Sierra Entertainment 'Half-Life: Counter-Strike' Program Causes an Error Message in Windows XP (324725)

SYMPTOMS

When you are playing the Sierra Entertainment 'Half-Life: Counter-Strike' program, you may receive the following error message:

CounterStrike has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

If the error message is still displayed and you want to see the data that the error report contains, click the click here link at the bottom of the message box. You then see error signature information that may be similar to:

   App name     App version  Module name  Module version  Offset
   ---------------------------------------------------------------
   cstrike.exe  1.0.0.4      cstrike.exe  1.0.0.4         01512c53

CAUSE

This issue may occur if Half-Life: Counter-Strike version 1.0.0.4 or earlier by Sierra Entertainment is installed. These versions of this program are not completely compatible with the Microsoft software that is listed at the beginning of this article.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, contact Sierra Entertainment to inquire about the availability of a fix for this issue. For information about how to do so, visit the following Sierra Entertainment Web site:

http://www.sierra.com/support

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MORE INFORMATION

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For information about how to contact Valve LLC, click the appropriate article number in the following list to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

65416 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, A-K

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