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SAS® OnDemand for Academics: Enterprise MinerTM Configuration and Startup

arrowVerifying and/or Installing a Java Runtime Environment (Microsoft Windows)

After you have created a course (if you are an instructor) or registered for a course (if you are a student) that uses SAS® OnDemand for Academics: Enterprise MinerTM, you must verify that you have an appropriate Java Runtime Environment (JRE) installed or install an appropriate JRE. This process only needs to be completed once.

Note: Consider printing these instructions before you begin as some of the steps might require you to navigate away from this site to other Web sites.

Step One: Verify whether a JRE (and Java Web Start) is installed

To verify whether you have a JRE installed, try the following:

  1. Open a Command Prompt window. Select Start --> Run. Then, type CMD in the Run window.
  2. On the Command Prompt window, type start javaws or javaws -viewer
  3. If either of the above commands opens one of the following windows, then you have a JRE (and Java Web Start) installed.

    JRE 1.4.2_xx:
    Java Web Start 1.4 Window

    JRE 1.6:
    Java Web Start 1.6 Window

  4. If you have a JRE installed, then continue to Step Two. If neither of the above commands worked, then you likely do not have a JRE installed. Continue to Step Three.

Step Two: Ensure that you are using the Recommended Java Runtime Environment

We recommend that you use Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.4.2_19 to run SAS® OnDemand for Academics: Enterprise MinerTM. Only JREs with U.S. Export Control Classification Numbers of 5D992 are approved for use with SAS products.

Newer JREs (such as JRE 1.6) might work properly, but have not been officially recommended by SAS. To check which version you are using, choose the appropriate path based on the outcome of Step One:

Users with JRE 1.4.2_xx

  1. From a Command Prompt window, start Java Web Start:

    Type javaws -viewer and then press ENTER.

    If this does not start Java Web Start, then do the following:

    Type start javaws and then press ENTER.

  2. If the Java Cache Viewer window appears, close it so that you can see the Java Control Panel window. The Java Control Panel window often opens behind the Java Cache Viewer window.
  3. From the Java Control Panel window, select File --> Preferences.
  4. Select the Java tab.
  5. From the Java Runtime Environments area, review the JREs that are currently available.
  6. In the Enabled column, check only one JRE (uncheck any other JREs that are checked). Make sure that the checked JRE is JRE 1.4.2_19.

    If JRE 1.4.2_19 is not available, then continue to Step Three. Otherwise, configuration is complete.

Users with JRE 1.6

  1. From a Command Prompt window, start Java Web Start. Type start javaws -viewer and then press ENTER.
  2. If the Java Cache Viewer window appears, close it so that you can see the Java Control Panel window. The Java Control Panel window often opens behind the Java Cache Viewer window.
  3. From the Java Control Panel window, select the Java tab.
  4. From the Java Application Runtime Settings area (the bottom half of the window), click View (the second "View" button on the window).
  5. In the Enabled column, check only one JRE (uncheck any other JREs that are checked). We recommend that you check JRE 1.4.2_19.

    If JRE 1.4.2_19 is not available, you can test SAS® OnDemand for Academics: Enterprise MinerTM with your current JRE. To do so, see Starting SAS® OnDemand for Academics: Enterprise MinerTM.

    If your current JRE does not work or if you want to install the recommended JRE (JRE 1.4.2_19), continue to Step Three. Otherwise, configuration is complete.

Step Three: Install the recommended Java Runtime Environment and Java Web Start

Installing the recommended JRE will also install Java Web Start on your system.

  1. Access the Sun Microsystems Archive Web site for Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition, v 1.4.2_19 (J2SE).
  2. Under the section titled J2SE v 1.4.2_19 JRE includes the JVM technology, select Download J2SE JRE.

    You will be prompted to complete the Java SE Registration Download (JRE) form. A notification e-mail will then be sent to you.

  3. Click the link in the Java SE download link notification e-mail to open the Java SE Runtime Environment 1.4.2_19 Web site.
  4. From the Platform drop down, select Windows.
  5. Check the box to agree to the license agreement and then click Continue.
  6. Locate the Available Files section.
  7. Under Windows Offline Installation, click the j2re-1_4_2_19-windows-i586-p.exe link. When prompted, click Run to begin the download and installation process.

    Note: Avoid clicking the orange box labeled as "Download Selected with Sun Download Manager". The Sun Download Manager is not needed.

  8. (Optional) If you had to complete Step Two above, return to that step after installing JRE 1.4.2_19 to ensure that only JRE 1.4.2_19 is selected.
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arrowStarting SAS® OnDemand for Academics: Enterprise MinerTM

After you have installed the recommended JRE (or if you want to test with a JRE that is already installed), you can start SAS® OnDemand for Academics: Enterprise MinerTM.

In the future, you can simply start SAS® OnDemand for Academics: Enterprise MinerTM any time that you want to use the application.

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