Sophos products and Windows 2003 Service Pack 1

Windows 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) installs the Windows Firewall by default and has changed several other features of Windows 2003 security. The articles below describe how these changes have affected several Sophos products when run on Windows 2003.

Please note: Sophos is continuing to test its products with Windows 2003 SP1. We will update this knowledgebase article as more information becomes available.

Sophos Anti-Virus Small Business Edition (SBE)

Sophos Anti-Virus SBE: configuring computers running Windows 2003 Service Pack 1 or Windows XP Service Pack 2

Sophos Anti-Virus SBE: access to computers with Windows 2003 Service Pack 1 or Windows XP Service Pack 2

Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows

Windows 2003 Service Pack 1 or Windows XP Service Pack 2 and IDE self-extractor file warnings

Deploying changes to the Windows Security Center and Windows Firewall in an Active Directory environment

Disabling the Windows Firewall in Windows 2003 Service Pack1 or Windows XP Service Pack 2

Enabling File and Printer Sharing with Windows 2003 Service Pack 1 or Windows XP Service Pack 2

Configuring Windows 2003 SP1 or Windows XP SP2 computers before installing Sophos Anti-Virus

EM Library

EM Library: web-based shared libraries on Windows 2003 Service Pack 1 or Windows XP Service Pack 2

Remote Update