ERROR: hl2.exe has stopped working

I just got a new computer with vista home premium on it. I installed steam,
updated my graphics card drivers, and installed cs:s and it worked great for
a few days. But now, whenever I try to launch cs:s, it just takes me to the
menu screen and then crashes, and I get a message that says "hl2.exe has
stopped working". I reinstalled steam and cs a few times. Then I heard this
was an issue with dep, and I was told that I needed to go to the command
prompt, run as administrator, and type in a command that disabled dep, but
I'm still getting the problem. I seriously don't know what to do. Can anyone
help?

Steam and HL2 is are Vista compliant or at least Steam supports vista. I'm
not sure where the DEP issue comes in. I didn't have to do anything with DEP
to get Steam installed and HL2 (and the add-ons) to work.

I'd be more out to look at any other updates or software add that's you've
done to the system. Any tweaks to the firewall, Maybe Windows Defender. Any
anti-Virus software. I'm guessing something else changed.

One thing you could try, is to create another user account, log-in and try
to play with that account. Over in the FEAR forums there was a guy who could
patch the game and when he tried that it worked. If it doesn't work, then
you might have a registry corruption issues or something else going on in
your profile that hindering HL2

[BarbKirb]

i dont have a answer to that but the same happened to me its because of
AIM it has a virus. there is a file i cant find but if i do ill post
it:)

Are you overclocking? i had the same message for a while. i have vista
ultimate 32. When i raised my vcore or lowered my clock speed to a more
stable level, it worked.


I think it has to do with AIM 6's security update. I hadn't gotten on
AIM in a very long time and today i got on and installed the update and
now i get the HL2 error on all my games. Has anyone figured out how to
fix this? My virus scanner doesn't detect any coded viruses inthe files,
so what else could it be? HELP!

I had the same problem when I got a new computer with Vista Businiss x64
opening Portal or TF:2 after a few seconds it would either just close or
crash.

It did not start like that though for about 2 days it worked fine, then
it would sometimes crash after playing for a few minutes now it crashes
before it opens.

I actually just set it as an exception in the DEP for steam which might
have helped, still need to test it though.

But here is how you can try the same.

Control Panel > System And Maintenance > System > Advanced System
Settings > On the Advanced tab go to setting under Performance then
Data Execution Prevention.

You can either try setting it to "Turn on DEP for essential windows
programs and services only"

Or try turning DEP on for all programs and add Steam as an exception.

I haven't tested if it's fully worked yet, but Portal does open now.


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Adrole

I have the same exact problem, and i've uninstalled everything that the
forums on steam said to uninstall such as my google tooolbars, and my
avg 7.5 . and this has been happening for a while. Yesterday i was at my
friends house and we signed onto my accout to play garrys mod and it
worked on his computer. but i dont know whats wrong with my computer. i
have windows vista home edition.
if someone can help me please message me back soon, im so freaking
bored and pissed because i cant play cs:s.
please message me back soon, i need some help

I am very Pissed Off!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ive tried these things for this:
Command promt net localgroup Administrator/I dont remember
Dep exception-steam
Ive also tried playing portal then Gmod to see if that worked,but nope
it only happens when i play gmod iwant to play it so bad I NEED TO
SOLVE THIS PROBLEM!!!

Did I just waste $10?

[Vania]

I was also getting this error message i try to follow this steps:-

1. Go to the command prompt (hit run and type in cmd.exe)
   and type this in:
   
   • net localgroup Administrators /add Local Service
   
   
2. Then you can type this in:
   
   • net localgroup Administrators
   
   
   and Check if LOCAL NT AUTHORITY/SERVICE is listed or not, if it is there then it will worked and finally reboot your PC.

You can also check below links for more details

Hl2.exe has stopped working, cod2_mp has stopped working
hl2.exe error message with Vista only
"hl2.exe" doesn't work
cod2mp_s.exe has stopped working

[Salton]

If you are using Windows Vista Ultimate or Business editions the follow this steps:-

1. Right click on My Computer and then click on Manage.
   
   
2. Now Double click Users and Groups and then click on Groups.
   
   
3. Then right click on Administrators Option.
   
   
4. Click on Add to group and then click on Add,then on Advanced Option and Click on Find Now.
   
   
5. Click OK.
   
   
6. Over here you will see NT Authority\Local Servicein the list , Click on OK.
   
   
7. Finally close Computer Management and reboot your PC.

If the above mention things don't work for you check out the below links

War Rock - warrock.exe has stopped working
left4dead.exe has stopped working
NTVDM.EXE has stopped working
Checksur.exe has stopped working

Easy fix for me. Locate your Steamapps folder and open it. For me the
path was C>Program Files>Steam>Steamapps.

Open this folder. Double Click on the folder that is named as your
Steam login. Delete the folder within for the application that is
causing the error. For me I had to delete my "Insurgency" folder. I had
other mods such as Day of Defeat & Team Fortress 2 that had their own
folders but since I did not have any problems with those I just deleted
the the Insurgency folder. Restarted the app after deleting the folder
and no problems. Restarting the app recreated the Insurgency folder with
a fresh hl2.exe in it and I think that is how the problem was resolved.

HELP PLEASE SOMONE HELP ME!!!!I HAVE HL2DM AND I HAVE A LISTEN SERVER
ONLINE AND MY FREINDS CAN JOIN FINE,BUT WHEN I ADD A ZOMBIE MAPIT LOADS
FINE. BUT WHEN I SHOOT THE ZOMBIES OR THE AI,THE GAME STALS FOR A FEW
SECONDS AND THEN IT TURNS WHITE AND SAYS
:HL2DM HAS ENCOUNTED A PROBLEM
CLICK HERE TO CLOSE NOW!!! SO I DO AND TRY IT AGAIN BUT WHEN I DO IT
AGAIN IT DOES THE SAME THING!!! SOMEONE HELP!!! MY STEAM USER NAME IS
:thecakeis4real


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papatiti

Adrole;695334 Wrote:
> I had the same problem when I got a new computer with Vista Businiss
> x64
> opening Portal or TF:2 after a few seconds it would either just close
> or
> crash.
>
> It did not start like that though for about 2 days it worked fine,
> then
> it would sometimes crash after playing for a few minutes now it
> crashes
> before it opens.
>
> I actually just set it as an exception in the DEP for steam which
> might
> have helped, still need to test it though.
>
> But here is how you can try the same.
>
> Control Panel > System And Maintenance > System > Advanced System
> Settings > On the Advanced tab go to setting under Performance then
> Data Execution Prevention.
>
> You can either try setting it to "Turn on DEP for essential windows
> programs and services only"
>
> Or try turning DEP on for all programs and add Steam as an exception.
>
> I haven't tested if it's fully worked yet, but Portal does open now.
>
>
> --
> Adrole

I've Done that and my G-Mod still won't work -.-


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zach24
Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com

I'm using Vista 64 myself, and I got the same HL2.exe stopped working a
few times. I might also add that I just downloaded Portal today. HL2
is the Half Life 2 engine for portal, and it's in your portal folder. I
just created an exception for it and now it works fine.


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tomofpittsburgh