GFWL unable to connect to LIVE in Fable 3 (error code 0x80151906)

Mew 1O1 · Aug 12, 2020

When I attempt to activate my key for Fable 3 on PC, I will get error code 0x80151906 saying that it could not connect to the network. I've had no issues with other games such as Halo 2 Vista, and was even able to activate Fallout 3 on GFWL a few days ago
with no issues, the problem only seems to occur with Fable 3. I've tried reinstalling the game, the various GFWL components, disabled my firewall, running the game in Windows 7 compatibility mode as Administrator, but nothing seems to work and I'm at my wit's
end as I need to be able to connect to LIVE through GFWL to be able to play with a friend.

This is a screenshot of the error if it helps any:

https://i.imgur.com/NZWGJfC.jpeg

:)

SwordofWhedon

Did you actually manage to actovate games? Ive been trying to get my virtua tennis and gta 4 to activate

Mew 1O1

Did you actually manage to actovate games? Ive been trying to get my virtua tennis and gta 4 to activate

I have been able to activate games, yes. I activated Fallout 3 a couple of days ago, and was able to activate Kane and Lynch: Dead Men last night with no issues at all

Ziptar

GFWL shut down permanently.

Yep, microsft is *** all fable 3 on PC buyers.

Guhndahb

I'm encountering this as well when trying to download & install DLC for Fable 3. Initially, it would give an instantaneous error when I tried to download in-game or if I launched GFWL. So I uninstalled both Marketplace and GFWL-Redistributable, and then
installed the version from here:

www.xbox.com/.../DownloadClient

Following this, launching the game led to it updating the GFWL client again.

This resolved the instantaneous connection failure, but that was replaced by downloads just being stuck at 0% in-game and getting the "There was an error retrieving your purchase history." error in Marketplace.

I've tried launching Marketplace as Admin, but that has no effect. And I'm already running Windows 7 so Win 7 compatibility mode wouldn't make sense.

I hope a solution to this is still being sought! Thank you.

AlabasterBlue

Okay.

1. Delete Local Content for Fable III (I did this thru Steam interface itself)

2. Uninstall GFWL and Redistrubutable (did this thru Apps and Features of Windows 10)

3. Reboot system.

4. Reinstall Fable III (thru Steam. long wait. large download)

5. Redownload gfwlivesetup.exe and run. (it ended up being gfwlivesetup(2).exe as I neglected to delete the previous two attempts.)

6. Open GFWL and sign in under my .live e-mail account with all my previously earned achievements and attempt to find purchase history. (Fail)

7. Run Fable for the first time and see no compatibility issues to combat. (Game requested I close the game to download an update to the GFWL client built into the game itself.)

8. Closed Fable III (update goes into automatic run, forces closing of open GFWL of step 6 to continue.)

9. Relog into Fable check the ingame download room. (Find same error as I've always had).

10. Write up this comment.

11. Close Fable III down as I await a reply.

= Again. Thank-you for your continued support.

GFWL unable to connect to LIVE in Fable 3 (error code 0x80151906)