Well Howell wrote:

> I'm hearing about troubles when folks at work are forceably upgraded

An "upgrade" to W2k (even from NT) _can_ get a little funny. A "Clean Install" of W2k is usually stable. Are they pushing one of these 2 approaches? Both??

> to Windows 2000 Pro, and then go to re-install SAS 8.2 on their systems.

So 8.2 was "uninstalled" (recommended) before W2k was applied as an "upgrade"?

> We've found that the installer MUST be logged on as Administrator, > but some of us are not able to access SAS 8.2 after loging back in, > even as power users.....

Did anyone check to see if the SETINIT parameters were valid? Often you have to update them after an install ...

Do the 'power users' have proper permissions to write to needed directories (i.e. WORK)?

> Any experiences, war stories??? I still haven't seen the > diagnostics, but we're reducing experienced SAS users to a level > of USELESS. I just can't wait unitl over a half dozen SAS > data analysts go useless amid critical due dates on the Ides of March... > > HELP!

Relax. Sort out the details. Find out what they _are_ doing and what they _are_ _not_ doing ...

I'm not aware of any serious problems with running W2k/8.2. But you gotta properly install/update/configure ...

I think I'd have a chat with the folks responsible for desktop support. If they support SAS, they (possibly with a little help) need to formulate a viable approach to the W2k migration. Shouldn't be too difficult if they're cooperative.

Good luck, Puddin'

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