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More info?)
I was getting this error earlier today. Did nothing in particular and it
went away later. Perhaps a zone glitch of some kind.
"+Elmo_Tech" <elmogeek@iglou.invalid> wrote in message
news:40A26854.2346D2A1@iglou.invalid...
> zone doesn't work wrote:
> >
> > I get this msg
> >
> > Your cpu is trying to upload zone files but is receiving
> > old stored files from your isp or network.
> >
> > What should I do now?
>
> Your isp -may- need to purge the outdated Zone files from their cache.
> BUT, before blaming your isp, here are some things you can try.
>
> The problem could be a corrupted download of the zone.zat file. It
> could also be that you have your browser set wrong, you have a web
> accelerator program running, or your isp caches files. Here are some
> possible fixes:
>
> Clear Cache
>
http://is.asu.edu/instruction/training/clearcache.html
> -----
>
> W2k and WXP can have trouble with the paths to the Zone software. Since
> the newly downloaded files are stored to the wrong folder, or otherwise
> lost, they're not replacing the old file. A solution might be to
> reinstall the Zone to a different location; see this article on changing
> the path to the Zone.. Actually, it removes the path, and you have to
> change the path when prompted:
>
>
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q240/9/52.ASP
> -----
>
> Paste http://fdl.msn.com/zone/datafiles/ in your location bar then add
> the name of the file you can't "update" to the end. Download the file,
> place it in the Zone's \Temp folder, then reenter the Zone. It will be
> installed. (You can save the decompressed version of the file if you
> prefer.)
>
> An example would be http://fdl.msn.com/zone/datafiles/zone.za_ or
>
http://fdl.msn.com/zone/datafiles/zone.zat
>
> The underscore might be removed from the file as it's saved to disk. If
> so, edit the filename to add the _.
>
> Some browsers/news readers mistakenly show the download as text. It
> looks like gibberish at the bottom of the post or browser. If this
> happens, you should be able to click File, Save Attachment (or File,
> Open Attachment, File Save As) and save them to the correct folder. This
> depends on the browser and whether you were emailed the attachment or
> you clicked a link to it. Some browsers will only let you save it as
> .txt or HTML. If so, you can change the name to "zone.za_" with the
> quotes (example filename) then the file will save without the extension.
> -----
>
>
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q240/4/25.ASP
> -----
>
> If these didn't work, and it seems your isp must be caching files, you
> can:
>
> - Request they clear the Zone files from the cache one time
>
> - Request they exclude the addresses given below from their cache:
>
> The cached files are on the internet either at your ISP or their
> backbone service. They probably have excluded *.zone.com from the cache
> but the files come from an MSN server which they have not excluded.
>
> If they exclude http://fdl.msn.com/zone/DataFiles* from the cache this
> problem can be avoided as we update files weekly.
>
> Send them the following:
>
> If You Are an Internet Service Provider
> If you are an Internet service provider (ISP) and you want to reduce the
> occurrence of this behavior, perform the following tasks:
>
> Configure the proxy server to perform more update checks.
>
> Configure the proxy server to perform more pre-fetching.
>
> Reduce the Time to Live (TTL) setting for objects in the proxy server's
> cache.
>
> Filter the cache, so that objects originating from the following address
> are not cached:
>
>
http://fdl.msn.com/zone
>
> --
>
> +Elmo_Tech
> MSN® Gaming ZoneT - Technical Support
>
> clvck
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