i need help windows live!

[brentidge]

i cant play save playing bioshock 2 and gears of war becouse they all make me save my game using windows live and every time i try and connect to windows live it says i dont have a internet connection and i obviously do the only thing i can think of is when i reformatted my computer i just installed a wireless thing and dident install any internet driver i dont no if thats the problem or not but i really need someones help PLZ!

[Curdy]

have you created a windows live account or downloaded windows live games I had a similar problem when I got Fallout 3

[brentidge]

yeah i do have an account and i got a game that came with it gears of war and when i try starting it it just cant find internet connection thats all i can get outa it

[Curdy]

Something must be blocking windows live I guess.

[loka]

Disable any firewall you have on your computer for wireless connections.

[anex]

I would look up a save game hack that bypasses the windows live system. Making you be connected to the internet to save a fucking game is a gay form of DRM. Pirates still get around it and once again its the customer that suffers.

[loka]

You know, I get the lame part that Micro$oft is creating the Windows Live thing to engage on PC gamers of the Xbox Live community and the little perks of getting achievements and what not especially if they don't have Steam. I don't know if this has anything to do with pirating versions, though that might be the lamers excuse to pass through the requirement.

[ManBearPig <ibis>]

Buy them for 360, its better.

[mag36]

Disable any firewall you have on your computer for wireless connections.

Yeah the first thing i would check is your firewall maybe for some reason the port number is being blocked.

[brentidge]

i dont have a tv so how would i use a 360 plus i am a PC kinda guy but anyways i spent an hour and a half on the the phone with games for windows live and yep to figure out none of my ports are open so they tell me to call netgear and have them help me do that i even have the list of ports that need to be open for this and FUCK netgear! you only get a 3 month tech support help thats fucked up! :muffy: AHHHHH this is really getting to be lame! anyone no how to open ports!

[brentidge]

fuck me! ugh:banghead: so i added all the ports like i was told to and when i go to use port cheacker it still says there not open or un reachable! any help

[ZERO]

The solution would have not been to buy those games in the first place. If you had read my bioshock 2 thread you would have seen that I am boycotting that game for that exact reason.

Also you probity have the ports blocked on your actual computer not just on the router...

[brentidge]

how would i unblock them

[loka]

Are you signing onto the modem with a PW? If so just disable the password. I never understood why people put PW on their router unless they have sensitive personal information, or live in dorm/apartment complex where you don't want to share connection.

To disable anything, you're going to have to log onto where the computer is connected to the router. Disable the password so you won't use one. Normally I get shit for this, but honestly the only reason why we have ours locked is because of my father's accounting business & I had set up my old college apartments router because my roommates and I were not comfortable giving our internet to other people. :P