Nick Skrepetos <nskrepetos@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:1180138666.134109.156120@r19g2000prf.googlegr oups.com:

> On May 25, 2:59 pm, "Lil' Abner" <blv...@dogpatch.com> wrote:
>> For the second time now, SAS has popped up a notice that a newer
>> version is available with an option to download and install. I click
>> on that option, the little popup window closes, and nothing happens.
>> So I go to the SAS site, download the free trial version. It makes me
>> uninstall my current version and reboot. Then I install the updated
>> version and it says my trial period has expired. So I go into my
>> email and search for the email with the registration number in it and
>> copy it into my clipboard and go back into SAS to enter the number
>> and it'll only paste the first 3 numbers in. Fortunately it's still
>> in the clipboard so I open notepad and paste it in there and then
>> write it down, then go back and type it in. None of my preferences
>> have been saved, so basically it's just like installing it from
>> scratch again. Is this the way an upgrade is supposed to be?
>> The same thing happened going from 3.6 to 3.7.
>>
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>> --- A dyslexic man walks into a bra ---
>
> That indicates that something is blocking our SSUPDATE.EXE from
> accessing the Internet to complete the download. Check your firewall
> to ensure SSUPDATE.EXE and SUPERANTISPYWARE.EXE are allowed access.

I'm running through a router and the only firewall I have is the Windows
firewall.
Obviously, whatever the problem is... it's something on my end.
I don't have any problem getting definition updates. I have a huge HOSTS
file. I'll look in there. Problem is I don't really have any way of
testing it till another update comes along... :-)
Thanks for the reply Nick. And you other two guys as well.


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