I’ve spent many hours trying everything I and anyone else can think of to get Enemy Territory to work! This forum may be my last resort.
I’ve discovered that Return to Castle Wolfenstein doesn’t even work. It used to work flawlessly. It’s getting the same error message as Enemy Territory. I have no idea what could have happened to my system to cause this error to be prevailent.
OK, so here’s the run-down:
I happily 
installed Enemy Territory after learnng of its release. I loaded Gamespy and launched a server filled with anticipation. 
The laod-screen blank map appeared along with a blank column on the right. I thought these being blank were strange, but I shrugged off the curiosity and waited. Suddenly a glimpse of game specs. briefly flickered on the screen. The screen went blank again. After several more seconds, it happened again. This went on until I receieved the infamous error message:
“ET.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience…”
I thought this was a one-time just-my-luck scenario, so I tried another server. The same error message popped up! I’ve actually managed to enter into a few games, but after a few minutes the freeze with a haunting broken- record sound loop. I’ve somehow gotten to the point where the load-up screen displays information in the right-hand column such as “connecting…” and other info.
It really makes me mad because it used to work, but now it doesn’t. Could it be my ISP - AOL?, Windows XP?
I have a router, but I have the same problem after disconnecting it and linking the DSL modem directly to the computer.
I’ve run out of ideas. I hope someone out there knows the answer because I certainly don’t.
A lot of people are actually having the same problem. Maybe we can rule out possible causes such as ISP, operating system, router, etc. They’re all related somehow.
I have hardware and drivers that surpass the minimal requirements, so I’m pretty sure that isnt’ the problem.
Please help.
I reinstalled it then it worked.