Steam and L4D2

Well the GPU requirement is usually the most important...

2.2 Ghz Intel Core 2 duo, 4 gigs of ram, 320 gig hdd, 1280x800 screen res, I meet all the minimum specs except for the graphics card reqs. But "-safe" should let it run at the very least. lrsp

2.2 Ghz Intel Core 2 duo, 4 gigs of ram, 320 gig hdd, 1280x800 screen res, I meet all the minimum specs except for the graphics card reqs. But "-safe" should let it run at the very least. lrsp

[QUOTE="lrsp"]2.2 Ghz Intel Core 2 duo, 4 gigs of ram, 320 gig hdd, 1280x800 screen res, I meet all the minimum specs except for the graphics card reqs. But "-safe" should let it run at the very least. biggest_loser

If you graphic chip is an Intel Express or Intel whatever. L4D2 is not going to work with it. Your buddy's Laptop probably has a Nvidia or an AMD video chip set.

If you see the name "Intel" Anywhere near a gpu descrpition, don't even consider buying the Laptop. Through previous experiences, I know that those GPUs are complete S***.

Now back to Bad Company 2 :)

Try running it as Administrator, I previously had the same problem but it works fine now.

I just helped another user here with a similiar problem. He could not get to loading screen at all and would crash/hang on the bink intro videos. If you're not even getting to the main menu try disabling the .bink videos by adding -novid to your set launch options like you did with the -safe. This took him directly to the loading screen and then the main menu without crashing.

Still have the link to the preview picture too, for clarity. Right click > Properties > Set Launch Options button.