https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/How-to-install-SAS-Providers-for-OLEDB-and-SAS-Drivers-for-ODBC/m-p/492899#M14164 <P>Hi,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I never had a version of the SAS Providers for OLEDB or SAS Drivers for ODBC installed before on my laptop.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I tried to install the SAS Providers for OLEDB software on my Windows 10 (64-bit) / MS-Office (32-bit) laptop.</P><P>There is not much guidance on applying the 32-bit version (Because of MS Office), or the 64-bit version (Because of Windows).</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>For both software versions the&nbsp;install process&nbsp;failed stating that the SAS Software was incompatible with my system.</P><P>Photo shows the software versions I tried to install.</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="SAS Providers for OLEDB.jpg" style="width: 600px;"><img src="https://communities.sas.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/23038iBD899D8CDF58DD7C/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="SAS Providers for OLEDB.jpg" alt="SAS Providers for OLEDB.jpg" /></span></P><P>I then tried the ODBC Drivers for SAS.&nbsp;And again I tried both versions shown on the photo below:</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="SAS Drivers for ODBC.jpg" style="width: 600px;"><img src="https://communities.sas.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/23039i3A0834DC3CB88A60/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="SAS Drivers for ODBC.jpg" alt="SAS Drivers for ODBC.jpg" /></span></P><P>Both versions show in the SAS Deployment wizard &nbsp;the error as shown on the photo. As soon as you click the OK button in the message the installation fails and stops.</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="SAS Deployment Wizord error.jpg" style="width: 457px;"><img src="https://communities.sas.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/23040i52E44DF011B0EA85/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="SAS Deployment Wizord error.jpg" alt="SAS Deployment Wizord error.jpg" /></span></P><P>The error message shown states:</P><P>"You've attempted to install software intended for one operating system on a machine using&nbsp;a different&nbsp;operating system. You should either install on a machine using the operating system you downloaded for or return to the download site and download the appropriate software for your operating system."</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Now I'm completely lost. I believe to have downloaded software for my operating system, so none of the two possible situations described in the error message apply.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Does anyone have a clue about the root cause of this problem and how to get it fixed?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 06 Sep 2018 07:50:39 GMT JK12 2018-09-06T07:50:39Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/How-to-install-SAS-Providers-for-OLEDB-and-SAS-Drivers-for-ODBC/m-p/492899#M14164 <P>Hi,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I never had a version of the SAS Providers for OLEDB or SAS Drivers for ODBC installed before on my laptop.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I tried to install the SAS Providers for OLEDB software on my Windows 10 (64-bit) / MS-Office (32-bit) laptop.</P><P>There is not much guidance on applying the 32-bit version (Because of MS Office), or the 64-bit version (Because of Windows).</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>For both software versions the&nbsp;install process&nbsp;failed stating that the SAS Software was incompatible with my system.</P><P>Photo shows the software versions I tried to install.</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="SAS Providers for OLEDB.jpg" style="width: 600px;"><img src="https://communities.sas.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/23038iBD899D8CDF58DD7C/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="SAS Providers for OLEDB.jpg" alt="SAS Providers for OLEDB.jpg" /></span></P><P>I then tried the ODBC Drivers for SAS.&nbsp;And again I tried both versions shown on the photo below:</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="SAS Drivers for ODBC.jpg" style="width: 600px;"><img src="https://communities.sas.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/23039i3A0834DC3CB88A60/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="SAS Drivers for ODBC.jpg" alt="SAS Drivers for ODBC.jpg" /></span></P><P>Both versions show in the SAS Deployment wizard &nbsp;the error as shown on the photo. As soon as you click the OK button in the message the installation fails and stops.</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="SAS Deployment Wizord error.jpg" style="width: 457px;"><img src="https://communities.sas.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/23040i52E44DF011B0EA85/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="SAS Deployment Wizord error.jpg" alt="SAS Deployment Wizord error.jpg" /></span></P><P>The error message shown states:</P><P>"You've attempted to install software intended for one operating system on a machine using&nbsp;a different&nbsp;operating system. You should either install on a machine using the operating system you downloaded for or return to the download site and download the appropriate software for your operating system."</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Now I'm completely lost. I believe to have downloaded software for my operating system, so none of the two possible situations described in the error message apply.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Does anyone have a clue about the root cause of this problem and how to get it fixed?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 06 Sep 2018 07:50:39 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/How-to-install-SAS-Providers-for-OLEDB-and-SAS-Drivers-for-ODBC/m-p/492899#M14164 JK12 2018-09-06T07:50:39Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/How-to-install-SAS-Providers-for-OLEDB-and-SAS-Drivers-for-ODBC/m-p/493452#M14195 <P>Looks like you may be using an older version.&nbsp; Check out the <A href="https://support.sas.com/downloads/package.htm?pid=2214" target="_self">SAS Providers for OLEDB here</A>.&nbsp; I know that this version includes a fix which addressed a symptom like the one you're reporting.&nbsp; There's a newer version of <A href="https://support.sas.com/downloads/package.htm?pid=2168" target="_self">SAS Drivers for ODBC here</A>.&nbsp; You should be installing the 64-bit version to match your OS.</P> Fri, 07 Sep 2018 14:38:43 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/How-to-install-SAS-Providers-for-OLEDB-and-SAS-Drivers-for-ODBC/m-p/493452#M14195 Mark_sas 2018-09-07T14:38:43Z