When you restart your operating system, the SAS Metadata Server might not start, might appear to be stalled in the Windows Services Control Manager, and the following error messages might appear in the Event Viewer:

   Event Type: Error 
   Event Source: Service Control Manager 
   Event Category: None 
   Event ID: 7022 
   Date: 2/7/2006 
   Time: 1:54:20 PM 
   User: N/A 
   Computer:Your_PC 
   Description: 
   The SAS Lev1 MS -&ltconfigdir> service hung on starting. 
 
   Event Type: Error 
   Event Source: Service Control Manager 
   Event Category: None 
   Event ID: 7001 
   Date: 2/7/2006 
   Time: 1:54:20 PM 
   User: N/A 
   Computer: Your_PC 
   Description: 
   The SAS Lev1 OB - &ltconfigdir> service depends on the 
   SAS Lev1 MS -&ltconfigdir> service which failed to start because of the 
   following error: 
 

The metadata server appears in the Windows Task Manager as SAS.exe and can be stopped and restarted in the Windows Services Control Manager.

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Operating System and Release Information

A fix for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) for this issue is available at:

A fix for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) with Asian Language Support (DBCS) for this issue is available at :