Section 1.2.5: Renew SAS License Instructions

This document contains two primary sections that describe how to renew 
your license for SAS for Windows. If you have not yet renewed in recent 
weeks, the license for the 2005-2006 academic year expires on Oct 12th, 
2006.

 I. How to Renew a SAS 9.1.3 License
II. How to Renew a SAS 8.2 License


I. How to Renew a SAS 9.1.3 License

First, fill out the license request form through this link:

http://ssil.uoregon.edu/sas/sas_9_1.html

A new license file called sas91.txt will then be sent to you through the 
email address you provide. It may come as an attachment or as part of the 
message. Transfer it to the root directory of your computer maintaining 
its text format.

The "Renew SAS Software" utility applies this SAS Installation Data. From 
the Start menu, click

 Programs (or "All Programs" on Windows XP)
   -> SAS
   -> SAS 9.1 Utilities
   -> Renew SAS Software

You will be given a window that instructs you to locate the file you just 
downloaded. Follow the instructions given here and it should confirm your 
license has been updated so SAS will run on your PC until mid-July, 2006.

You may verify the settings have been updated by entering the command in 
the SAS program editor window:

PROC SETINIT; RUN;


If you have problems you can also read about further approaches to license 
renewal explained on page 2 of this pdf file:

http://support.sas.com/documentation/installcenter/windows/91/ts1m3/win_setinit.pdf




II. How to Renew a SAS 8.2 License

This section instructs you how to apply a new license file for SAS Version 
8.2. It is a detailed description of what you need to do based on SAS note 
SN-010269 from the SAS support web page:

  http://support.sas.com

You will need to apply for a new setinit.sss file which you may obtain at:

http://ssil.uoregon.edu/sas/sas_8_2.html


If SAS Version 8.2 will not start because its license period has expired 
you can update the license through your windows system with the 
setinit.sss file (very simple) or through entering a command at the DOS 
prompt which includes sysin and setinit switches (a last resort since it 
is much more complicated).


Follow these instructions to request and then apply the new license

Step I. Get the new license file (setinit.sss)

Request the new setinit.sss for Version 8.2 from

   http://ssil.uoregon.edu/sas

You will receive this license file in an email message, either as an 
attachment with a file named setinit.sss or in the body of the message 
itself.


Step II. Save the file setinit.sss to your computer as a text file

A. If the file is found an attachment, save it to your hard drive as a 
   text file in the following location:

   c:\program files\sas institute\sas\v8\core\sasinst


B. If the file appears in the message itself, do the following:

  1. On your PC open Notepad.

  2. Click File->Open and open the existing setinit.sss file found in
     the default directory:

     c:\program files\sas institute\sas\v8\core\sasinst

  3. Copy and paste in the new setinit code,
     replacing all of the existing file's contents.

  4. Click File>Save As and be sure your link is to the following 
     directory:

     c:\program files\sas institute\sas\v8\core\sasinst

  5. Type in the following filename (include the double quotes):

     "setinit.sss"

  6. Exit Notepad.



Step III. Process the setinit.sss file to update the license

1. From the Start Menu, go to My Computer,

    * find the directory given in Step II where you saved the new file
    * right-click on the name of the setinit.sss file
    * find "Apply Authorization" and left-click your mouse on it

2. Start SAS -- it should now work.

3. Verify the settings have been updated by entering the command: 

   PROC SETINIT; RUN;


If you right-click on setinit.sss and "Apply Authorization" is not on the
menu of choices, do the following:


Find the Command Prompt window beginning with the Start Menu

1. Click Start>Run.

2. Run the following command (all placed on one line) from the C prompt
   (assuming that the program sas.exe is found in this directory,
    where it was placed during installation):

"c:\program files\sas institute\sas\v8\sas.exe" -sysin "c:\program files
\sas institute\sas\v8\core\sasinst\setinit.sss" -setinit

Note: As indicated, you need to surround the entire path and file name 
      with double quotes, since two directories in the path include 
      spaces.

3. Start SAS.


If SAS does not start, check the contents of the setinit.sss.log file for 
errors. If you continue to have problems, send the setinit.sss.log file 
and/or a brief description of what you did to robinh@uoregon.edu