Decrypt and uninstall Sophos v5.50

Hi Darren,

Have you seen this document? 

Thank you,

Bob

Hi Darren,

Have you seen this document? 

Thank you,

Bob

Hi Bob,

Tried to follow the doc but could not find anywhere on the pc where to check for the tamper protection.

I then moved onto the next steps and the only app to uninstall related to Sophos / Safeguard is Sophos Safeguard 5.50.1 client, i try to uninstall it but get the following error:

Error 25200 Uninstallation is not possible because a policy does not allow it.

I've checked policies on pc and can not find anything related, checked in local policy Security Policy and Group Policy mgt

I did manage to uninstall the following:

Sophos Safeguard preinstall 5.50.1 and Sophos Safeguard 5.50.1 client Configuration

Hello Darren,

seems that Uninstallation allowed was set to No in the last SafeGuard (not any Windows) policy. I fear you can't work around this (you'd at least need an appropriate Client Configuration package).

Christian

Hi Christian,

Does that mean I need a new hard disk? or can i wipe the current one without corruption and install fresh windows then?

Hello Darren,

You can simply format the hard disk.  The simplest way round this when installing Windows from CD or USB is to delete the current Windows partition and let the installer create a now one.  This will then format the drive and install a fresh instance Windows over the top.

Thanks Bill.

So simple case of boot into Windows install CD remove partition and then create a new one.

Do i need to do anything with MBR?

Hi Darren,

No changes to the MBR, the Windows installer will sort all that out. :-)