How to run HALO 2 under Windows XP

[hssemichi]

open up a cmd shell (start -> run -> cmd -> enter) and navigate to the folder where you extracted loader.exe (with 'cd directory').
then type

loader.exe LetterOfDVDROMDrive:\StartUp.exe

same procedure for starting the game after copying dll's - just type

Loader.exe "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo 2\halo2.exe"

(depends on operating system language)

[frankmichaels]

Thanks hssemichi
for the clarity in communication.

"I belong to a breed where we are not very computer literate but not afraid to venture deep into it based on clear instructions"

For example I missed typing in the (“) quotes just cause I was not sure I had to.
Maybe that line could be written as
[Loader.exe "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo 2\halo2.exe" (include quotes)]

Finally I got to it. – THANKS.