INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOT FIX 82BC32 ON WINDOWS BEFORE DOWNLOADING: The hot fix 82BC32 addresses the issue(s) in Release 8.2 (TS2M0) of Base SAS software on Windows as documented in SAS Note(s): SN-012582 Fatal Unrecoverable I/O error detected in the execution of a DATA Step when using FTP SN-012912 FTP engine may cause SAS to terminate abnormally which may be reviewed at: http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/012/012582.html http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/012/012912.html IMPORTANT NOTE(S): 1. You must have Release 8.2 (TS2M0) installed on your system before applying this hot fix. 2. You must have Administrator Privileges on your CLIENT or SERVER machine and 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 82bc32wn.exe. Launching the executable will initiate the install wizard, which will guide you through the setup process. The following files will be installed: * sasxbamf.dll the replacement module containing the hot fix * sasxbamt.dll the replacement module containing the hot fix * 82bc32wn.aud a hot fix identifier file that will allow Technical Support to determine which fixes have been applied to a system * 82bc32wn.txt a copy of these installation instructions; this file is installed in !SASROOT\core\sasinst\hotfix This completes the installation of hot fix 82BC32 on Windows.