Installation Note 50178: Service pack warnings that might occur when you are installing SAS® 9.4 in Windows operating environments
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When you install SAS 9.4 on Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, or Windows Server 2008 R2, warnings appear if the operating system does not meet the SAS 9.4 Windows service pack level requirement.
Warnings on Windows 7
Here is an example of the warning on Windows 7 without Service Pack 1:
Note: The above warning is improved and more descriptive in later SAS 9.4 revisions other than the initial SAS 9.4 release. Here is an example of the improved Windows 7 warning.
Warnings on Windows Server 2008
Likewise, for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, here are their original warnings and their improved warnings respectively in later SAS 9.4 revisions other than the initial SAS 9.4 release.
Windows Server 2008 original
Windows Server 2008 improved
Warnings on Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2008 R2 original
Windows Server 2008 R2 improved
SAS 9.4 Service Pack Level Requirements for Windows Operating Systems
SAS 9.4 is supported on Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008 R2 if the SAS 9.4 requirement for the Microsoft Windows service pack level is met. Here are the specific SAS 9.4 service pack level requirements for Windows operating systems that require services packs.
Windows 7
- Windows 7 Professional x64: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or later
- Windows 7 Ultimate x64: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or later
- Windows 7 Enterprise x64: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or later
Windows Server 2008
- Standard Edition x64: Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (SP2) or later
- Enterprise Edition x64: Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (SP2) or later
- Datacenter Edition x64: Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (SP2) or later
Windows Server 2008 R2
- Standard Edition: Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or later
- Enterprise Edition: Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or later
- Datacenter Edition: Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or later
Additional Information
- For more information about Windows operating systems that are supported with SAS 9.4, see system requirements at SAS System Requirements.
- Also see the Supported Operating Systems page for more information.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||