When you install SAS 8.2 and your license (setinit.sss) is in the grace
period, you can continue with the installation and update the setinit
afterwards. If you continue with the install and do not update the
setinit, when you invoke SAS, the following error might appear:

   Error:  The current date of xxxxx is past the final expiration date
   for your SAS System, which is Sunday, xxxx, 2003

 Perform the following to update your SAS 8.2 with the current
 setinit file:

   1. Save your current setinit file to a directory on your hard drive.
      For example: C:\temp.
   2. Make sure that the file is saved as setinit.sss.
   3. If the setinit file was sent to you in an email, when you cut and
      paste the text, make sure you do this in Notepad.
   4. When saving the file under filename. type "setinit.sss"
   5. Open Windows Explorer, highlight the setinit.sss file, right
      click, and select "Apply authorization code to SAS V8".
   6. If the Apply authorization choice is not there, you need to
      run RegBld82 first.

  Run the RegBld82 program:

   1. Download the file RegBld82.exe to your PC.
   2. Install the RegBld82.exe program by clicking on Start>
      Run, click on the RegBld82.exe file, and click Open. If you are
      using an autoexec.sas file, add -noautoexec after Regbld82.exe
      before you run the program. For example: c:\temp\Regbld82.exe
      -noautoexec.
   3. Click on Next twice, and provide the location of your sasv8.cfg,
      (the default location is c:\Program Files\SAS Institute\SAS\V8)>
      If this location is correct, click Next.
   4. Confirm the SASROOT location.  The default location for the
      SASROOT is c:\Program Files\SAS Institute\SAS\V8, if this is
      correct, click Next.
   5. Then the registry will be updated and the message SAS Registry is
      complete appears.
   6. Click Finish.

 Finish updating your license
   Right-click the setinit.sss file again, select "Apply authorization
   code to SAS V8" and update your license.

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