Gamingnewslink.com’s self-help guide for Dawn of War 2 Chaos Rising’s Crashing, Freezing, Save problems, and Windows Parental Control service-related errors
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Can your PC handle Dawn of War 2 Chaos Rising? Here are Dawn of War 2’s System qequirements and Recommended system specifications
Chaos Rising Minimum requirements:
OS: Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista SP1
Processor: P4 3.2 GHz (single core) or any Dual Core processor
Memory: 1 GB RAM (XP), 1.5 GB RAM (Vista)
Graphics: A 128MB Video Card (Shader Model 3) – Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT / ATI X1600, or equivalent
Hard Drive: 6.5 GB of uncompressed Hard Drive space
Other Requirements: Online play requires log-in to Games For Windows – Live

Chaos Rising Recommended specs:
OS: Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista SP1
Processor: AMD Athlon 64×2 4400+ or any Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 2 GB RAM (XP and Vista)
Graphics: A 256MB Video Card (Shader Model 3) – Nvidia GeForce 7800 GT / ATI X1900, or equivalent
Hard Drive: 6.5 GB of uncompressed Hard Drive space

List of Known Battlefield Dawn of War 2 Chaos Rising errors and solutions/workarounds
Note : List will be updated as problems and solutions are posted in the comments

1. CRASH PROBLEMS
Update : A patch has been released that addresses some of the crashing concerns. check it out here
Problem #1 Dawn of War 2 Chaos Rising Crashes in-game / before a map gets loaded
Solution #1: Disable Anti Aliasing in the game menu
Solution #2: Edit the configuration.lua file, find the antialiasing setting and set it to ‘0′
Solution #3: For ATI Users, after doing the steps above, open the catalyst control menu then set AA settings to ‘Application Managed’
Credits : SuperSkyray@DoW2forums

Problem #2 Dawn of War 2 Chaos Rising crashes after cinematics
Solution
1. Changed Anti-aliasing on my Nvidia 3d settings to application controlled.
2. disabled family protection with start/run/services.msc
3. control panel/add-remove programs/ uninstall Windows live essentials/continue/family protection uninstalled.
4. went into steamapps/dow2/renamed DOW2.module **pre mods could screw up the game**
5. right click DOW2.exe /properties/compatibility/windows vista service pack 2/ also check run as administrator box.
6. opened steam/dow2 chaos rising properties/local files/verify integrity of cache to add a new DOW2.module
Credits : BiOHaTe@Hersesy-online

2. RETARDED ERROR MESSAGES

Problem #1 Dawn of War 2 Chaos Rising Parental Control Error message “The current user does not have permissions to play Dawn of War II”
Solution
The controls feature I had issues with was Windows Live Family Safety which is installed by default w/ Windows Live Essentials (even if you just want to install Messenger or whatnot, if you don’t do a custom install it will insert itself).

• To get rid of it, open up your Services panel (Start -> Run -> services.msc) and scroll down until you see Windows Live Family Safety.
• Right click the entry and select Properties. Do the same for the Parental Control service
• click the Stop Button, and in the drop down list above the stop/start/restart buttons select ‘Disabled’. Click Ok to apply.
• Next, go into Add/Remove Programs and select Windows Live Essentials and select ‘Uninstall’
• Click Continue and check the Windows Live Family Safety checkbox, click continue to remove this from your machine.

For some odd reason this particular parental control ’suite’ is completely separate from the standard Windows Parental Controls, and they don’t give you a warning that it is going to be installed with Live Essentials. It irritated me to no end when it happened to me – and made sure I remembered to do a custom install for any Essentials apps I wanted to use.
Credits : carlosjuero@steam

Problem #2 : Dawn of War 2 Error “xlive.dll not found error”
Solution #1
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 latest LIVE Redistributable from microsoft
Solution #2 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)
source : GNL DOW2 (non CR) fix guide

3. DAWN OF WAR 2 / CHAOS RISING VIDEO/GRAPHICAL PROBLEMS
Problem #1 : Dawn of War 2 / Chaos Rising missing or corrupted textures
Navigate to C:\MyDocuments\MyGames\DawnofWar2\Settings. You see a file called configuration.lua, all you have to do is delete it and start up DoW2.
Credits : Firespray

4. DAWN OF WAR 2 / CHAOS RISING SOUND PROBLEMS

Problem #1 : Dawn of War 2 chaos rising sound is out of sync
no solutions yet
Encountered by : Koudelka919

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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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- expect this list to grow longer as the commentors post errors and solutions -

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