all,
I bought, installed, played and deinstalled HL2.  At the time I created a
Steam account / password.  I used some yahoo account for regististration
(for spam collection) .. but I have since deleted that yahoo email account.

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I got Episode 1 (Aftermath) yesterday, but haven't opened the package and installed it. I would
like to know if I can uninstall this addon and then give the addon to someone else. I doubt I
will ever replay this map again. How does this work with my STEAM account? I know, I can

Hi, HL2 worked fine for me for months, but now it, er, doesn't.  I don't
know if any of the below could explain it:
I downloaded the Lost Coast level, which quickly crashed.  (I also tried to
resurrect ye olde Grim Fandango by installing DirectX6, but that was no

Well now, that was a mini epic! I really enjoyed this, and am already
looking forward to the next installment. Between this and Sin episodes, I
think that we, the end users have become part of the new way that gaming
content will be delivered. Half Life Episode One should also ...

I am getting an error message when loading Episode 1 that states "hl2.exe
has encountered a problem and needs to close". When I click on details, it
states an Error Signature with AppName:hl2.exe and ModName:datacache.dll
I am able to play Lost Coast and the full version of HL2, ...

I just bought Half-Life 2 and I'm getting graphical anomalies in-game.
The most distant mountains or buildings flash different colors: bright
purple, blue, red, etc.  It's very distracting.
I've tried the following to correct the problem: