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Problem #1 : Dawn of War 2 Error  “xlive.dll not found error”

Solution A. (As posted by Maniac) :
1) Go to Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs -> Uninstall the “Microsoft Games for Windows LIVE Redistributable” if it is installed
2) Download and install the 2.0 LIVE Redistributable from “http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4a7f4478-7a4e-4f89-a88c-319972839793&DisplayLang=en”

Solution B : If you encounter this error right after installing Warhammer Dawn of War 2, try to restart your computer first because there are known issues with Games For Live not working properly when it has been installed from a previous title (especially Steam titles)

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Problem #2 : Dawn of War 2 frequent and random crashes after missions (Windows Vista Users)

Solution A : Change your “Texture Details” and the “Effects Fidelity” to medium and see if it helps solving the problem. (This is a temporarily fix, Relic is aware of the problem and working on it!)

Hopfully this gets fixed in a future patch… though im wondering why this went through the QA’s nose though=\

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Solution B : Patch is out! patch up to 1.1.1 or w/e the latest version is. If you installed Dawn of War 2 via Steam, Steam should do this automatically for you

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Problem # 3 : Dawn of War 2 Crashes on Startup

Solution A : Reinstall Dawn of War 2 and Games for Windows Live, as well as other redist packages on the support folder (located inside the DoW2 folder)

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Problem # 4 : Dawn of War 2 error “An error occured while starting the game”

Solution A (As posted by Shepherd) : “these people really are as evil as i thought - Its because i wasn’t properly signed in with my windows live id (even though every time you start the game it says “You are signed in”). I need to open then windows live tool bar and try and sign in there.”

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Problem #5 : Crash before mission starts

Solution A : Try to reduce the graphics setting to Low or Medium
If this fixes the game, try updating DoW 2 to the latest version as well as your video card drivers then try the higher graphics settings again

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