Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows 2000+: suppressing the post-upgrade reboot request
When a major upgrade is made to Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows 2000+, the computer will request a reboot. This reboot message is displayed for 30 seconds. The reboot is needed to implement new functionality in the upgraded version.
Where necessary, this reboot can be automatically delayed until a more convenient time. The message suppression facility is available in version 5.1.6 and above.
What to do
Before the expected upgrade, do either of the following:
- To suppress the reboot on a very few computers, edit the file imon.cfg.
- To suppress the reboot over a network, edit the file sauconf.xml.
Suppressing the reboot on one or two computers
- On the computer involved, browse to imon.cfg (usually C:\Program Files\Sophos\AutoUpdate\Config\imon.cfg).
- Open imon.cfg in Notepad.
- Add the following line at the bottom:
ShowRebootDialog : 0 - Save the file.
Suppressing the reboot over a network
NOTE: perform the following for each updating location. Create a separate sauconf.xml for each CID.
- Use ExportConfig.exe to create a sauconf.xml file.
- Open sauconf.xml in Notepad.
- In the menu bar, select 'Format' and disable 'Word Wrap'.
- Scroll down to the
<AUConfig platform="Falcon"section. - Just after the text
<bootstrap Location=" " UsePrimaryServerAddress="true"></bootstrap>paste in the following text:<monitor AllowLocalConfig="true" ShowRebootDialog="false" />
Insert this before the closing </AUConfig> tag. Do not insert any line breaks. - Save the file sauconf.xml.
- Use ConfigCID.exe to implement the changes you have made.
NOTE : Similar to the local fix, once completed a client updating from this CID will then have a value of ShowRebootDialog : 0 in C:\Program Files\Sophos\AutoUpdate\Config\imon.cfg
If you need more information or guidance, then please contact technical support.
- Article ID: 14560
- Created: 8 Mar 2006
- Last updated: 31 Oct 2008
