There's not yet any word on when the fix will be released, but Rockstar's support page will be updated with details when they are available, as well as with instructions on how to transfer your progress from a temporary Windows account to your permanent one. Unfortunately, simply renaming your account won't suffice if you already have an unsupported character in your name. In the meantime, you can deal with it by creating a new user account with administrator privileges and a name that consists only of the aforementioned characters. Rockstar is already working on a fix for this issue. This has resulted in the bizarre situation of Rockstar's support site hosting a list entitled, 'Supported Characters At Launch for Windows Usernames for GTAV PC.' Your Windows account name could be to blame if the game hangs while downloading an update or is giving you errors like, 'The Rockstar update service is unavailable (code 1).' This is because Windows account names that contain characters other than a number (0-9) or letter (uppercase or lowercase A-Z) will prevent GTA V from being able to install and run properly. If you already transferred your character and have lost vehicles, Rockstar suggests you submit a support request. There's no indication that Rockstar will be able to offer a fix that doesn't involve first saving your progress on console. Once that disappears, your progress will be saved, and you're free to initiate the transfer to PC. Once you leave GTA Online, an orange save icon will appear in the bottom right corner.

The game will not save on the latest Title Update, and your vehicles will now transfer properly to PC.

If you have not played in a long time, you will be prompted to accept a Title Update.

Enter GTA Online on your PS3 or Xbox 360.

Unfortunately, to prevent this from happening, Rockstar says you'll need to log in to your character on console before initiating a transfer on PC. If you've transferred your GTA Online progress from the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 versions, you may lose your saved cars if you haven't played since December 2013. At least a few of those problems have workarounds, which we've outlined below. Original Story: Grand Theft Auto V has, at long last, finally been released on PC, but some unfortunate gamers are encountering issues that are preventing them from being able to play.

Update: Rockstar has released the first and second patches for GTA V, and they resolve a number of problems, including the Windows username and Windows Media Player issues outlined below.

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