allow Sophos to deploy remotely on Vista PCs the following setting need to be applied via GPO
Computer Configuration > Policies > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local Policies > Security Options > User Account Control
User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for administrators in Admin Approval Mode Elevate without prompting
User Account Control: Detect application installations and prompt for elevation Disabled
User Account Control: Run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode Disabled
Computer Configuration > Policies > Windows Settings > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Security Center
Turn on Security Center (Domain PCs only) Disabled
Also put the following in a batch file:
net start RemoteRegistry
net start “windows installer”
net start msiserver
net start browser
Set it to apply via GPO from Computer Configuration > Policies > Windows Settings > Scripts > Startup
The Vista PCs will require a restart after these settings have been applied.
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