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Change installation directory

bach_tenor

Hi,

I've had no luck finding a way to create a silent installation which installs Sophos Endpoint (v.9.5) to a directory other than the default (C:\Program Files\Sophos).

Using setup.exe along with some of the arguments I'm able to get it to install and update just fine, but I'm attempting to install on machines which are running Faronics Deep Freeze. I'm attempting to install to a thawspace, so that the anti-virus can update successfully and not have all the updates wiped out when the machine is rebooted.

In this case, I would like to install all of the Sophos files to X:\Sophos. I do not see any parameters for the setup.exe which allow for this, or am I just missing it? I've searched through the forums and knowledgebase but am afraid I can't find what I'm looking for.

Thanks in advance for the help.

Chris

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    There will be a number of files saved to C I would think irrespective of the program files location. The drivers for example under: "C:\windows\system32\drivers\".  SophosBootTasks.exe and sdccoinstaller.dll under system32 and all the appdata logs and temp locations: "C:\ProgramData\Sophos \".

    I would think you need to apply updates as part of a maintenance thaw window:

    http://www2.faronics.com/en/Support/FAQ.aspx#5

    It is possible to disable AutoUpdate from updating unless poked in a scheduled Window.  I think this is the approach you need.

    The following piece of vbscript can be used to kick off an update:

    dim objALC : set objALC = CreateObject("ActiveLinkClient.ClientUpdate.1")
objALC.UpdateNow 1,1

    AutoUpdate will also do a check at startup which you will want to disable, to do so:

    http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/27646.html

    Between these 2, you should be able to kick off an update during a thaw.  Maybe along with any Windows updates.

    Hope it helps.

    Regards,

    Jak

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    There will be a number of files saved to C I would think irrespective of the program files location. The drivers for example under: "C:\windows\system32\drivers\".  SophosBootTasks.exe and sdccoinstaller.dll under system32 and all the appdata logs and temp locations: "C:\ProgramData\Sophos \".

    I would think you need to apply updates as part of a maintenance thaw window:

    http://www2.faronics.com/en/Support/FAQ.aspx#5

    It is possible to disable AutoUpdate from updating unless poked in a scheduled Window.  I think this is the approach you need.

    The following piece of vbscript can be used to kick off an update:

    dim objALC : set objALC = CreateObject("ActiveLinkClient.ClientUpdate.1")
objALC.UpdateNow 1,1

    AutoUpdate will also do a check at startup which you will want to disable, to do so:

    http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/27646.html

    Between these 2, you should be able to kick off an update during a thaw.  Maybe along with any Windows updates.

    Hope it helps.

    Regards,

    Jak

    :21845
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