RE: Gears of War - I won't get passed the "Downloading Profile" screen

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I got the same problem, not getting past the "downloading profile" window...
Very annoying.

"Kevin S." wrote:

I've just installed Gears of War (English version), and I'm trying to log
into LIVE with my LIVE ID (<name>@hotmail.com). When I do this, I get the
screen that says "Downloading profile. This might take a few minutes. Please
don't close the game".

http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/5...adingprre3.jpg

But I never get passed this screen. The games still runs, but I can't quit
LIVE. And here's what I've tried to do to get it to work:

1. Opened ports ONLY on my router (because Zonealarm Basic Firewall can't
open ports), turned off Zonealarm Basic Firewall, AVG anti-virus and Xfire
(some says it's Xfire that prevents them).

2. Re-installed Gears of War, and applied the newest patch from
http://gearsofwar.com/GearsPC/?

3. Re-installed and installed the newest version of LIVE.

4. Made another Xbox LIVE account and LIVE ID.

5. Looked through Microsoft's Gears of War knowledge-base, and I've tried to
contact them by phone (but they just tell me to look through their knowledge
base).

6. Let Gears of War run all night and try to connect to LIVE, without success.

I've not modified any files in the Gears of War folder, and I'm using the
original DVD to play. LIVE should work, but on my computer it just won't.
Please help me!
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