To determine if you have SAS 9.2 32-bit (for Windows) or 64-bit (for x64 Windows) installed on your x64 machine, check the following:

Method 1

Select Start ► All Programs ► SAS ► SAS 9.2. A menu displays:

• If you see SAS 9.2 (32) (English) listed, you have SAS 9.2 for 32-bit Windows installed on your Windows x64 operating system.
• If you see SAS 9.2 (English) listed, you have SAS 9.2 for x64 Windows installed on your Windows x64 operating system.

Method 2

Open SAS 9.2 and look in your log. At the top of the log in the notes, you will have either of the following notes:

• SAS 9.2 (32-bit version)

  NOTE: SAS(r) Proprietary Software 9.2 (TS1M0)
        Licensed to Windows Full Product Order, Site XXXXXXXXXX.
  Note: This session is executing on the XP_Pro platform.
  

• SAS 9.2 (x64 version)

  NOTE: SAS(r) Proprietary Software 9.2 (TS1M0)
        Licensed to Microsoft Windows for x64 Full Product Order, Site XXXXXXXXXXX.
  Note: This session is executing on the x64_Pro  platform.
  

Does this system have an x64 or a 32-bit BI installation?

1. Click Start ► Settings ► Control Panel ► Administrative tools ► Services.
2. Right-click Metadata Server Service.
3. Select Properties.
4. Under the General tab, navagate to the executable.

   You have a x64 BI installation if you see C:\Program Files\SAS\SASFoundation\9.2\SAS.EXE

   You have a 32-bit BI installation if you see C:\Program Files\SAS\SASFoundation\9.2 (32-bit)\sas.exe.

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	Base SAS	Microsoft Windows XP Professional	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft® Windows® for x64	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition	9.2 TS1M0

* 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.

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In order to know if you have installed SAS 9.2 32-bit, x64, 32-bit BI system or a x64 BI system on a Windows x64 operating system, you can check by using either of the following methods.

Type:	Usage Note
Priority:

Date Modified:	2008-06-09 14:45:56
Date Created:	2008-06-05 10:06:16