'Official' Half-Life 2 Thread. Do Not Create New Threads (NO SPOILERS)

[tbaher]

Excellent procedure, never thought of doing that,
here's what I did with the registry (on winxp)

Start -> Run -> Regedit

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\Scsi\
look in the port keys (scsi port x) for one that has SCSI Bus X\target id x\logical unit x with a value of the device name used for demon tools "generic DVD" for example or whatever you called it in the daemon tools config
right click on that port entry and select permissions
check "deny" on "read" and "full control" for the list of users/groups that are there.
apply.

do the same for the port that has blindwrite

now my question is this: do i need to deny all users or just "administrators" or "system"

[ente]

just administrator everytime you reboot your pc

[kondekas]

How large is the launcher.exe file, i have 196 608 bytes.
launcher.exe and hl2.exe has a DOS application icon. should it be so or there is another icon?

is there any encryption used?

i copied hl2 from DVD iso.

thank you!

[Dimensio]

I already deciphered the BlindWrite instructions.

My problem is that, for some inexplicable reason, BlindWrite refuses to extract the DVD image. It gives me the error "Can't find a method to read a CD DATA track".

Does anyone else have this problem? Has anyone been able to extract the image via BlindWrite? Does anyone know of a possible workaround?

I've used BW in the past (previous installation of XP), and I don't remember having this problem.

[Dimensio]

Originally Posted by tbaher

now my question is this: do i need to deny all users or just "administrators" or "system"

I had to do it for "Everyone", because my main playing account is not an Administrator-level account (because only an idiot runs as Admin all the time )

I did not change it for "RESTRICTED" or "SYSTEM".

[doctor_kaz]

I guess that I'll ask this question here since it's as good a place as any....

Is it impossible to transfer ownership of this game? I want to sell my copy as soon as I am done playing it through. Or am I permanently stuck with it?

[TRICHOMEZ]

Originally Posted by doctor_kaz

I guess that I'll ask this question here since it's as good a place as any....

Is it impossible to transfer ownership of this game? I want to sell my copy as soon as I am done playing it through. Or am I permanently stuck with it?

YES YOU CAN TRANSFER....IF YOU REMOVE THE ORIGINAL FROM YOUR PC........YOU CAN GET ALL THIS INFO FROM THE VALVE WEBSITE.

[Luciel]

TRICHOMEZ, it says in www.play.com *you need access to the internet to be able to play this game* so im guessing theres no way of playing it without having to activate it through the internet.

[vib]

Originally Posted by TRICHOMEZ

YES YOU CAN TRANSFER....IF YOU REMOVE THE ORIGINAL FROM YOUR PC........YOU CAN GET ALL THIS INFO FROM THE VALVE WEBSITE.

Could you be a little more specific? A link or an e-mail address perhaps?

[GLH]

Originally Posted by doctor_kaz

Is it impossible to transfer ownership of this game? I want to sell my copy as soon as I am done playing it through. Or am I permanently stuck with it?

In the forum at steampowered.custhelp.com is a thread with this question:
Can I transfer my CD Key to another Steam Account?
The Answer is:
Transferring CDKeys from one account to another is not supported at this time.

[hijack]

http://hijack.abs*********/

[ente]

Stupid Virus/Trojaner Poster

[Grumpy]

@ente
Is Hijack's crack a fake? Have you tried it? I would try it but I dont have Steams exe!

[hijack]

Have u even tried it?

I made it myself and it works fine for me, but feel free to not use it...

I released the source code so if you don't trust me, check the code and build it yourself.

[Grumpy]

@ Hijack
No I havent tried it as I only have the retail version of the game and dont have the Steam hl2.exe! I was merely taking 'ente' word for it! But for now I will give you the benefit of the doubt and edit my previous post to something more appropriate! For now anyway until someone confirms it!