Sophos Endpoint on Windows XP SP3 (can't disinstall neither install)

I also read the other link you suggest to me (Managing your software subscriptions in Enterprise Console. ) but neither this was useful.

I add on my upgrade subscription also the older versions. I found another folder of SAVXP but when I go to install this in the PC at the end I get an error:" Installazione di SAVXP non riuscita: MSI non è riuscito"

What ??

Hello RobertoUgolini,

trial and error isn't the most efficient method for solving install/uninstall errors. It's better to check the MSI logs, they should help to find the cause of the failure. If necessary please post the relevant part here.

Christian

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Hi Christian,

you're right! ;-)

I found a file: Sophos ES setup.log, and at the end of the file I found these lines:

26/05/2017,9.49.19,Informazioni,No configuration file found looking for sauconf.xml,
26/05/2017,9.49.21,Informazioni,Fine operazione 9.49.21: InstallFinalize. Valore restituito 1.,
26/05/2017,9.49.21,Informazioni,Inizio operazione 9.49.21: RegisterWithAutoUpdate.4D96E9F9_7E7B_4556_8D25_ABEE814FE4E0.,
26/05/2017,9.49.21,Informazioni,Fine operazione 9.49.21: RegisterWithAutoUpdate.4D96E9F9_7E7B_4556_8D25_ABEE814FE4E0. Valore restituito 1.,
26/05/2017,9.49.21,Informazioni,Fine operazione 9.49.21: INSTALL. Valore restituito 1.,

Which is the configuration file? Where should be this file positioned?

Sorry,

I also found a avremove.log with a lot of errors. This in an example, but there are many, many lines like this (Opening key SOFTWARE.....):

26 May 2017 09:45:37 Debug: Opening key SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer
26 May 2017 09:45:37 Debug: Opening key SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{BE5DD172-7F42-7948-1A60-E6A720288F81}
26 May 2017 09:45:37 Debug: Key {BE5DD172-7F42-7948-1A60-E6A720288F81} not found
26 May 2017 09:45:37 Info: No products detected on this system
Sophos Anti-Virus software detector - Version 2.12.0.26
Copyright (C) 2003-2017 Sophos Limited. All rights reserved.
Running OS: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 [Version 5.01.2600]
No products detected on this system

And this is the MSI4d945.log:

Errore 1704. Un'istanza del programma di installazione di Sophos Anti-Virus è correntemente sospesa. Per continuare, è necessario annullare le modifiche effettuate da tale istanza del programma di installazione. Annullare le modifiche?
Property(S): DiskPrompt = [1]
Property(S): UpgradeCode = {3B8886D0-98A2-4992-A0AC-893AEDBB494B}
Property(S): SAUVersionBuild = 0
Property(S): ROOTDRIVE = C:\
Property(S): SAUVersionRelease = 220
Property(S): SAUVersionMinor = 7
Property(S): SAUVersionMajor = 5
Property(S): FOUND_AUADAPTER = C:\Programmi\Sophos\AutoUpdate\
Property(S): FOUND_SAUSERVICE = C:\Programmi\Sophos\AutoUpdate\
Property(S): HIDECONNECTIONDIALOG = #0
Property(S): HIDETRAYICON = #0
Property(S): NEWDATAFOLDERFOUND = C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Dati applicazioni\Sophos\AutoUpdate\
Property(S): OLDDATAFOLDERFOUND = C:\Programmi\Sophos\AutoUpdate\
Property(S): EEMANAGED = #1
Property(S): IE50FOUND = C:\WINDOWS\system32\Shdocvw.dll
Property(S): IE55SP1FOUND = C:\WINDOWS\system32\Shdocvw.dll
Property(S): CACHE = C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Dati applicazioni\Sophos\AutoUpdate\Cache\
Property(S): DATAFOLDER = C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Dati applicazioni\Sophos\AutoUpdate\data\
Property(S): DEFAULTCONFIG = C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Dati applicazioni\Sophos\AutoUpdate\DefaultConfig\
Property(S): LOGS = C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Dati applicazioni\Sophos\AutoUpdate\Logs\
Property(S): INSTALLDIR = C:\Programmi\Sophos\AutoUpdate\
Property(S): Telemetry = C:\Programmi\Sophos\AutoUpdate\Telemetry\
Property(S): DE = C:\Programmi\Sophos\AutoUpdate\de\
Property(S): EN = C:\Programmi\Sophos\AutoUpdate\en\
Property(S): ES = C:\Programmi\Sophos\AutoUpdate\es\
Property(S): FR = C:\Programmi\Sophos\AutoUpdate\fr\
Property(S): IT = C:\Programmi\Sophos\AutoUpdate\it\
Property(S): JA = C:\Programmi\Sophos\AutoUpdate\ja\
Property(S): ZH_CN = C:\Programmi\Sophos\AutoUpdate\zh_cn\
Property(S): ZH_TW = C:\Programmi\Sophos\AutoUpdate\zh_tw\
Property(S): CertificatesAutoUpdate = C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Dati applicazioni\Sophos\Certificates\AutoUpdate\
Property(S): CertificatesManifest = C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Dati applicazioni\Sophos\Certificates\AutoUpdate\Manifest\
Property(S): CertificatesCache = C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Dati applicazioni\Sophos\Certificates\AutoUpdate\Cache\
Property(S): AUTOUPDATEDATAFOLDER = C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Dati applicazioni\Sophos\AutoUpdate\
Property(S): CONFIG = C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Dati applicazioni\Sophos\AutoUpdate\Config\
Property(S): SetPermissions.Rollback_x32 = 2{23}2{14}8{objectid}11{componentid}11{objecttable}6{action}8{identity}12{identitytype}11{inheritance}10{genericall}11{genericread}12{genericwrite}14{genericexecute}6{modify}10{objectpath}5{win64}5{CACHE}11{CacheFolder}6{Folder}5{Clear}3{N/A}0{}2{No}0{}0{}0{}0{}0{}78{C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Dati applicazioni\Sophos\AutoUpdate\Cache\}2{no}5{CACHE}11{CacheFolder}6{Folder}5{Allow}14{Administrators}12{WellKnownSID}0{}3{Yes}0{}0{}0{}0{}78{C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Dati applicazioni\Sophos\AutoUpdate\Cache\}2{no}5{CACHE}11{CacheFolder}6{Folder}5{Allow}5{Users}12{WellKnownSID}0{}0{}3{Yes}0{}0{}0{}78{C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Dati applicazioni\Sophos\AutoUpdate\Cache\}2{no}10{DATAFOLDER}10{DataFolder}6{Folder}5{Clear}3{N/A}0{}2{No}0{}0{}0{}0{}0{}77{C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Dati applicazioni\Sophos\AutoUpdate\data\}2{no}10{DATAFOLDER}10{DataFolder}6{Folder}5{Allow}14{Administrators}12{WellKnownSID}0{}3{Yes}0{}0{}0{}0{}77{C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Dati applicazioni\Sophos\AutoUpdate\data\}2{no}10{DATAFOLDER}10{DataFolder}6{Folder}5{Allow}5{Users}12{WellKnownSID}0{}0{}3{Yes}0{}0{}0{}77{C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Dati applicazioni\Sophos\AutoUpdate\data\}2{no}10{INSTALLDIR}12{ALUpdate.exe}6{Folder}5{Clear}3{N/A}0{}2{No}0{}0{}0{}0{}0{}31{C:\Programmi\Sophos\AutoUpdate\}2{no}10{INSTALLDIR}12{ALUpdate.exe}6{Folder}5{Allow}14{Administrators}12{WellKnownSID}0{}3{Yes}0{}0{}0{}0{}31{C:\Programmi\Sophos\AutoUpdate\}2{no}10{INSTALLDIR}12{ALUpdate.exe}6{Folder}5{Allow}5{Users}12{WellKnownSID}0{}0{}3{Yes}0{}3{Yes}0{}31{C:\Programmi\Sophos\AutoUpdate\}2{no}22{CertificatesAutoUpdate}22{SAU_Certificate_Folder}6{Folder}5{Clear}3{N/A}0{}2{No}0{}0{}0{}0{}0{}85{C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Dati applicazioni\Sophos\Certificates\AutoUpdate\}2{no}22{CertificatesAutoUpdate}22{SAU_Certificate_Folder}6{Folder}5{Allow}14{Administrators}12{WellKnownSID}0{}3{Yes}0{}0{}0{}0{}85{C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Dati applicazioni\Sophos\Certificates\AutoUpdate\}2{no}22{CertificatesAutoUpdate}22{SAU_Certificate_Folder}6{Folder}5{Allow}5{Users}12{WellKnownSID}0{}0{}3{Yes}0{}0{}0{}85{C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Dati applicazioni\Sophos\Certificates\AutoUpdate\}2{no}11{Registry147}17{AutoUpdateService}8{Registry}5{Clear}3{N/A}0{}2{No}0{}0{}0{}0{}0{}42{MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Sophos\AutoUpdate\Service}2{no}11{Registry147}17{AutoUpdateService}8{Registry}5{Allow}14{Administrators}12{WellKnownSID}0{}3{Yes}0{}0{}0{}0{}42{MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Sophos\AutoUpdate\Service}2{no}14{PolicyFeatures}17{AutoUpdateService}8{Registry}5{Clear}3{N/A}0{}2{No}0{}0{}0{}0{}0{}57{MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Sophos\AutoUpdate\Service\PolicyFeatures}2{no}14{PolicyFeatures}17{AutoUpdateService}8{Registry}5{Allow}14{Administrators}12{WellKnownSID}0{}3{Yes}0{}0{}0{}0{}57{MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Sophos\AutoUpdate\Service\PolicyFeatures}2{no}14{PolicyFeatures}17{AutoUpdateService}8{Registry}5{Allow}13{Local Service}12{WellKnownSID}0{}0{}3{Yes}0{}0{}0{}57{MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Sophos\AutoUpdate\Service\PolicyFeatures}2{no}18{AutoUpdateRegistry}12{ALUpdate.exe}8{Registry}5{Clear}3{N/A}0{}2{No}0{}0{}0{}0{}0{}34{MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Sophos\AutoUpdate}2{no}18{AutoUpdateRegistry}12{ALUpdate.exe}8{Registry}5{Allow}14{Administrators}12{WellKnownSID}0{}3{Yes}0{}0{}0{}0{}34{MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Sophos\AutoUpdate}2{no}18{AutoUpdateRegistry}12{ALUpdate.exe}8{Registry}5{Allow}5{Users}12{WellKnownSID}0{}0{}3{Yes}0{}0{}0{}34{MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Sophos\AutoUpdate}2{no}17{TelemetryRegistry}20{TELEMGatherTelem.exe}8{Registry}5{Clear}3{N/A}0{}2{No}0{}0{}0{}0{}0{}33{MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Sophos\Telemetry}2{no}17{TelemetryRegistry}20{TELEMGatherTelem.exe}8{Registry}5{Allow}14{Administrators}12{WellKnownSID}0{}3{Yes}0{}0{}0{}0{}33{MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Sophos\Telemetry}2{no}17{TelemetryRegistry}20{TELEMGatherTelem.exe}8{Registry}5{Allow}5{Users}12{WellKnownSID}0{}0{}3{Yes}0{}0{}0{}33{MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Sophos\Telemetry}2{no}
Property(S): ALLUSERSPROFILE = C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\
Property(S): USERPROFILE = C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator
Property(S): RemoveCacheFromContentIndexScopes = C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Dati applicazioni\Sophos\AutoUpdate\Cache\
Property(S): RemoveTempFolders = C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\IMPOST~1\Temp\
Property(S): WaitAUAdapterUnlocked = C:\Programmi\Sophos\AutoUpdate\AUAdapter.dll;30
Property(S): WaitSAUServiceUnlocked = C:\Programmi\Sophos\AutoUpdate\ALsvc.exe;30
Property(S): AccountHandlerDeleteAccounts = SophosSAUPCGRASSIaaa
0

Property(S): CustomRemoveFolders = C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Dati applicazioni\Sophos\AutoUpdate\Cache
C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\IMPOST~1\Temp\mbjya1z5\Cache
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Dati applicazioni\Sophos\AutoUpdate\Config
C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\IMPOST~1\Temp\mbjya1z5\Config
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Dati applicazioni\Sophos\AutoUpdate\data
C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\IMPOST~1\Temp\mbjya1z5\data
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Dati applicazioni\Sophos\AutoUpdate\Logs
C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\IMPOST~1\Temp\mbjya1z5\Logs

Property(S): CustomRemoveFoldersRollback = C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Dati applicazioni\Sophos\AutoUpdate\Cache
C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\IMPOST~1\Temp\mbjya1z5\Cache
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Dati applicazioni\Sophos\AutoUpdate\Config
C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\IMPOST~1\Temp\mbjya1z5\Config
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Dati applicazioni\Sophos\AutoUpdate\data
C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\IMPOST~1\Temp\mbjya1z5\data
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Dati applicazioni\Sophos\AutoUpdate\Logs
C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\IMPOST~1\Temp\mbjya1z5\Logs

Property(S): CustomRemoveFoldersCommit = C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\IMPOST~1\Temp\mbjya1z5
Property(S): PrepareRemoveFolders = Cache;Config;data;Logs;
Property(S): StartSAUService = Sophos AutoUpdate Service
Property(S): StartSAUServiceRollback = Sophos AutoUpdate Service
Property(S): DeleteSAURegistryValues = SOFTWARE\Sophos\AutoUpdate
Property(S): AutoUpdateServiceStopCheck = ALsvc.exe;60
Property(S): TARGETDIR = C:\
Property(S): CacheSAU = C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Dati applicazioni\Sophos\AutoUpdate\Cache\sau\
Property(S): SAUAppDataFolder = C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Dati applicazioni\Sophos\AutoUpdate\
Property(S): SophosAppDataFolder = C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Dati applicazioni\Sophos\
Property(S): Certificates = C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Dati applicazioni\Sophos\Certificates\
Property(S): CommonAppDataFolder = C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Dati applicazioni\
Property(S): CommonFiles64Folder = C:\
Property(S): CommonFilesFolder = C:\Programmi\File comuni\
Property(S): AUTOUPDATE = C:\Programmi\Sophos\AutoUpdate\
Property(S): SOPHOS = C:\Programmi\Sophos\
Property(S): ProgramFilesFolder = C:\Programmi\
Property(S): TempFolder = C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\IMPOST~1\Temp\
Property(S): REMOVE = ALL
Property(S): SOPHOS_TP_TOKEN = **********
Property(S): VersionNT = 501
Property(S): Installed = 00:00:00
Property(S): Privileged = 1
Property(S): ALLUSERS = 1
Property(S): Registration = No
Property(S): _IsMaintenance = Change
Property(S): _IsSetupTypeMin = Typical
Property(S): AgreeToLicense = No
Property(S): ApplicationUsers = AllUsers
Property(S): ARPCOMMENTS = Mantiene aggiornati Sophos Anti-Virus e gli altri componenti Sophos.
Property(S): ARPCONTACT = Sophos Supporto tecnico
Property(S): ARPHELPLINK = http://www.sophos.it/support/
Property(S): ARPNOMODIFY = 1
Property(S): ARPNOREPAIR = 1
Property(S): ARPPRODUCTICON = Icon.ico
Property(S): ARPURLINFOABOUT = http://www.sophos.it/
Property(S): DefaultUIFont = Tahoma8
Property(S): DisplayNameCustom = Personalizzata
Property(S): DisplayNameMinimal = Minima
Property(S): DisplayNameTypical = Tipica
Property(S): DWUSINTERVAL = 30
Property(S): InstallChoice = AR
Property(S): INSTALLLEVEL = 100
Property(S): MSIRESTARTMANAGERCONTROL = Disable
Property(S): PIDTemplate = 12345<###-%%%%%%%>@@@@@
Property(S): ProgressType0 = install
Property(S): ProgressType1 = Installing
Property(S): ProgressType2 = installed
Property(S): ProgressType3 = installs
Property(S): REBOOT = ReallySuppress
Property(S): RegisterWithAutoUpdate = {9BF40A4E-23AE-48be-9974-5A1F261DBEE8};sau;1;2
Property(S): SetupType = Typical
Property(S): ISReleaseFlags = Release
Property(S): InstallShieldTempProp = 0
Property(S): Manufacturer = Sophos Limited
Property(S): ProductCode = {AFBCA1B9-496C-4AE6-98AE-3EA1CFF65C54}
Property(S): ProductLanguage = 1040
Property(S): ProductName = Sophos AutoUpdate
Property(S): ProductVersion = 5.7.220
Property(S): SecureCustomProperties = FOUND_AUADAPTER;FOUND_SAUSERVICE;NEWAPPFOUND;NEWDATAFOLDERFOUND;OLDAPPFOUND;OLDDATAFOLDERFOUND
Property(S): MsiHiddenProperties = AccountHandlerCreateAccounts;AccountHandlerRollbackCreateAccounts;AccountHandlerSwitchSecurity;ManagedOnUpgrade;ModifyConfigFiles;MoveDataFiles;PROXYPASSWORD;SOPHOS_TP_TOKEN;UPDATEPASSWORD
Property(S): INSTALLDIR.4D96E9F9_7E7B_4556_8D25_ABEE814FE4E0 = C:\
Property(S): PackageCode = {E7EE7247-0435-4553-8C87-4C6F83372898}
Property(S): ProductState = 5
Property(S): CURRENTDIRECTORY = \\192.168.40.90\SophosUpdate\CIDs\S003\SAVSCFXP
Property(S): CLIENTUILEVEL = 2
Property(S): CLIENTPROCESSID = 3416
Property(S): PRODUCTLANGUAGE = 1040
Property(S): VersionDatabase = 200
Property(S): VersionMsi = 3.01
Property(S): WindowsBuild = 2600
Property(S): ServicePackLevel = 3
Property(S): ServicePackLevelMinor = 0
Property(S): MsiNTProductType = 1
Property(S): WindowsFolder = C:\WINDOWS\
Property(S): WindowsVolume = C:\
Property(S): SystemFolder = C:\WINDOWS\system32\
Property(S): System16Folder = C:\WINDOWS\system\
Property(S): RemoteAdminTS = 1
Property(S): AppDataFolder = C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Dati applicazioni\
Property(S): FavoritesFolder = C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Preferiti\
Property(S): NetHoodFolder = C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Risorse di rete\
Property(S): PersonalFolder = C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Documenti\
Property(S): PrintHoodFolder = C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Risorse di stampa\
Property(S): RecentFolder = C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Recent\
Property(S): SendToFolder = C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\SendTo\
Property(S): TemplateFolder = C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Modelli\
Property(S): LocalAppDataFolder = C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Impostazioni locali\Dati applicazioni\
Property(S): MyPicturesFolder = C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Documenti\Immagini\
Property(S): AdminToolsFolder = C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Menu Avvio\Programmi\Strumenti di amministrazione\
Property(S): StartupFolder = C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Menu Avvio\Programmi\Esecuzione automatica\
Property(S): ProgramMenuFolder = C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Menu Avvio\Programmi\
Property(S): StartMenuFolder = C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Menu Avvio\
Property(S): DesktopFolder = C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\
Property(S): FontsFolder = C:\WINDOWS\Fonts\
Property(S): GPTSupport = 1
Property(S): OLEAdvtSupport = 1
Property(S): ShellAdvtSupport = 1
Property(S): Intel = 6
Property(S): PhysicalMemory = 2038
Property(S): VirtualMemory = 3409
Property(S): AdminUser = 1
Property(S): LogonUser = Administrator
Property(S): UserSID = S-1-5-21-966127657-1643432790-3334946069-500
Property(S): UserLanguageID = 1040
Property(S): ComputerName = PCGRASSI
Property(S): SystemLanguageID = 1040
Property(S): ScreenX = 1024
Property(S): ScreenY = 768
Property(S): CaptionHeight = 26
Property(S): BorderTop = 1
Property(S): BorderSide = 1
Property(S): TextHeight = 16
Property(S): ColorBits = 32
Property(S): TTCSupport = 1
Property(S): Time = 9.48.39
Property(S): Date = 26/05/2017
Property(S): MsiNetAssemblySupport = 4.0.30319.1
Property(S): MsiWin32AssemblySupport = 5.1.2600.5512
Property(S): RedirectedDllSupport = 2
Property(S): USERNAME =  
Property(S): COMPANYNAME =  
Property(S): DATABASE = C:\WINDOWS\Installer\1a8a7c.msi
Property(S): OriginalDatabase = C:\WINDOWS\Installer\1a8a7c.msi
Property(S): UILevel = 3
Property(S): Preselected = 1
Property(S): ACTION = INSTALL
Property(S): CostingComplete = 1
Property(S): OutOfDiskSpace = 0
Property(S): OutOfNoRbDiskSpace = 0
Property(S): PrimaryVolumeSpaceAvailable = 0
Property(S): PrimaryVolumeSpaceRequired = 0
Property(S): PrimaryVolumeSpaceRemaining = 0
=== Fine registrazione: 26/05/2017  9.48.39 ===

Hello RobertoUgolini,

this one is easy - the errors just tell that no competitor product has been found.

Christian

Hello RobertoUgolini,

this one is easy - the errors just tell that no competitor product has been found.

Christian

OMG! I can't believe that: the problem was simply that the installer can't unistall the "competitor" software (just because no other software was installed!!). I did't check this box during the installation.... and everything is ok now.

Thank you very much for your support!

You're great!

Roberto