How to run HALO 2 under Windows XP

[nebulasg]

Originally Posted by jinglschmidt

hey, i'm having a strange problem... i can't even install the game >< ... I run startup.exe thru loader.exe, and the startup program loads, but when i say to install the game, without starting, it just gives me 2 errors... 1) a computer maintenance profile hasn't been created, and 2) the vid card drivers need to be updated. Both error screens give me two options: Run and Don't Run.

Is there a way to bypass the system-check before install? or can i manually copy the files to their respective directories to install the game? or anything that i can do? I'm not hasty to install updated drivers for the vid card... the last time i tried it, it wiped out an important system file, and i had to reformat ; ;...

System Specs:
Mobo: ASUS A8N-SLI
Graphics: nVidia GeForce 7600 GT
2GB RAM, 4 500GB HDDs
OS: Dual-Boot WinServer2003 (Workstation/XP mode) & WinXP

i have the same GPU and the same problem! the installation is fine until i click continue and it pops up with this problem... i, also, have had issues with this driver. i thought it might have something to do with the driver not being compatible with windows vista, but thought again why other people could get it to work on XP while i couldn't.
Samoth has another nvidia 7 series gpu (same drivers) with this problem. someone please address this issue!!

[BarryB]

I get than when I run STEAM games under Vista using the latest BETA driver, 162.22! STEAM doesn't know it's arse from its elbow

[Joe Forster/STA]

Isn't the latest version of the nVidia ForceWare drivers for Vista version 100.x?

[BarryB]

Latest WHQL drivers released today on Nvidias site: 162.22 for Vista, 162.18 for XP!

[sabbey]

I wonder what the chances are for a patch from MS adding XP play to the game, so we wouldn't have to go through these hassles? I know I'd buy the game if they did, otherwise, I think I'll let you guys test it first...

[ChinToka]

I have a big problem with my Halo version:
I used the WOWLOADER und the install window appeared.... but i can´t change the directory and somehow 5gb of my harddrive space is missing and i can´t find where it went. Somehow the loader copied something on my drive... but whre is it? has anyone had the same problem?

[a30993]

... Ok. I get the game to load up, I start a campaign, choose my difficulty.

Nothing happens.. it just sits there.

I press escape and it goes back to the choose difficulty screen.

WHAT THE HECK?

[H20polo]

can someone help me i installed halo 2 and i get this message" initialization faild. Either insufficient system resources were found

wat does it mean

[el_jefe]

Originally Posted by - Viking -

I use the WinXP Loader and everything was fine,
until level 12 - the game ends and I get a dialog
"please insert the original Halo 2 DVD".

Can anyone help me?

Same for me. Any solutions?

[mayankgupta86]

plz help guys....i m having problem....
LIVE gaming failed to intialize...maybe being used by another LIVE gaming appliation running...plz reinstall....i have reinstalled the game many times...and even upated the windows LIVE...to 1.1...but still having same problem...HELP HELP

[BarryB]

Well this game is for Vista, not XP. The XP hack only works so far into the game so best play it under Vista!

[mayankgupta86]

i completely understand that...but m not going to use vista for about 5-6 months...n have xp...working great...n gotta know that halo 2 xp is possible by hacking...got an error...so plz guide me...

[BarryB]

It's an unsupported 'hack'! If you can't get it working that's nobody's fault, have you checked M$ site for Windows Live issues?

[voodoo_nbgd]

There is working fix for level 12 issue. Just google for "halo 2 loaderplus" and use Loaderplus instead of Loader to launch the game.
The problem is in ReadFile API function. The version included in XP cannot read file chunks bigger than 64 MB, and the Vista one can, so this new Loader intercepts ReadFile calls which try to read more than 64 MB in one try and split them into the multiple calls.
Hope this helps.

[Colt141]

I downloaded the file that voodoo_nbgd posted and i have tried the wow loader and both of them give me the same problem it starts to load the game then it crashes. Anyone know what to do?