Use this.

I have been doing so for almost all my games on Steam.

Thanks guys... will try out all the ways.... really helpful!

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Added on May 24, 2010, 5:17 pmI have problem... when the game ask for login as user... I choose Windows Live and try to login with my MSN account...

then it said I cannot log in because of location issue... what is wrong ya? What should I do because I cannot save game...

This post has been edited by gogo2: May 24 2010, 05:17 PM

try login into your msn account and change your country from malaysia to USA

then use your msn login and login into games for windows live. see if it work

oic... I will try today... so everyone here is using MSN account and change to USA country?

I'm using Singapore/Japan as my region. For my XboxLive I had to put it on Singapore to use their Marketplace. While my MSN is Japan region and that account is associated with my GFWL.

I hate Steam now. I can't play online Dirt2 because I accidentally enter the code to my Malaysia MSN account.

It's not steam. It's Games for Windows Live. It's an additional service you'd have to sign up for.

Region shouldn't be a problem. What do you mean by "Code"?

If I don't sign up for it, I can't play online... this is bad

Code means my Product code given by steam

You can still play online, what does it say when you sign in to Games For Windows Live?

Region not supported because my WIndows live is Malaysia. And I Already enter my Dirt2 Product ID to
link with mY malaysia MSN live account.. i feel so stupid now...

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Added on May 24, 2010, 11:50 pmthis will stop people from going original...

This post has been edited by gogo2: May 24 2010, 11:50 PM

Calm down first. XD

Alrights, here's what you need to do. Go to http://home.live.com/

Sign in with your Windows Live account.
Top right where the mini avatar icon is. Click on the scroll down list.
Look for VIEW ACCOUNT.
Right under your information. Click REGISTERED INFORMATION
Voila, you have reached the page where you can change your Windows Live account region.

I'm not entirely sure if this will unblock your account, but it's worth a try!

Pretty much GG,to be honest.

It will never login with the region set as Malaysia.

Thats why GFWL is such a pain to use.

My GFWL, Xbox account region is set to US, yet I have no idea when I change the region to US. Luckily it's set to US, I'm able to play the dirt 2's multiplayer.

GG and unlucky for those who set the region to unsupported region. The link shows which Countries/Regions with LIVE Service supported.

http://www.xbox.com/en-us/live/countries.htm

GFWL is tied to Xbox LIVE account and the region in the Xbox LIVE account will be set based on the region set in your Email account during registration. Once the region is registered, it can't be changed. The link will show which region is registered to your Xbox LIVE account.

https://live.xbox.com/en-US/accounts/ContactInformation.aspx

This post has been edited by junk0460: May 25 2010, 12:53 AM

Let him try changing the region before declaring death please.

dirt 2 is not support in malaysia gfwl ?
thank goodness i have not activated the cd key yet.

so to play dirt 2, i need to register a new gfwl id with non malaysia region?
this sucks.

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Added on May 25, 2010, 12:57 amdeath is confirmed.
impossible to change region one.


This post has been edited by Deimos Tel`Arin: May 25 2010, 12:57 AM

You need to create a GFWL ID with any region as shown in http://www.xbox.com/en-us/live/countries.htm to be able to play multiplayer/online.

Erm, look at my steps? I can change my Windows Live region, which is linked to both my Xbox Live and GFWL region. Freely to whatever region I so choose.

I don't know how they handle XboxLive/GFWL, but if no one tried it, how we'd know?

Edit: Also, if region change is not allowed. Then I move out of my region = No more games for me? M$oft likes money, but I don't think for a second that they're stupid.

This post has been edited by Yuki Ijuin: May 25 2010, 01:04 AM

That key is pretty much gone,as it's tied to the wrong region.

Sorry to say this.

This is the problem with SSA(Server Side Authentication) in GFWL.

Once you set the wrong region, you pretty much have bought a pirated game.

Last I remember, CDKey authentication is still done on the developers' end. Recall Trogdor1oh1's experience with GFWL. Same Gears of War 1 key, multiple games including Fallout 3 and SFIV.

As long as you don't go online with 2 copies of the game with the same CDKeys, I don't think you'll have trouble.

This post has been edited by Yuki Ijuin: May 25 2010, 01:13 AM

There are 2 types of GFWL DRM, SSA and non-SSA. SSA DRM is like Steam,that your keys are tied to an account,while non SSA have limited activations that cannot be redeemed back.

Say if you put UK when you registered initially, and you move back to Malaysia, any SSA games are as good as gone,as you need UK IP to play the game. GFWL will refuse to login if you try to login from anywhere but UK.

This happen to me with DoW2 Beta and i took 1 day just to fix this. That is also why my GFWL account's name is Cheesenium2, as Cheesenium is tied to Australia only.

To prevent this from happening, you need to set your region as US when you first register at XBox Live where it grants you region free. My Cheesenium2 account logs in regardless of which country am i in.

Dont you see why i hate GFWL so much? I dont mind if they actually gave a warning for this so that you dont tie the key to the wrong account. The fact is,there arent any. Dont forget about the no-one-knows-how-many-activations DRM that GFWL enforce on non-SSA games like DoW2 and most games before late 2009.