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You receive the "Unknown error occurred while retrieving country information" error message when you try to create an online account for Age of Mythology

Article ID:837870
Last Review:November 14, 2007
Revision:2.5

SYMPTOMS

When you try to create an online account on the Ensemble Studios Online multiplayer site from Microsoft Age of Mythology, you may experience either of the following symptoms:
•You cannot select the country.
•You receive the following error message:
Unknown error occurred while retrieving country information.

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CAUSE

This behavior occurs if your regional options are not set to English (United States).

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RESOLUTION

To resolve this behavior, follow these steps.

Note Because there are several versions of Microsoft Windows, the following steps may be different on your computer. If they are, see your product documentation to complete these steps.
1.Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. Click Date, Time, Language and Regional Options.
3.Click Regional and Language Options.
4.On the Regional Options tab, under Standards and formats select English (United States).
5.Click OK.
6.Start Age of Mythology, and then create the account.

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APPLIES TO
•Microsoft Age of Mythology
•Microsoft Age of Mythology Gold

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Keywords: 
kbconfig kberrmsg kbprb KB837870

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smallie Reported as Irrelevant  
Written: 2/7/2005 4:58 PM
it now says eso isn't responding?

Ian - lurcherdoc NOSPAM-AT-NOSPAM aol.com Reported as Irrelevant  
Written: 5/14/2005 8:15 AM
The above solution worked to the extent that the country choice came up but then on selecting "England" it asks for a 5 digit zip code which I cannot provide as it relates to a state in the US. Can you help?

chris - TheDogSoldier2003 NOSPAM-AT-NOSPAM hotmail.com Report As Irrelevant  
Written: 7/8/2005 2:51 PM
It didn't work it still gives me an error involving a country, i still can't accept a country america isn't the only country in the world someday you'll realize that.

adolfo Report As Irrelevant  
Written: 10/2/2008 12:48 AM
you are grate. is works, but the game show me... the cd key is dont been worth.

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