Well, Ive been trying to run Team fortress 2 for a long time and it keeps sending me a "hl2.exe has stopped working" error. It then says "windows will try to find a solution for you" and it crashes. I have googled this topic up and down, but cannot find a fix.
I am running home edition vista 32bit, Its got an integrated graphics card. The model of the computer is a Compaq Presario. Any help would be great. Thanks!
bob

Check your Firewall. Is the game in your Exceptions list?

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Yea, both on windows firewall and the router's firewall. I get to the menu screen just fine but once I try entering a game it crashes after loading everything.

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Does it crash only when connecting to an online game or a local game?

I have TF2 on Home Premium 32-bit and have no problems at all.

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I pretty much only have TF2 and starcraft. and it only crashes when I try to play TF2. I thought it might be due to the Integrated graphics card on my computer, but I'm not positive. I have an Intel graphics media accelerator 950, Intel Pentium dual-core Processor E2140, a 1024mb memory stick on a Compaq Presario Model SR5310F. It runs the Vista Home Premium 32-bit.

Hello SuperBOBman Sorry for the delay.
A fantastic way to see if your computer can run the game is this website Can You RUN It?
Select Team Fortress 2 from that drop down list, let it scan your specs and then it will tell you if you meet the minimum requirements or not

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CPUMinimum: Pentium 4/Athlon XP or betterYou Have: 2 processors running - Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2140 @ 1.60GHz

PASS
CPU SpeedMinimum: 1.7 GHzYou Have: 1.60 GHz Performance Rated at 2.88 GHz

PASS
System RAMMinimum: 512 MBYou Have: 1014.8 MB

PASS
Operating SystemMinimum: Windows 2000/XP/VistaYou Have: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition, 32-bit (Build 6000)

PASS
Video CardMinimum: DirectX 8 compatible video card (NVIDIA GeForce3+ / ATI Radeon 8500+)You Have: Intel(R) 82945G Express Chipset Family (Intel(R) 82945G Express Chipset Family)

PASS
Video Card Features - Minimum attributes of your Video Card
Video RAM: Required - 128 MB , You have - 256.0 MBVideo Card 3D Acceleration: Required - Yes , You have - YesPixel Shader Ver.: Required - 1.1 , You have - 2.0


FYI: Your video card driver version is provided for your information, but it is not part of this analysis. But proper video card driver versions are important to the proper operation of your product.
Sound CardMinimum: YesYou Have: Speakers (Realtek High Definiti

PASS Free Disk SpaceMinimum: 5 GBYou Have: 61.1 GB

PASS
Well this is what i received. Passed the minimum but not the recommended. Will this help?

It could be your onboard graphics - see this thread - not sure if its accurate because a lot of people have the exact same problem as you especially after the april 08 steam update.

Believed Intel video card based crash. - Steam Users Forums

Here's a snippet of what someone else posted about the april 08 update - sorry I realise it doesn't help your problem but I still can't stop laughing

Posted: 04/04/08 Wow!

New update for Steam and TF2 yesterday ...and ..no more problems on exit!

....because NOW i can't even START my Steam-Games! Is this ok? Hmmmm... i don't think so!

For me, it looks like all these "HL2.exe stopped working"-problems on exit AND start are the same!

Ok back to trying to help you get this sorted - this has worked for people who have Vista

FPSBANANA > Forum > STEAM - Steam > Other/Misc > Hl2 exe. has stopped working

Apart from that perhaps you do need a new graphics card or hopefully when the next patch comes out it will be fixed.

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