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Q298996: Asheron’s Call: First Update Takes a Long Time to Download

Article: Q298996
Product(s): Microsoft Home Games
Version(s): 1.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbimu
Last Modified: 16-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Asheron's Call, version 1.0 
- Microsoft Asheron's Call: Dark Majesty, version 1.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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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
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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

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Keywords          : kbimu 
Technology        : kbHomeProdSearch _IKkbbogus kbGamesSearch kbMSNSearch kbAsheronSearch kbAsheron100 kbAsheronDarkMaj
Version           : :1.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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