So far the networking on windows is completely not working.... In all the samples provided by microsoft, it asks to download an update, telling me a restart may be required... So far, it gets all the way to almost the end of the bar (progress would be nice!) and freezes there...

I so far have the trial given by the DBP for running code on the 360... Do I need a full out premium membership, and I'm just unaware? Or is it a problem with my computer?

Thanks in advance for the help.

• A local user profile, which you can create for free using the Guide interface that comes up when you press the Home key

• A Live Gold account
• An XNA Creators Club subscription

Unless... any chance you are using a dual core AMD machine? If so have you installed their dual core optimizer BIOS patch? Machines without that fix are known to have issues running GFWL.

Seems to have had the same problem - but this time, the window exited itself...

I think because the XNA framework depends on Live for some of it's functionality, it needs to download the update to my machine. However, the silly "integratedness" of the update prevents me from downloading it... Which means no Live on windows... Which means no system link... I think that's the problem.

I've looked, and it seems the update only can be gotten by this client that pops up as part of the XNA Framework.

Anyone have a suggestion? I ran the 2007 1.1.2 version of AMD's Dual Core Optimizer (Got it off the AMD site....) Is there a newer version I need?

Do you get the same error when the network is disconnected?  With no network connection you should still be able to launch a network sample, bring up the guide and sign-in.

Also, do you have any other G4WL titles installed?

I don't have any G4WL games installed... Or own any for that matter.... What are they, btw? There's only two, right? I'm on XP...

Is there perhaps a .zip of the update? Then it wouldn't have to do it in the clever G4WL way, and it would work.

Thanks for the help before guys!