(Manual) Installing the agent on systems that do not have any Forcepoint agent previously installed

The agent can be installed manually on Windows endpoints using the installer downloaded from portal.

The Forcepoint agent can be installed manually on Windows endpoints using the installer downloaded from the portal. Note that administrator privileges are required to install on the endpoint.

Steps

  1. Unzip the downloaded installer. Double-click the Installer.exe, then click Yes. Please note that it will initiate a silent installation process.
  2. The installation process takes approximately 30 seconds. Post installation, a reboot is required.
    After reboot, the Forcepoint agent icon can be see in the system tray .
  3. To verify successful installation:
    1. Verify the agent installation logs in the following path: C:\ProgramData\Forcepoint.
    2. You can also check the installation logs from f1a_install.log.
    3. The following services will be installed, which can viewed from the Microsoft Windows Services window:
      • Forcepoint Neo Common Service
      • Forcepoint Neo Network Service
      • Forcepoint Neo Protection Service