HL/Steam probs

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I've only managed to connect to CS online once.... I seem to be unable to
run any HL derivative at the moment... I've updated my drivers etc.... I get
a "DHHelp error" or when I try to connect to a server or start a game
everything just freezes up??

I can see the idea behind Steam, but I've yet to enjoy the percieved
benefits?? It's most frustrating... I just wanna get online and kill
things!! ;-)

I'm gonna try a complete format of my system and start afresh..... Hopefully
that will work.

Any advice in the meantime would be most appreciated

 

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On 4/20/2005 11:19 AM ^DragonFire_UK^ brightened our day with:

>I've only managed to connect to CS online once.... I seem to be unable to
>run any HL derivative at the moment... I've updated my drivers etc.... I get
>a "DHHelp error" or when I try to connect to a server or start a game
>everything just freezes up??
>
>I can see the idea behind Steam, but I've yet to enjoy the percieved
>benefits?? It's most frustrating... I just wanna get online and kill
>things!! ;-)
>
>I'm gonna try a complete format of my system and start afresh..... Hopefully
>that will work.
>
>Any advice in the meantime would be most appreciated
>
>
>
>
What's your OS? DirextX version?
I think you need to upgrade to DirectX 9.0c, but that's just a guess.

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[Andrew]

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On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 18:19:44 GMT, "^DragonFire_UK^"
<andydragonfire@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I've only managed to connect to CS online once.... I seem to be unable to
>run any HL derivative at the moment... I've updated my drivers etc.... I get
>a "DHHelp error" or when I try to connect to a server or start a game
>everything just freezes up??

Have you got a software firewall prompting in the background?
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"Andrew" <spamtrap@localhost.> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 18:19:44 GMT, "^DragonFire_UK^"
> <andydragonfire@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>I've only managed to connect to CS online once.... I seem to be unable to
>>run any HL derivative at the moment... I've updated my drivers etc.... I
>>get
>>a "DHHelp error" or when I try to connect to a server or start a game
>>everything just freezes up??
>
> Have you got a software firewall prompting in the background?
> --
> Andrew, contact via interpleb.blogspot.com
> Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards,
> please don't top post. Trim replies to quote only relevant text.
> Check groups.google.com before asking an obvious question.

I think you will find it is a DDHELP error and this relates to your Direct X
being damaged or outdated....

Uninstall your existing Direct X driver and go get the latest.... I think
that is 9.0c or something now...

Hope this helps....