Winter Assault will not start

[blackpaladin05]

Hello all,

Thank you in advance for any and all assistance. I was hoping to start up Winter Assault to play with a friend who does not yet have Dark Crusade. I have the Game-of-the-Year pack with both Dawn of War and Winter Assault, and got Dark Crusade when it was released (incidentally my birthday).

My problem is this: When I insert my CD for Winter Assault and attempt to open the game, I get a pop-up message stating that "A required security module can not be activated. This program can not be executed."

I have not played online before and know that my software is not patched to be up-to-date. However, it is impossible to patch if I cannot even open the game! Even then, I sincerely doubt that this is an issue dealt with in patches.

If it is a mod issue, I have installed exactly two mods: the Survivor (defense) maps, and the Heroes mod. However, these were both installed into the Dark Crusade directory, and should have little to no bearing on Winter Assault.

I have attached a screenshot indicating my problem.

Thank you for your time.

[brother-horus]

you can patch from http://dowpatch.com

this may sort out the security issue, if it works at 1.41, then its the disk.

[TBS]

Yes, this could be the copy protection playing up - applying all the patches will remove the copy protection and so bypass the issue.

[blackpaladin05]

Thanks for the help guys, things are working better now.