Dual Boxing.......Outlawed????

#0 - Nov. 10, 2009, 3:27 a.m.
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Just downloaded todays new patch and have discovered that i cannot run more than 1 account from any 1 PC. To check that it wasnt just my PC I tried from my wife's and daughter's PC's also with the same result.

So............what is the story with this Mr Blue Poster?

Sure i can still dual box just using more than 1 PC...................but I'ma lazy bastid who dont wanna have to run between rooms, i dont need the exercise......yet :-)

Anyways, some info would be nice on this development.

#52 - Nov. 10, 2009, 9:50 p.m.
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Q u o t e:
Just downloaded todays new patch and have discovered that i cannot run more than 1 account from any 1 PC. To check that it wasnt just my PC I tried from my wife's and daughter's PC's also with the same result.

So............what is the story with this Mr Blue Poster?

Sure i can still dual box just using more than 1 PC...................but I'ma lazy bastid who dont wanna have to run between rooms, i dont need the exercise......yet :-)

Anyways, some info would be nice on this development.



This is an issue we're aware of, but fortunately a post on our General discussion forum covers a potential workaround:

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=21038224480&sid=1

Q u o t e:
We are aware that since the latest tools patch, some players are receiving the error, "invalid game version" when attempting to login to the game. In order to resolve this issue, you must allow the launcher to run so the appropriate update can be applied.

We've also identified an issue that's preventing players from running the launcher while wow.exe is open. This is preventing players from running multiple iterations of World of Warcraft. As a temporary work-around, until this issue is resolved, simply run the second game instance by opening wow.exe directly from your World of Warcraft folder.

If your download fails, please wait a few moments and try again. We hope to have these issues corrected shortly, and appreciate your understanding.


I hope that helps!