Remote Console and Windows 7

Question

What is the ETA for being able to install Remote Console on Windows 7?

I'm surprised it's not supported, as Windows 7 RC was available well before SEC v9 was released and it's fine under Vista which isn't that different.

Sophos Remote Console is the ONLY program I've found so far that won't install under Windows 7.

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EMK · Accepted Answer

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The solution provided in this posting is unsupported and you follow it at your own risk. Implementing this solution may affect any subsequent support provided by Sophos.

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Hi,

It is currently unsupported to run a remote Enterprise Console or any of the server side components natively on Windows 7. However there are 2 possible ways of running Enterprise Console on Windows 7.

The more supported way: 
 Install Windows XP Mode if your Windows 7 licence permits.  It is available here: 
 http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx 
 You can then install the Enterprise Console role only on the virtual XP machine.

On the Windows 7 machine, you can then launch Enterprise Console from Start – All Programs – Windows Virtual PC – Windows XP Mode Applications – Sophos – Enterprise Console (XP Mode).

For information, the shortcut to the application becomes something like: 
 %SystemRoot%\system32\rundll32.exe %SystemRoot%\system32\VMCPropertyHandler.dll,LaunchVMSal "Windows XP Mode" "||325d262f" "Enterprise Console "

The unsupported way 
 Please note, this is performed at your own risk as it is currently untested to run this version of the console on Windows 7. Please take any necessary system backups/restore points prior to continuing.  Upgrading to a future version may also not work when employing this method.

1. Copy the unpacked “sec_40” directory (as generated by the SFX download) to the Windows 7 machine. E.g. "C:\sec_40".

2. Open a command prompt (cmd.exe) running as Administrator (This is important otherwise the installation will fail). To do so, search for cmd.exe in the “Search programs and files” search field in the Start menu. When it appears above, you can right click and choose “Run as administrator”.

3. In the command prompt, change directory to C:\sec_40\ServerInstaller\. 
 CD C:\sec_40\ServerInstaller\

4. Run: 
 "Sophos Enterprise Console.msi" OVERRIDECHECKS=TRUE

5. At the “Setup Type” page, choose “Custom” and then ensure just the “Management console” feature is selected. Do not choose a “Complete” installation or choose to install any other components.

6. On the “Management Server” page choose the IP, or hostname of the machine where the Sophos Management Service is installed and then continue with the install.

7. Before launching Enterprise Console, ensure that your account is a member of the necessary groups, namely “Sophos Console Administrators” and if the user hasn’’’’t be granted specific access through RBA then also “Sophos Full Administrators".

8. From the Start menu you should be able to launch "Enterprise Console".

Thanks. :196