How to play Half Life 2 in Windows XP?

I tried a software called "Game Booster" but it didn't work, the game lags a lot + an error came up while the game was running, that this game is closing in an unusual way. What to do?

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asked Jul 28 '12 at 11:17

Yogi
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0	What are your system specifications? It may not be that it's windows XP, but that your hardware is outdated? answered Jul 28 '12 at 11:54 SkinnyBill 656●14●18●27

Wait, are you running it from Steam, or a CD, and why do you need game booster?

answered Jul 28 '12 at 12:57

pjob797
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Game Booster is software which temporarily optimises your system by disabling non-essensial services etc. It does give a noticeable performance boost.

(Jul 28 '12 at 12:59) SkinnyBill

ah, I see, but does the game run without it, hl2.exe is buggy, for me at least, and note I have plenty of system resources, so it could be disabling things it really needs or something

(Jul 28 '12 at 13:14) pjob797

post your specs and if you you meet the requirements, then try adjusting your paged pool memory

decent guide on increasing it (only do it if you meet the requirements, if you do not then don't do it as you will be wasting resources.

http://www.smashd.de/Source-games-HL%C2%B2DM-CSS/fixing-the-os-paged-pool-memory-low-problem-win-xp.html

answered Jul 28 '12 at 21:17

Razor512
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0	HL2 works just fine with XP. It's not that bad on resources either. I would adjust the video options and dump Game Booster. answered Jul 29 '12 at 18:16 ClosetFuturist 1.7k●6●14●27

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