FYI, I uninstalled and reinstalled the game, installed the latest full patch, then used the "check updates" function and the problem has been solved: the game has now been updated to the latest version (1.5.3).

I have the 1.5.1 version installed on a Windows 7 system. Autoupdates worked fine up until now. When I click "check for updates", the game doesn't seem to be able to connect to the server. If I click on "cancel", nothing happens either. I must use the control panel to terminate t...