Installation Note 43350: When installing SAS® 9.3 from media, the AutoRun feature is not used
In SAS 9.2, the autorun.inf file is part of the installation. In SAS 9.3, the autorun.inf file is no longer part of the installation.
The autorun.inf file is used to automatically start the installation process when you insert the DVDs.
The file was removed from SAS 9.3 because of tightened security; this was of particular concern with antivirus software programs, which prevent Windows from creating the file.
If you want to enable AutoRun to work in your environment, do the following:
- Make a copy of the original DVD.
- Add an autorun.inf file to the root directory.
- Burn a new DVD.
To enable the AutoRun feature, create an autorun.inf file with the following contents:
[AutoRun]
open=setup.exe -autorun
For more details about AutoRun, see the following article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoRun
On some Windows systems, if AutoPlay is enabled, the following window might appear when you insert a SAS DVD:
If you see this window, click the Open folder to view files link
to view files, or click the X in the upper right corner to close the window.
For more details about AutoPlay, see the following article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoRun#AutoPlay
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | Base SAS | Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows Vista | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows Vista for x64 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 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.
Autorun.inf has been removed from the DVDs in SAS 9.3.
| Type: | Installation Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2011-07-12 11:53:10 |
| Date Created: | 2011-05-25 12:45:20 |
