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Problem Note 13461: Windows Security Alert messages if requesting SID from the internet during installation of SAS 9.1 or 9.1.2

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When you install SAS Foundation 9.1 or 9.1.2 on a Windows XP where
Service Pack 2 has been applied, the following security alert might
appear if you request to receive your SAS Installation Data (SID)
from the Internet during the install:

   Windows Security Alert

   To help protect your computer, Windows Firewall has blocked some
   features of this program.

   Do you want to keep blocking this program ?

   Name:  Installshield for Windows
   Publisher: xxxxx

There are 3 buttons:

   Keep Blocking    Unblock    Ask Me Later

To ensure that SAS can get open the port to receive the SID,
select Unblock. Note that this security alert might appear hidden
behind the installation window.

This is no longer an issue in SAS 9.1.3 as the ability to retrieve the
SID from the Internet during the install was removed.


Operating System and Release Information

Product FamilyProductSystemSAS Release
ReportedFixed*
SAS SystemBase SASMicrosoft Windows XP Professional9.1 TS1M09.1 TS1M3
* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.