INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOT FIX F9BA17 ON WINDOWS FOR X64 BEFORE DOWNLOADING: Hot fix F9BA17 addresses the issue(s) in SAS 9.2 (9.2 TS1M0) of Base SAS software on Windows for x64 as documented in the "Issue(s) Addressed" section of the hot fix download page: http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/f9_dbcs_prod_list.html#f9ba17 IMPORTANT NOTE(S): 1. You must have SAS 9.2 (9.2 TS1M0) installed on your system before applying this hot fix. 2. You must have Administrator Privileges on your CLIENT or SERVER machine. 3. All currently active SAS sessions, daemons, spawners and servers must be terminated before applying this hot fix. AFTER DOWNLOADING: The hot fix package downloaded is a self extracting executable named f9ba17x6.exe. Launching the executable will initiate the install wizard which will guide you through the setup process. The following files will be installed: * sascport.dll * sascimpo.dll * sasloadd.dll * sasxdmr.dll * sascsrv.dll * administrative files used for installation and validation This completes the installation of hot fix F9BA17 on Windows for x64.