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To renew the SAS license file for SAS 9.3, do the following:

1. Close SAS.
2. Select Start ► Programs ► SAS ► Utilities ► Renew SAS Software.
3. For Microsoft Windows 7 and Microsoft Vista operating systems, right-click Renew SAS Software and select Run As Administrator. If a User Access Control dialog box appears, click Allow. Otherwise, proceed to step 4.
4. Browse to the SAS installation data (SID) file on your machine. Select the file and click Open.

Note: The default SID filename is SAS93_123456_site#_operatingsystem.txt, where 123456 is the unique order number for your site, site# is your 8-digit SAS site number, and operatingsystem is the valid operating system for the SID file. If you do not have the SID file, see the section "Obtaining a SID File," below.

5. Click Next.
6. Verify the operating system and SAS products and click OK.
7. For the screen where you need to specify the product location, uncheck the Same as above box.
8. Then, below that check box, for the folder location for the SAS config file, add these additional folders to the existing path: \nls\en\.  For example, the path might now be C:\Program Files\SASHome\SASFoundation\9.3\nls\en\.
9. Click Renew.  

If the license renewal is successful, the following message is displayed:

The setinit was successfully applied.

If it is not successful, the message indicates so and displays the location of the SETINIT.LOG file. Review the SETINIT.LOG file in a text editor to check for errors.

Obtaining a SID File

To obtain a SID file, contact your SAS installation representative. To determine the SAS installation representative who is responsible for your site, navigate to SAS Support Personnel at Your Site.

Make sure that you have your SAS site number and company name. This information is displayed at the top of the SAS log window when you first start SAS.

Alternatively, contact the personnel at your company who are responsible for SAS Installations.

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	N/A	Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft® Windows® for x64	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64	9.3 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows XP Professional	9.3 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit	9.3 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Enterprise x64	9.3 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit	9.3 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Home Premium x64	9.3 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Professional 32 bit	9.3 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Professional x64	9.3 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit	9.3 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Ultimate x64	9.3 TS1M0
		Windows Vista	9.3 TS1M0
		Windows Vista for x64	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.

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Instructions for renewing the SAS 9.3 SAS installation data file (SID file)

Type:	Usage Note
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Date Modified:	2011-08-30 10:26:05
Date Created:	2011-06-29 09:20:54