Run Halo 2 on XP

[DJChaos]

what is the command i need to put into command prompt to make it load?

[Masterjai423]

Aw man... Oh well. My grfx card isn't good enough to support halo 2. Looks like I'll have to wait until I get a new computer. Thanks mileso and everybody for all the help!

[G-V-R]

Hm,

i found a fix for myself actually.

I had forgotten to fit in the mdf.dll file into the c:\windows\system32 map, but I don't know for sure if this actually made the whole game work.

Here's the situation. I started the game but had simultaneously started MSN messenger (by accident). The screen snapped back to the deskop while Halo 2 was loading.

It didn't crash when i clicked it to full screen either and I was able to play it without further hinderance or errors. So it might be that this fix will work for you too, however, it could also be the mdf.dll file.

Good luck,

and thanks for the help .

Yours Sincere,

GVR

[DarkmanX]

abcba please help out: what do I do with those dll's and the loader.exe? i can't write them on my dvd,so i copied everything on the dvd to a remote place on my hard drive.but when I click on the loader (wich I tried in and outside of that folder) I get a weird error:

"C:\Documents and settings\Thor\Desktop\Loader.exe
The application failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect.Reinstalling the application may fix this problem."


Since my system is over the minimum required by the game (barely) I can only ask myself what else is wrong.I have Windows XP Media Center edition (downgraded all the unnecesary crap to XP classic),1GB RAM,256 RAM nVidia card over 6000 (6150 actually),30+ GB free space.
So...what do I do?Anyone has any ideas? I mean...I even bought Vista Ultimate,but I ran dual boot,and couldn't install my nvidia drivers due to the OEM idiocracy of windows XP.And I don't want to give up on windws XP no matter what.

[matthewb87]

Originally Posted by DarkmanX

abcba please help out: what do I do with those dll's and the loader.exe? i can't write them on my dvd,so i copied everything on the dvd to a remote place on my hard drive.but when I click on the loader (wich I tried in and outside of that folder) I get a weird error:

"C:\Documents and settings\Thor\Desktop\Loader.exe
The application failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect.Reinstalling the application may fix this problem."


Since my system is over the minimum required by the game (barely) I can only ask myself what else is wrong.I have Windows XP Media Center edition (downgraded all the unnecesary crap to XP classic),1GB RAM,256 RAM nVidia card over 6000 (6150 actually),30+ GB free space.
So...what do I do?Anyone has any ideas? I mean...I even bought Vista Ultimate,but I ran dual boot,and couldn't install my nvidia drivers due to the OEM idiocracy of windows XP.And I don't want to give up on windws XP no matter what.

Do you have microsoft.net framework installed?

[spiderman120988]

abcba, you gotta come back and fix this, it keeps asking for the disk at level 12 and everyone that's using can't progress. PLEASE!

[DarkmanX]

yes, .NET framework 1.1
well...after reinstalling my OEM windows XP Media center I kinda went uninstall-happy and kinda removed everything i didnt knew about.so I uninstalled even .NET framework's updates,so i'm now to bare .NET 1.1 .Guess I shoud install the .NET updates,huh ?

[DarkmanX]

Originally Posted by DarkmanX

yes, .NET framework 1.1
well...after reinstalling my OEM windows XP Media center I kinda went uninstall-happy and kinda removed everything i didnt knew about.so I uninstalled even .NET framework's updates,so i'm now to bare .NET 1.1 .Guess I shoud install the .NET updates,huh ?

~EDIT~
Well...now framework is updated,but i see a black screen flash in front of me and...nothing. i heard about going into start-run-cmd.exe and saying ...something...please help out.

[rosso87]

i think im the first person to encounter this problem. i can't even install yet



any ideas?

i've done everything i know of and no matter what i click on it doesn't let me install. just stays blank screen.

[TheGuardian]

EDIT!: I got it working!

I can click on live and everything now, but I cannot sign into my live account because my product key is not valid....any way around, or do I have to buy it. I mean I own 3 copys of halo2 because I over play them and they died. lol