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the .exe signature expired, rendering all legit copy unplayable

yay drm?

hi there, just got my copy today and I can't seems to install it, I'm trying to install at D, my C only got 9gb space left so not enuff, yes it is enuff for temp file. its say 7gb for temp file on C.

Anyway, after selecting the D, I clicked the install button, but the window installation just disappear, its still visible at taskbar, but when click on it, nothing happen.

Yes, I'm buying original version and my pc spec is
AMD X2 5000, 9400GT, 3GB Ram, run on Windows Vista Ultimate.

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Added on March 24, 2009, 5:52 pmnvrmind guys, can install now, so long need to scan the disc I guess

*Still waiting for GOW 2 to come out on the PC*
   

i think they solved the problem. visit the gears of war forum...i downloaded the updater and it works perfectly. no need to change the date of your computer.

Mine telling me what this updater is called? I searched the forum but don't see anything there

hey guys, I have tried this method and it seems like the crashing does not appear anymore. I'll explain the method to u guys. Whether it helps or not , pls reply here. I wanted to know whether it's a real solution.

First get urself another version of xlive redist from (default version 1.1.0322, and this one is 1.2.0238): http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/0...ist1.2.0238.msi

and install it.

run the game and continue ur campaign, when u're in the game, paused it and minimize the game.

Then go to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Gears of War\Binaries  find a file called WarGame-G4WLive.exe (REMEMBER It's 1kb only, if it's not 1kb u probably found a diff one), open it with notepad.

Change tis code from the file:
<OriginalXliveTarget>1.1.0322.0</OriginalXliveTarget>

to

<OriginalXliveTarget>1.2.0238.0</OriginalXliveTarget>

then save it. And continue wif ur game.

Enjoy and play until u feel u wanted to quit, pause the game again. Minimize it and open the WarGame-G4WLive.exe file wif notepad again.

Change the code from:

<OriginalXliveTarget>1.2.0238.0</OriginalXliveTarget>

to

<OriginalXliveTarget>1.1.0322.0</OriginalXliveTarget>

save and close. Then return back to the game. And press quit game. And there u able to finish ur game without crashing! (Remember, although the game said that it won't save ur checkpoint, but it actually does, so dun worry)

Why i think it helps?
GoW requires this xliveredist to save ur game progress and personal setting, the default version 1.1.0322 enable u to auto save the game, but auto save by xlive will crash ur game. Therefore, u need to load ur continue campaign first wif default xlive then disable the auto save by changing xliveredist version. When u wanted to quit, u restore the default version xlive. So tat it can turn normal again.

Pls try it and c whether it solve the problem or not ^^

there's keep popping out msg

'G:\Gears of War\Binaries\WarGame-G4WLive.exe: You cannot run the game with modified executable code. Please reinstall the game.'

Whats modified executable code means ?