On Thu, 2 Dec 2010, Samrat Sanyal wrote: > The problem is the software simply refuses to update the series.No exact > error messages are obtained, just the software freezes midway.re-installing > the software's latest patch have not been of help.
This sounds like a transient network problem. Or maybe: do you access the internet via an HTTP proxy? If so, you need to enter its IP address under /Tools/Preferences/Databases. -- Allin Cottrell Department of Economics Wake Forest University