INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOT FIX F9BA08 ON WINDOWS FOR IPF BEFORE DOWNLOADING: Hot fix F9BA08 addresses the issue(s) in SAS 9.2 (9.2 TS1M0) of Base SAS software on Windows for IPF as documented in the "Issue(s) Addressed" section of the hot fix download page: http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/f9_sbcs_prod_list.html#f9ba08 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. 4. To fully implement the fix for Problem Note 32003: Text searches return different results in PDF files created by ODS PDF http://support.sas.com/kb/32/003.html the SAS registry requires an update per the Post Installation Instructions below. AFTER DOWNLOADING: The hot fix package downloaded is a self extracting executable named f9ba08w6.exe. Launching the executable will initiate the install wizard which will guide you through the setup process. The following files will be installed: * saspdpdf.dll * f9ba08.sasxreg * administrative files used for installation and validation --- Post Installation Instructions --- To fully implement the fix for Problem Note 32003: Text searches return different results in PDF files created by ODS PDF http://support.sas.com/kb/32/003.html the SAS registry requires an update. This update can be performed at an individual user level by updating the SAS registry in SASUSER or at a system level by updating the SAS registry in SASHELP. To update the SAS registry at the individual user level (in SASUSER), submit the following: filename myfile '\core\sasinst\hotfix\f9ba08.sasxreg'; /* example: */ /* filename myfile 'C:\Program Files\SAS92\SASFoundation\9.2\core\sasinst\hotfix\f9ba08.sasxreg'; */ PROC REGISTRY IMPORT=myfile; RUN; To update the SAS registry at the system level (in SASHELP), you must have SAS administrator privileges (or write access to the SASHELP registry) and then submit the following: filename myfile ''\core\sasinst\hotfix\f9ba08.sasxreg'; /* example: */ /* filename myfile 'C:\Program Files\SAS92\SASFoundation\9.2\core\sasinst\hotfix\f9ba08.sasxreg'; */ PROC REGISTRY IMPORT=myfile USESASHELP; RUN; This completes the installation of hot fix F9BA08 on Windows for IPF.