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If you have issues with Win7 in general, here are a couple of places you may be able to get assistance:
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http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/w7itpro
Thanks for the info!
Woot! an official unofficial Windows 7 support thread
Thanks!
One suggestion, re-title thread to say RC1 instead of Beta.
That said, anybody have issues with Windows 7 coming out of hibernation and not running peripherals properly? It's happened with DVD drives and printers for me.
They work fine after a reboot.
I gotta disable this hibernate thing...
So far that's been my only real problem with W7 (other than Kane & Lynch not wanting to run for any length of time).
Win 7 RC is non-supported by GFWL or any titles; however, if we find a workaround or resolution, we will share, hopefully the GFWL Community will do the same.
OS: Win 7 RC applies to x86 or x64
Title: Dawn of War II
Issue: Crashes when starting game through STEAM
Other notable issues: Unable to Update DOW2
Workaround: Install the BETA Client for STEAM
Launch Steam > Select File > Settings, and on the Account tab will be a drop down. Select Steam Client Candidate, and then allow Steam to restart itself.
If it does not restart itself, close the Steam client and then restart it. If it says you are running in Compatibility mode, then right click your Steam shortcut, select Compatibility tab and remove ALL checks, even the Run As Administrator. Select OK, then launch Steam.
Steam Client should update and you should not have any problems. Pay attention when you launch DOW2 from within STEAM, you may see a firewall message that you will need to press UNBLOCK or ALLOW, you will have to ALT-TAB as your screen will be trying to load DOW2.
If you need more details on this process or what the client provides, then you should consult with STEAM Support.
reference url: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=790149
Just wondering, does the LIVE team have a copy of the official Windows 7 yet? So you guys can test each LIVE game to make sure its in working order.
If you mean a RTM version, yes, most in TEST and DEV are well versed in compatiblity, but also keep in mind that it's importnat to know that this is a two way street. Publishers will also have to provide some type of update to ensure end-to-end compatiblity.
It would be a grave injustice if we did not test the ability of each and every GFWL game title, by region, country, and language to connect to LIVE; however, that does not mean that we can provide a fix or update if an issue was discovered. But, we would follow due-diligence and report any issues as necessary, it's not like we want anyone to have a bad LIVE experience.
While there are no magical wands to wave and make things perfect, we do have this community where if we foster its development, then everyone would benefit, everyone!
I can't get halo 2 to work at all!! Gears of war works and plays fine so dose universe at war but all halo 2 will do is give me the following error "LIVE Gaming on Windows failed to initialize. This may be because another LIVE Gaming on Windows application (such as Halo 2 dedicated server) is running on the same machine. Otherwise, reinstalling the game may fix the problem"
I get this no matter what I do I have reinstalled the game and LIVE 6 times and still the same message yet my other GWL games work fine??? Side note I can get halo 2 to load if I remove my network cable, but I can't get past the login screen due to havin no internet! So asfar as I can tell its a problem with the LIVE client and halo comunicatting online?!?!?!
Any help or a work around would be great.
i Can't get Gears of war to work. the launch screen comes up but when i try to start the gamei get this error message :you can not rune the game with modified executible file" it also give me the path for the executible file. the only problem is that i haven't modified it at all. i first installed it in another partition where i install all my games. then i got this error so i re-installed it where it wanted to in the c:\ drive but i still get this message. any ideas?
I had the same problem a few weeks back I foud I had to manualy download the latest patch from gears. That should fix it let us know
where did you get the patch from. i can't find it
If you start the game using the Play button on the Autorun screen, you may experience the following issues:
To fix this problem:
Title Update 3 (Most Recent Game Patch)
Hope this helps.
https://gearsofwar.xbox.com/pc/qfe1.htm
found the update. works fine. thanks
I've been having a rather odd issue with GFWL that I was hoping I could get some assistance with. I've looked everywhere for an answer!
When I attempt to play a game using GFWL, most recently GTA IV and Street Fighter IV, I am unable to even attempt to log into GFWL. I am greeted with this screen: http://delibirdmd.org/user/nolan/GFWL%20error.png
Clicking done does nothing and neither does hitting the back button. The link sends me to the GFWL site, obviously, and that's about it. Please help!
What happens when you press the home button?
Just curious.
I'm thinking your LIVE install is malfunctioning.
Download and SAVE to your desktop the latest LIVE client, you can get it HERE
Open your add remove programs and uninstall your current LIVE client.
Reboot your computer.
Install the latest LIVE client that you just downloaded.
Try playing your games now.
And by the way, I do not think this is Windows 7 related.
