DOCUMENT:Q298996 16-MAY-2002 [homegame] TITLE :Asheron's Call: First Update Takes a Long Time to Download PRODUCT :Microsoft Home Games PROD/VER::1.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbimu ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Asheron's Call, version 1.0 - Microsoft Asheron's Call: Dark Majesty, version 1.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== In Zone.com, when you click Play after you install Asheron's Call, the program connects to the Asheron's Call Web site and begins updating your installation of Asheron's Call. This update to the program can be large and may take a long time to download. This article explains more about this update. CAUSE ===== The copy of Asheron's Call that you install from the CD-ROM may not be the most recent version. Changes and additions are made as often as every month, with new lands, monsters, quests and dungeons to explore. Asheron's Call is automatically updated to the most recent version when you click Play in Zone.com. WORKAROUND ========== Depending on your connection speed, it can take one or more hours for Asheron's Call to automatically update itself. If you have trouble staying connected to Asheron's Call long enough for the automatic update to complete, browse to the following Zone.com Web site to manually download and install the most recent patch: http://zone.msn.com/asheronscall/downloads.asp Additional query words: asherons ====================================================================== Keywords : kbimu Technology : kbHomeProdSearch _IKkbbogus kbGamesSearch kbMSNSearch kbAsheronSearch kbAsheron100 kbAsheronDarkMaj Version : :1.0 Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2002.