • Can't connect to network file share from MacBook Pro after changing Active Directory password

    We're using SGN File Encryption on network file shares, and after changing my domain password last week, I can't connect to the encrypted folder anymore from my MacBook Pro only. I can connect to other shared folders. And I can connect to the encrypted…
  • Is it possible to have more than one owner?

    Is a user able to be an owner on more than one machine? Is that you can be an owner on one machine and guest on another? In the console, I first when to the 2nd machine and moved user account to machine and selected to save changes, Had TM do sync…
  • 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…
  • SafeGuard Affecting MS Office Files

    Hello everyone, I'm having an issue I hope you may be able to assist with. Since we have started using SafeGuard, some of my users have been having issues with saving Office files. As you may or may not know, when saving any kind of Office file, the…
  • Is it possible to exclude some file types when applied USB encryption policy?

    Our user clients installed Safeguard Client ver. 8.00.0.251 with file encryption and data exchange features. and applied USB encryption policy as following. How to exclude some file types for encryption. (e.g. .xls, .ppt) Regards, Alan
  • Macs and Autologon with SafeGuard Encryption

    Hi, I am a technician in IT at a university, and we're now implementing a new policy to use SafeGuard Encryption on all PCs and Macs. We have a number of computer labs with either laptops or desktops, and while we want the drives to be encrypted, we…
  • Sophos SafeGuard Authentication Service is not running, no further action possible! on SafeGuard 8.00.0.251 Windows 10

    I have a laptop that is in use and after a few months of this laptop being deployed, it has started giving an error on login. The error is the following: Sophos SafeGuard Authentication Service is not running, no further action possible! We are…
  • POA is not working - Lenovo E560 - Windows 7

    I have Lenovo 560 Windows 7 I am testing on. I did install safeguard and uninstall via all directions from Sophos. I am doing another install with same file. I first logged on to the Safegaurd Logon and made sure I had the most updated policy and it was…
  • Sophos safeguard file encryption not working at all

    Hey I set up everything on a server and now to test it i'm trying to put the encryption software though a standalone client package on a computer in our network. Everything worked: creating the package with the right policies etc. i followed everything…
  • Alternate default domain for Safeguard Windows logon?

    Our organization maintains two domains; all of our computers are in one domain, and all of our users in the other. We use a GPO to direct Windows logon to default to the user domain. After installing SafeGuard Enterprise on endpoints, the Sophos logon…
  • Red exclamation point on system tray icon after upgrade to SG Enterprise v8, "Internal Error" message from SafeGuard on clients.

    After updating some clients from v7 to v8 SG Enterprise, several are seeing a red exclamation point on the icon. The client also stop receiving message pop-ups about the success/failure of server syncs. Additionally, some users are seeing a SG error…
  • How to add group key to endpoint?

    Hello, We are going to deploy Safeguard Encryption v8 similar to https://community.sophos.com/products/safeguard-encryption/f/sophos-safeguard-products/90932/green-horn-i-want-to-set-up-file-encryption-only-for-specific-location-on-network-share-for…
  • Lenovo X1 Carbon 4th Gen - Display Issues

    Team member works from home he has issues with Sophos on a loaner LT( X1 Carbon 4th Gen (Type 20FB, 20FC) Laptop (ThinkPad) - Windows 7 Professional Edition SP1 He has KVM switch ( no issues with using previous software .ex securedoc) Issues with…
  • Safeguard Encryption and Windows Remote Assistance

    We've recently started deploying SafeGuard v8 to staff laptops, running Windows 7. Until now, we've used Windows Remote Assistance (msra.exe) extensively to assist staff at remote sites (funnily enough!) Since rolling out SafeGuard, we're unable…
  • Locked POA because of MCAfee Access Protection

    Dear Sirs, I came a cross a notebook with full disk encryption, which poa is locked. Doing a post mortem analyse it seems that : C:\WINDOWS\SYSWOW64\BEFCSVCN.EXE and NT-AUTORITÄT\SYSTEM C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\SOPHOS\SAFEGUARD ENTERPRISE\CLIENT…
  • Reimaging a Hard Drive

    Hey everyone! I'm fairly new to Sophos and had a question that I think I know the answer to, but I want to make sure. I have a brand new employee running Windows 7 Professional SP1. We are using SafeGuard 8.0 with BitLocker. Her laptop is a Lenovo Thinkpad…
  • SGN Windows Users

    We have setup a lab where Windows 7 computers do not use POA but simply allow normal Windows domain login. Ideally all users who login would become SGN Windows users and after 10 users, the list gets cleared via the "Maximum number of SGN Windows users…
  • Safeguard and Windows Hello

    We are testing a Windows 10 Enterprise deployment with Safeguard 8 on a Lenovo X1 Yoga. The Bitlocker PIN works as expected and we can login normally without issue. However, when we pass through the Windows prompt with the fingerprint reader Safeguard…
  • SGN 8 Enterprise GPO setup process

    Hi All, I'm new to the community and need a little help with properly setting up SGN 8 Enterprise GPO's for silent install. I've looked through many threads of the same/similar topic but all are not related SGN 8 or have no response/solution. I'd…
  • Full Disk Encryption Mass Storage Option Missing

    Good day all. I just installed SGN, and am using SafeGuard Management Center 8.00.2.16. I am trying to install full disk encryption, have watched the Sophos video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzc_-ngUmgE and I seem to be missing an option (Mass Storage…
  • SG8/Win10 - Sector-based initial encryption of drive C: failed and closed. Reason: 12496897 (0x00BEB001).

    We are receiving this error when trying to perform initial BitLocker encryption after installing the agent and settings. I can only find reference to this error code in the SGN7 PDF located here: https://www.sophos.com/en-us/medialibrary/PDFs/documentation…