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Fix: ‘The Rockstar Update Service is Unavailable’ Installing GTA 5 on Windows PC
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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Some customers have been experiencing issues when installing or playingGTA Vdue to a Windows User Account Name error. Rockstar has published some details on how to work around the issue, so we have decided to help you out in case you didn’t hear about this yet.Apparently, there have been quite a lot of problems for the Windows users who wanted to installGTA5 on their PCs. And Rockstar has listened to their complaints and tried to solve some of the issues. Here’s what many players have been complaining about:
I am having problems installing or playing GTAV PC. Issues include anerror messagesaying “The Rockstar update service is unavailable (code 1)”, or the game hanging while trying to download the update. How can I fix this?
Following that, many users encountered the issue with different codes:
How to fix “The Rockstar Update Service is Unavailable”
A fellow user onRedditconfirms that he managed to quickly fix this issue by using areliable VPN. Connecting to the servers might get blocked by some of your settings. Using agood VPNwill get you connected easily.
Follow the steps from below to see what Rockstar is instructing us to do. However, you should know that if you created a new Windows account to play before the fix, you will be able to continue playing GTA V on your original Windows account.
Log in to the new account you created, and copy your game data to a folder that can be accessed from both user accounts:
Go ahead and read Rockstar’sposton this for the rest of the instructions. Sound off below by leaving your comment and let us know if you’re still experiencing problems.
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