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Deploy via Active Directory

JohnSzkudlapski

Hi

Is there a way to do a one-time forced installation of Sophos?

I have seen the knowledgebase articlehttp://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/13090.aspx

but id like to set something up so that the next time any PC is rebooted it gets a forced installattion of Sophos.

Maybe by dropping in a new text file with it which is then checked on subsequent logins.

I could do this via the Enterprise Console but this means that I need to make sure that all of hte PC's are switched on when I deploy it.

Thanks

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    Hi,

    Setting up an AD startup-script should do this for you.  Are you concerned that the client will not pick up the group policy before the computer is restarted?

    The example in that KBA you mention checks for ALSVC.exe on subsequent runs so it will not keep reinistalling.  

    Another option to prevent the client reinstalling might be to setup a WMI filter to ensure that it only installs the client software once also:

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc779036(v=ws.10).aspx

    Regards,

    Jak

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    @ECHO OFF
     IF EXIST ""C:\Program Files\Sophos\_bsfc.txt" goto _End
    REM --- Check for an existing installation of Sophos AutoUpdate on 32-bit (the 'Sophos AutoUpdate Service' process)
     IF EXIST "C:\Program Files\Sophos\AutoUpdate\ALsvc.exe" goto _End
    REM --- Check for an existing installation of Sophos AutoUpdate on 64-bit (the 'Sophos AutoUpdate Service' process)
     IF EXIST "C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\AutoUpdate\ALSVC.exe" goto _End
    REM --- Check for an existing installation of Sophos Anti-Virus on Vista+ (the SAV adapter config file)
     IF EXIST "C:\ProgramData\Sophos\Remote Management System\3\Agent\AdapterStorage\SAV\SAVAdapterConfig" goto _End
    REM --- Deploy to Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/Windows7/2008/2008-R2
     \\SERVER\SophosUpdate\CIDs\Sxxx\SAVSCFXP\Setup.exe -updp "\\SERVER\SophosUpdate\CIDs\Sxxx\SAVSCFXP" -user USER -pwd PWD -mng yes
    REM --- Copy text file into place to skip subsequent installations
     copy "\\SERVER\SophosUpdate\_bsfc.txt" "C:\Program Files\Sophos\"
    REM --- End of the script
    :_End

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    I was thinking about something like the above as a solution

    we find taht sometimes the client does not get installed via the enterprise console, but going directly to the client and installing it via a batch file works.

    So id rather just not visit over 1000 PC's and just have it do a one time installation to make sure that its totally installed.

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    Will the so called enterprise console ever be upgraded so us admins don't have use batch file's & login scripts to do task that you should be able to do from the console?

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