Reduce the Hardware acceleration to Basic, the 2nd notch from the left.Ĭlick Apply and then OK 2 times.
Under Speaker settings, click the Advanced button. Turn your sound acceleration down for Windows XPĬlick the Start button > Settings > Control Panel.ĭouble-click the Sounds and Audio Devices icon. Hit the OK button and close the utility, and restart your computer when prompted to. Next go to the Services tab and check the “Hide All Microsoft Services” checkbox and then hit the Disable All button. Once the utility comes up, go to the Startup tab and hit the Disable All button. In the Run window, type in msconfig and hit enter. (If you are on Vista or Windows 7, hit the Windows key and the R key at the same time) Restart the computer to turn off User Access Control.Īll background applications should be shut down prior to running the game. Slide the slider bar to the lowest value (towards Never Notify), with description showing Never notify me.
Type “MsConfig” in Start Search to start System Configuration, then go to Tools tab, select Change UAC Settings, then click on Launch button.Ĭlick on User Account Control settings link. Go to Start Menu -> Control Panel -> System and Security -> Action Center.Ĭlick or right click on Flag icon in notification area (system tray), and then Open Action Center. Go to Start Menu -> Control Panel -> User Accounts and Family Safety -> User Account. To user Control Panel to disable UAC in Windows 7, there are several methods to access the User Account Control settings page: To disable UAC in Windows 7 is almost similar as to disable UAC in Windows Vista, only with slight user interface change. You need to reboot the computer for changes to apply. When the command is done, you can close the window.Ĭlose MSCONFIG. Click on that line.Ī CMD window will open. You can disable UAC by using one of the following methods:Ĭlick on the Tools tab. VISTA or Windows 7 ? - Start Steam as administrator and see if this helps.ĭisable the whole UAC. !!! You also need to run Steam as administrator !!!
Set your Windows and Game resolution on 1024×768, 32 bit True Color. Modern Warfare 2 Crashing to desktop at startup/launch. If that doesn't fix it restart your computer.ģ. Please try again at another time” and ‘Steam Error 55′ MW2 “Steam - Error This game is currently unavailable. WORKAROUND SOLUTION that worked for some: see Nr.26Ģ. Sometimes just a simple "Take the power plug from router out and put it back in" does the trick. Ports UDP: 1500, 3005, 3101, 28960 and TCP: 27015 (SRCDS Rcon port).Īdditionally the Steam client transmits and receives network traffic on : ( - info for most routers and how to)Ĭall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 transmits and receives network traffic on : Go to the last tab Windows Firewall > add the following ports :
Solution : Go to Network connections on your PC > Right mouse click on your connection.
Modern warfare 2 - Connection failed ( or installation problems ).
So it is trial and error till you find what works for you.ġ. List of known CoD MW2 errors, solutions & workarounds These Solutions are only for Steam !! maybe some will help too but atleast not