SAS 9.4 with Studio

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Feb 25, 2025
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Installing SAS 9.4 Studio – Windows Only

Requirements: Verify that your device meets the minimum hardware requirements and software requirements:

  • Internet access

  • Administrator privileges

  • An x86, 4-Core processor, 1.5Ghz minimum

  • 8GB RAM

  • Windows 10 64-Bit (Home, Pro, Enterprise, Education)

  • Minimum of 60GB Free drive space during installation, the installed application is around 20GB. Download and install from a high-speed USB storage device if diskspace is at a premium

This license expires 1/30/25 and will continue to function properly during the license grace period despite prompting for licensing renewal. License renewal information will be sent as soon as it is available.

There is not a SAS desktop install option for students using devices with macOS. Please use School of Business Desktop on UConn AnyWare or SAS on Demand.

Obtain the download link from your professor or https://resources.business.uconn.edu. This will be provided when the class starts and will not be available to students who are not actively taking a class that requires SAS.

Use “SAS on demand” or OVD for skill refreshers or for an introduction to the application.

The download should take roughly 15 minutes at 24MB/s.

Before you begin: it is recommended that you apply all pending Windows updates, disable any Internet Security Suites and update Java JRE to the latest version. If you do not have Java installed download it from https://java.com/en/download/.

Extracting the SAS-9CBYDR-Studio2024.zip file

The downloaded SAS file will initially be downloaded to your machine as a .zip file. In order to proceed with the rest of the guide, it will need to be extracted.

  1. To extract the .zip file on Windows, select the “SAS-9CBYDR-Studio2024.zip” file (in the location where it was downloaded to, typically your “Downloads” folder). Click on the option to “Extract All” that should appear along the top of your File Explorer window. If you do not see this option when you select the .zip file, you may need to click on the ellipsis (three dots), also highlighted below, to see the “Extract All” option.

  1. In the resulting window, note the location the .zip file will be extracted to. You will need to go to that location on your computer in order to locate the “setup.exe” file. Alternatively, you may select “Browse” to manually set the extraction location. Once you have confirmed either option, select “Extract”.

  1. Double click on setup.exe

  1. Click Yes.

  1. Choose a language for the installation.

  2. Click OK.

  1. Click the radio button next to “Install SAS software”.

  2. Click Next >.

  1. Leave the default installation path for the SAS Home. Click Next >.

  1. Click the radio button to select “Install SAS Foundation and Related Software.” Click Next >.

  1. All appropriate software included in the order have been pre-selected. Click Next >.

For better SAS integration with Microsoft Office it is recommended that Office 64-bit be installed and that the 64-bit option be selected for all SAS prompts.

  1. Click the radio button next to “64-bit Native Mode.” Click Next >.

  1. Click Next >.

  1. Confirm the license is current, then click Next >.

  1. Click Clear All. Click Next >.

  1. Click Next >.

  1. Click the radio button next to “64-bit Native Mode.” Click Next >.

  1. Click Next >.

  1. Click in the “Host Name:” field. Enter the word localhost. This will instruct SAS to use the local workstation for SAS document conversion services. This would occur if SAS 64-bit is installed with Office 32-bit.
    Click Next >.

  1. Click Next >.

  1. Click Start.

  1. The installation process moves 20GB of Installer files from the SAS Software Depot to the local SAS Home. The files are staged, uncompressed, and installed. The process requires a high-speed network (Ethernet) and several hours.

  1. Click Next >.

  1. Click Finish.

Troubleshooting Tips

If you had previously installed SAS, you may need to delete two Start menu items.

If you have Start menu items for SAS Studio 3.8. It will need to be removed from the Start Menu.

Find and Right-click on SAS Studio 3.4 and select “Open file location”.

Delete the shortcuts highlighted in the screen capture above. SAS IML Studio 14.1 and SAS Studio 3.4.

 

Verify that your device meets the minimum hardware requirements and software requirements:

  • Windows 10 64-Bit (Home, Pro, Enterprise, Education)

  • Administrator Rights

  • 8GB RAM

  • 4-Core Processor 1.5Ghz Minimum

  • Minimum of 57GB Free drive space. Archive 18GB+Expanded Archive+19GB+Installation 20GB = 57GB

Students can download and expand the archive and delete the original zip archive to save some space, or download and expand on a large usb drive.

  • Internet Connectivity

  • Compatible, modern, updated web browser

  • Chrome (latest)

  • Firefox (latest)

  • Updated Microsoft Edge (latest)

  • Avoid Internet Explorer – Use updated Edge or Chrome instead

  • Microsoft .NET Framework         

 

The most common issue after install is this error, “The security package failed while authenticating a user.”

Fix:

  1. Close SAS.

  2. Press the windows flag key or click the Windows Start icon on your desktop.

  3. Type cmd.

  4. Click on the Command Prompt App.

  5. In the Command Prompt Window type hostname

  6. Press Enter.

  7. Copy the hostname from the window or write it down

  8. Press the windows flag key or click the Windows Start icon on your desktop.

  9. Type note and right click on the notepad application and select “run as administrator”

  10. Click Yes to allow the notepad app to run as administrator.

  11. In Notepad click file>open and navigate to and open C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

  1. If you do not see the hosts file change the file type from txt to All (*.*)

  1. Enter the following: 127.0.0.1 localhost <host-name>

  2. Substitute <host-name> for the hostname of your computer you found in the first step.

Here is an example: 127.0.0.1 localhost mylaptop

  1. Save the host file. If you were unable to save the hosts file follow the instructions again to open Notepad as an administrator and repeat the instructions. Detailed instructions are provided here, https://support.sas.com/kb/55/227.html.

 

Note if you enabled PCFile Server to the following: (See Details here about PC File Server https://support.sas.com/downloads/package.htm?pid=1285

  1. Open Notepad ++ or notepad.exe as administrator

  2. Open C:\Program Files\SASHome\SASFoundation\9.4\nls\en\sasv9.cfg with notepad

  3. Change "-DCSHOST %%hostname%% (where that represents the actual hostname to localhost and save the file

  4. It should be: -DCSHOST localhost not the hostname of the localhost…exactly as it appears in BOLD

  5. -DCSHOST localhost

 

Special Considerations

SAS and the UConn School of Business do not have previous knowledge of your system, Operating System build number, patch level or which applications you may have installed. SAS is a large complex application and may not install reliable on all devices, even if they meet the hardware requirements. Students are asked to self-support their own SAS installations. and may find additional information here:

https://support.sas.com/kb/48/928.html

If you continue to have difficulty it is recommended that you fully uninstall SAS, restart your device, download the installer archive again and carefully follow the installation instructions.

If you are unable to install SAS you will be directed to use the OPIM Virtual Desktop.

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