Download Halo 2 Setup For Windows 7
Hey guys, I thought I would post my findings on Windows 7 and Halo 2. My son played the game some time ago on Vista and I thought I would give it a go on Windows 7. All my other games and there are a lot work fine, all but Halo 2. I have tracked down the source of the problem but found no solution other than installing Vista on another hard drive. When the game is completely installed I get this error message: Live Gaming on Windows failed to initialize. This may be because another LIVE Gaming on Windows application (such as the Halo 2 dedicated server) is running on the same machine.
Otherwise, reinstalling the game may fix this problem. The problem is not new even to vista and the reason is that when the game shipped on the DVD Live dist file was a mere 1.0.
But now live version is up to 3.0. So the problem it seems is that when Halo 2 starts it expects to load version 1.0 of live and has problems because it doesn't know what to do with version 3.0. See NOTE THIS PROBLEM WILL ONLY SHOW ITSELF IF YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED OTHER LIVE GAMES WHICH UPDATED TO 3.0 BEFORE INSTALLING HALO.
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So what I did to work out it is an issue with Halo 2 and live was to install Windows Vista with SP2 on another hard drive. I then installed Halo 2 (doing a custom install so it installs fully), and when I went to start Halo 2 to my amazement I got the same error message, 'live failed to initialize' That's because live wasn't even installed on sp2. So I went to the Halo 2 dvd and installed the live version 1.0. Redist and then when I started Halo 2 it started wonderfully.
It then discovered that a live update version 3.0 existed and updated to that etc etc and it runs fine on vista now. So where does it leave Windows 7 users and Halo 2 for now. Well install Halo 2 as your FIRST windows Live game and then install windows live manually from the dvd it's under the redists folder and named XLiveRedist1.0.6027.msi BTW this will work for vista as well. Whatever you do don't install the windows live 3.0 redist like I did. After running Halo for the first time and it updating to version 3.0 of live you can install your other live games and they will work fine. The other thing I have not tried but should work would be to run Vista as a virtual OS but I haven't tried this.
I own a few copies of Vista so a second Hard drive was easier. I have to say that I am surprised that out of all the games I play it's ironic that a microsoft game is the only one that doesn't run for me. If anyone has any suggestions how to get Halo 2 to log into windows live without getting the error message I would love to know. I have tried the compatibility options etc. To Summarise: - this method only works with a clean install of Vista. Install windows live 1.0. Which is on the Halo 2 disk.
It is a file called xdist. From my memory. If you have windows live 3.2 already installed you might be out of luck. Do a custom install of Halo 2 and choose the option to install the entire game NOT the play whilst installing option. When the game starts make sure you do NOT update live.
You might want to pull your ethernet cable out or turn wireless off to be sure. I hope the summary helps if you don't want to read the details. I cannot confirm or remember if you can uninstall windows live.
I think you can with the newer version so it might work if you can uninstall version 3.2 and go back to version 1 but your steam live games wont work until you update so you have to play halo2 first and then update to the latest version. Hi shaammy, As per the GFW site & Windows Vista Compatibility Center, Halo 2 is compatible for Windows Vista. So, ideally there should not be issues with Windows 7. You can find the compatibility details at:- However, this problem may occur if you are running the Games for Windows – LIVE program as a dedicated server on a Windows Vista-based computer, on a Windows XP-based computer, or on a Windows Server 2003-based computer. Important: Before you run a Games for Windows – LIVE-dedicated server, make sure that you have the latest updates installed for Windows Vista, for Windows XP, or for Windows Server 2003. To check for updates, visit the following Windows Update Web site: You can find the resolution methods as mentioned in the KB article at:- I hope above information helps!
Thanks, Shruti. Hi All, I have come to conclusion, that this is a known issue that can occur for users attempting to play Halo 2 Vista on Windows 7. It is an intermittent issue which is difficult to repro as it seems to only occur on certain systems, (so this being the reason I couldn’t repro it). As per my understanding, this particular issue links it, to an Nvidia display.cat file, though this issue has occurred on Nvidia and ATI systems. You can try deleting/renaming Catroot, Catroot2 files to get the game running. Additional information can be found at Games for Windows forum:- (discussion on problem) (workaround) In case, you guys still feel the issue has not been resolved, please feel free to post your thread at the, the concerned team will try to help you out. I hope it helps J Thanks, Shruti.
Hi shaammy, As per the GFW site & Windows Vista Compatibility Center, Halo 2 is compatible for Windows Vista. So, ideally there should not be issues with Windows 7.
You can find the compatibility details at:- However, this problem may occur if you are running the Games for Windows – LIVE program as a dedicated server on a Windows Vista-based computer, on a Windows XP-based computer, or on a Windows Server 2003-based computer. Important: Before you run a Games for Windows – LIVE-dedicated server, make sure that you have the latest updates installed for Windows Vista, for Windows XP, or for Windows Server 2003.
To check for updates, visit the following Windows Update Web site: You can find the resolution methods as mentioned in the KB article at:- I hope above information helps! Thanks, Shruti. Hi Shruti, Yeah I found the link you suggested in my intial investigation. I am not running a dedicated server. It is definitely a problem to do with the game shipping with window's live version 1.0 and now windows live is up to version 3.0. By a process of elimination I worked this out. The problem was because when I do a clean OS install like windows 7 or Vista the first thing I do is copy my steam folder across the network with all my games.
One of the games called Warhammer 2 uses Windows Live to authenticate and allow game play and if I ran it first then it would naturally update and install Windows live redist 3. Then I installed Halo 2 and fail even if it was vista or windows 7 as it is not an OS incompatibility but a live version muck up. So all I did was install the OS clean again install Halo 2 first on Vista and then on Windows 7 RC also on a spare disk and they started.
Then when I logged into to live 1.0 it said an update was available but the game started and did the update. So with testing this way it pointed to the problem being a windows live version and not an OS problem. Well I have finished halo2 and got my gamer points added to my account so I'm don't with this isolated problem. I typed the above post because I read just about everyones posts regarding the problem and they all say the are NOT running a dedicated server etc etc but there was no resolution except one which was close to mine but pre windows 7. Sorry for the late reply I have work out how to turn on email me when someone replies to the post. Thanks for the reply shruti I appreciate it. I wish the problem was as simple as applying the 3.0 update.
Oh btw I also tried a clean install and then installed windows 3.0 redist from Microsoft site and then install Halo 2 but that also failed and gave the same error message. So back to my problem I have 'alert me when someone responds to this post ticked' but I don't get emails and I have checked spam and virus filters. Anyone go any ideas. And my email address is correct. Edit: I think I fixed the alerts problem it was sending them to my passport account and not also my direct email so hopeully I will get future replies.
Hey, I hope someone can help. I am NOT running a server or anything like that. I just built a new system and loaded Windows 7 64 bit (I avoided Vista even though I bought an Ultimate version). So the first game I load is Halo 2 and it works pretty well in campaign mode last night. It seemed to be saving at the check points and I played for about three hours. So tonight I try go to play some more and when i choose 'campaign' it tells me that it will erase my previous data, so I back up to look for a place to choose 'load game' or something but of course I can't find anything like that.
So, I decide to log onto Windows Live (I did not have to do that last night), so I can update the game to see if that will help. The update through the Windows Live service did not work, so I went to the Halo 2 official website and download and install both the game update 5/22/07, and the Windows Live update (I am guessing 3.0). Now the game won't run at all.:( I am really cranky over this deal. I have a ton of games that I have been looking forward to playing on my new system, Crysis, Supreme Commander, Bio Shock and more, but the one I loaded first because I want to play it most is Halo 2 and now it won't work it seems because I loaded the most current version of Windows Live.
Halo 2 Pc Windows 7
Someone please help! I do NOT want to play on line, I do not want to play through Windows Live (it seems like that is what it wants me to do). I just want to play through the single player campaign and now I can't get the game to run at all.
It loads the title screen, but when I get the 'hit any key to continue' it forces me to log onto Windows live and then it gives me an error message. When I try to back out of that it locks up my computer with a black screen, and I have to reset, boot into safe mode and then reboot. I bought the game from Best Buy and I installed it in a DELL XPS with 64 bits Win7 OS, exactly as I installed fall-out 3 and it worked wonderfully, then I installed Halo 2 and got this ' Live Gaming on Windows failed to initialize. This may be because another LIVE Gaming on Windows application (such as the Halo 2 dedicated server) is running on the same machine. Otherwise, reinstalling the game may fix this problem. I had since uninstalled fallout 3 and then uninstalled Halo2, uninstall live gaming for windows and reinstall Halo 2, reinstall live gaming,.
Etc more than 20 times and nothing worked. I think MSFT shall either quickly resolve this, or recall all the Halo 2 games, especially if as the MSFT guy said that this Halo 2 is compatible with Win7. My son loves this game, that's why I have not returned it (best buy said they can refund if I return the game), What a joke, the game designed by MSFT is the only game that got live problem. Hi Guys, As mentioned in my previous post, Halo 2 can now be seen as compatible with Windows 7, as seen at the. However, I'll also try to look at the issue mentioned in the posts.
I hope it helps. Thanks, Shruti yeah, and when you search for 'HALO' its all Halo Combat Evolved.
Not HALO 2, cant even get that right, there is tons of crys for help to get this to work with Windows 7 and have yet to see a solid answer. Uninstalling an Operating system is far from a fix, its a pain to do so, and as many, windows 7 pc's that dont come with the dvd/cds to reinstall cant do it, nor would i if it came with it.
There needs to be a cold hard patch done, as thats what is needed. I hope someone figures it out, im pulling my hair out as it should work. But then again i was told about a MS Data Transfer cable working for the new MW2 console and what ya know, it doest, so i had to pay extra for the 'NEW' cable/software, and im still waiting.
I purchased Halo 2 today, hoping to run it on my Win7 64-bit machine. I too received the following error: ' Live Gaming on Windows failed to initialize.
This may be because another LIVE Gaming on Windows application (such as the Halo 2 dedicated server) is running on the same machine. Otherwise, reinstalling the game may fix this problem.' After reading this forum and others I was ready to give up until I uninstalled and reinstalled Halo 2. When the the program is launched there is a diaglog box with a link for updating Windows Live. After clicking the link and updating Windows Live, Halo 2 runs with no problem for me on Windows 7 64-bit. I bought a new Dell desktop with Windows 7, installed Halo 2, and got the now notorious error message that everybody else is getting, namely: ' Live Gaming on Windows failed to initialize. This may be because another LIVE Gaming on Windows application (such as the Halo 2 dedicated server) is running on the same machine.
Otherwise, reinstalling the game may fix this problem.' After reading this forum last night I tried all of the above strategies with nothing working. This morning, I tried it again and miraculously it worked until I tried to play with the on-screen video settings and the game crashed. Now, whenever I start Halo 2, I get the error again, plus it messes up my entire machine's video resolution settings. So, I uninstalled and reinstalled the game with no luck, same error. I also did not receive the dialog box for updating Wndows Live.
I read this forum again, went to the link above, and installed it but it didn't work for me. Still no idea what to do. I wish they would just make a patch for this problem. I agree, it's pretty ridiculous that Microsoft didn't have this on their brains when they released Windows 7. I guess this is just one more reason to hate Vista. However, I think I found a fix that seems to work. For now anyway.
I detached my computer from the internet by simply unplugging my modem and wireless router. Then, it will run campaign and save progress, but obviously I can't get onto multiplayer. In addition, and I don't know if this matters, but I'm running the 1.0 version of Live Gaming, following shammy's directions.
I've uninstalled the 3.0 version. So, until they patch this problem, it looks like I won't be playing any multiplayer but at least the campaign seems to work. Would sure like an answer to this. Like many others on this site, I bought Halo 2 and installed it under vista as my first Windows Live app, played it initially for a few hours and it worked fine. Upgraded to Windows 7 almost immediately and it has failed to load ever since, with the same Windows Live failed to initialize error. Like others, I've uninstalled the game and Windows Live, tried reinstalling, no avail.
Having someone point to a site claiming it is Windows 7 compatible is missing the point. A number of us have stumbled across a really obvious incompatibilty between a very popular game, Microsoft's service, and their latest OS.
I am not running Windows Live in server mode, have followed the 'recommended fixes' to the letter, and it still doesn't work. Can't believe MSFT has been totally silent about this.they should acknowledge the issue and give us a reasonable expectation for correcting it. I don't care if I have to wait 6 months for a fix.I just wish they'd get their heads out of the sand and acknowledge to the community that they have a problem but intend to do something about it.
Well after getting a blue screen and losing my sound, nothing would play, i would get an windows media player error and such. I wiped my 750 gig harddrive, and reinstalled Vista 64/ult. Did all the updates that is needed, thankfuly i have an SP1 disk, anyways, installed halo, no problems, played a few hours, got more updates etc. Came back the next day still worked and I sat and looked at my upgrade disk and thought, wounder if i should go threw the pain again, so i did, then sat at the custom or upgrade option, i figured i havent transfered my backup over yet, so if Halo2 doest work a rewipe will not take that long etc. Installed Win7, got all the updates and clicked on my desktop icon on halo2 and well it works, and still does. I havent a clue, just that i know i have sound back and halo2 works. You shouldn't need to reformat or reinstall your OS to get a game to work, but in this day and age anything is posable.
Hi All, I have come to conclusion, that this is a known issue that can occur for users attempting to play Halo 2 Vista on Windows 7. It is an intermittent issue which is difficult to repro as it seems to only occur on certain systems, (so this being the reason I couldn’t repro it). As per my understanding, this particular issue links it, to an Nvidia display.cat file, though this issue has occurred on Nvidia and ATI systems. You can try deleting/renaming Catroot, Catroot2 files to get the game running. Additional information can be found at Games for Windows forum:- (discussion on problem) (workaround) In case, you guys still feel the issue has not been resolved, please feel free to post your thread at the, the concerned team will try to help you out.
Download Halo 2 Setup For Windows 7
I hope it helps J Thanks, Shruti. Hi I have the problem Live Gaming on Windows failed to initialize. This may be because another LIVE Gaming on Windows application (such as the Halo 2 dedicated server) is running on the same machine.
Otherwise, reinstalling the game may fix this problem. I am running windows 7.I know i am not running the dedicated server and have tried installing the game multiple times.
I have uninstalled the x live redist and installed the 1.0.6027.msi as mentioned by shaammy but it still shows the same error message. The only other games are the basic ones included, Enemy territories quake wars and combat arms.
It works fine on my other CPU running vista without any tinkering just the basic install. If you cold help it would be greatly appreciated.
Hi I have the problem Live Gaming on Windows failed to initialize. This may be because another LIVE Gaming on Windows application (such as the Halo 2 dedicated server) is running on the same machine.
Otherwise, reinstalling the game may fix this problem. I am running windows 7 64 bit.I know i am not running the dedicated server and have tried installing the game multiple times.
I have uninstalled the x live redist and installed the 1.0.6027.msi it still shows the same error message. The only other games are the basic ones included, Enemy territories quake wars and combat arms. It works fine on my other CPU running vista without any tinkering just the basic install. If you cold help it would be greatly appreciated Thanks. @Shaammy: I got the same deal here.
When i first installed H2V on my HP G61-511wm (i'll get to that later) it ran, but now it gives me the same message everyone else here is talking about: 'Live Gaming on windows failed to init. Blah, blah, blabbity blah.' But that's not all, there's more. System: HP Pavilion G61-511WM 15.6' Notebook Computer OS: Windows 7 64-bit CPU: AMD Sempron M100 running @ 2.00GHz Memory: 3GB, Expandable to 4Gb Graphics: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 current WIE Rating: 3.9 on Aero graphics, 5.3 on gaming graphics H2V install method: Full install only, do not start Compatability modes used: All, didn't work I've gotten the manual update for windows live gaming and noticed while i was going through the program's 'redists' folder, i found something DirectX related, i think it updates the DirectX runtime files.
Mostly, after i installed H2V (Way before the updates) when i first started it, it was soo friggin' slow to start, i have all 3D settings at thier lowest, and it would just resize the screen to 800x600, if i clicked on anything, win7 squawks at me, asking if i wanna close the program, i say no. After the game (Finally) starts it'll run like a champ, but it will lag a little, depending on whats running in the background. Other than that, sometimes H2V gives me the error, sometimes it doesn't, but now with the update(s) H2V will NOT run at all, just gives me the dum error, it p. me off, alot, the only Halo game i can get running no probs is H1PC And yes, it is ironic that halo 2 for pc is the only game that microsoft decided to screw with. Plus i never even installed the ded. UPDATE: I have created a new profile because i don't know how to login to this site/ my profile (lol :( ).
My last profile is Wolf That Hates Windows Live. I created that profile yesterday to post my first comment, and today i decided to wipe windows clean and start fresh, just to see if doing so would result in halo 2 either working fine, or give me the error and leave the screen @800x600 res, and guess what? H2V decided to give me the error, even though i installed the game first thing right after reinstalling Win7 on my laptop, HP Pavilion G61. I used the option 'Full install, do not start' to install, i've used Compatibility Mode, and nothing works, nothing. Hi again i just tried re installing Halo 2 for vista and before playing disconnecting the internet from my windows 7 PC.
The game ran fine until i needed to sign in to actually play because it needs the internet. I quit the game and reconnected and it displayed the same message Live Gaming on Windows failed to initialize. This may be because another LIVE Gaming on Windows application (such as the Halo 2 dedicated server) is running on the same machine. Otherwise, reinstalling the game may fix this problem. I only have the 1.0.6027 version of live gaming. Will it work if i update to the latest version?? The update is finally here - My Halo 2 finally started on my Windows 7 x64!
It was found thru a normal windows update, as 'optional updates', and it seems to work for me! Btw, It just Sucks that it took so long time! -Cut- Games for Windows - LIVE V3.2 Installation date: 2010-01-27 19:12 Installation status: Successful Update type: Recommended The Games for Windows – LIVE service update with all the latest fixes and changes is now available. Please download and update if you are a Games for Windows-LIVE user.
More information: Help and Support. What i did: I uninstalled Halo 2. Installed Halo 2 (for the 200th time) Clicked on the start menu, and ran the 'Windows update' program. The windows update said that there was 1 option update avaible, and that was 'Games for windows - Live 3.2'.and after that it worked fine. I never downloaded any other file or tried to 'hack' the windows live system, I just had a normal installation of the other windows live software (messenger, and so on), version 2009. I think for this to work best, you´ll need a clean install of the game and live without any 'patches'.
Hi I went to the update in the action center Solve Problem with Games for Windows - Live and downloaded gfwlivesetupmin.exe from the link in the action center I then installed it and when I ran Halo 2 i still got the same message. Did you do anything different?? Yes i have heard this hundreds of times, if this is games for windows live related and you installed itfrom the redist folder and hen installed a newer version it dosent work.
Simpily the new versiondosent remove the old install or just the old files with the new ones. The only way i have solved this is by re-installing windows but i have many things stopping m removing anything on my pc for other reasons. Theres some 'patches' youll find by googling his subject to remove all retries and then reinstall it but 'reinstalling the game will probbaly have a 99.9% fail chance' so you might want to reinstall windows: Reinstalling windows and getting everything you need to play halo 2 on Win 7 Install Windows 7, Download GFWL 3.2 install it and sign in first. Use you method of installing Halo 2 but dont run any redist but the C 2005 then run Halo 2 i haven't tried this or even heard of it so far on windows 7 except of the auto update crash, all the updates are provided above. Gaming for Windows Live 3.2 'gfwlivesetupmin.exe') NOT INCLUDED but can be obtained from RAZOR 122354 any other problems or if this is wrong or incomplete please fill me in at dl122354@gmail.com. Read my reply up top Yes i have heard this hundreds of times, if this is games for windows live related and you installed itfrom the redist folder and hen installed a newer version it dosent work. Simpily the new versiondosent remove the old install or just the old files with the new ones.
The only way i have solved this is by re-installing windows but i have many things stopping m removing anything on my pc for other reasons. Theres some 'patches' youll find by googling his subject to remove all retries and then reinstall it but 'reinstalling the game will probbaly have a 99.9% fail chance' so you might want to reinstall windows: Reinstalling windows and getting everything you need to play halo 2 on Win 7 Install Windows 7, Download GFWL 3.2 install it and sign in first.
Use you method of installing Halo 2 but dont run any redist but the C 2005 then run Halo 2 i haven't tried this or even heard of it so far on windows 7 except of the auto update crash, all the updates are provided above. Gaming for Windows Live 3.2 'gfwlivesetupmin.exe') NOT INCLUDED but can be obtained from RAZOR 122354 any other problems or if this is wrong or incomplete please fill me in at dl122354@gmail.com. Hi All, I have come to conclusion, that this is a known issue that can occur for users attempting to play Halo 2 Vista on Windows 7. It is an intermittent issue which is difficult to repro as it seems to only occur on certain systems, (so this being the reason I couldn’t repro it). As per my understanding, this particular issue links it, to an Nvidia display.cat file, though this issue has occurred on Nvidia and ATI systems. You can try deleting/renaming Catroot, Catroot2 files to get the game running. Additional information can be found at Games for Windows forum:- (discussion on problem) (workaround) In case, you guys still feel the issue has not been resolved, please feel free to post your thread at the, the concerned team will try to help you out. I hope it helps J Thanks, Shruti Hey Guys, I too was having this problem and it drove me crazy but I followed Shruti's directions (above) and the game plays perfectly with multiplayer and everything.
The only thing is that every time I play I have to run the command prompt as an administrator, type in 'net stop cryptsvc' open up the files that he says to and delete the 'catroot2' file' then go back to command prompt and type in 'net start cryptsvc'. This is not a big deal of a thing to do so I don't mind. Catroot2 seems to come back everytime I shut down my computer. But this work around worked for me. This eventually worked for me - read - tried method 1: - deleted Halo 2, Microsoft Games for Windows Live, and everything else from Microsoft Game Studios. reinstalled Halo 2 - downloaded and installed the latest update from the page that kb 941208 links to.
I don't think it actually is the latest update; if I remember correctly, it installed 3.1.99something. ran Halo 2. Got the same error. tried method 2: ran Windows Update and installed everything but Windows Live Essentials. Ran Halo 2.
Got the same error. tried method 3: - 'net stop cryptsvc' gave me an error message. Clicked Start, searched for 'service', and ran Services. When the Services control panel opened, right-clicked Cryptographic Services and selected Stop.
'ren%windir%.' Gave me an error message.
Opened Windows Explorer, navigated to C: Windows system32, and renamed catroot2 - In the Services control panel, right-clicked Cryptographic Services and selected Start. Ran Halo 2. This time it started, and showed me a dialog that offered to upgrade Games for Windows Live. Sure, OK, like I have a choice. Ran Halo 2 again.
When I install Halo 2 and start the game, I get this message: Live Gaming on Windows failed to initialize. This may be because another LIVE Gaming on Windows application (such as the Halo 2 dedicated server) is running on the same machine. Otherwise, reinstalling the game may fix this problem. I am not running or have installed any other Windows LIVE games, and have reinstalled halo 2 multiple times. I have tried the workaround found here:and it did not work. I've looked everywhere, done everything, HALO 2 doesn't work either. I've been waiting to play this game FOREVER!
Things ive done: the catroot2 thing run as admin disconnected wifi and ran the game uninstalled all live stuff and reinstalled the game got newest live version and reinstalled I've uninstalled way too many times, someone please help me get halo 2 to work! This eventually worked for me - read - tried method 1: - deleted Halo 2, Microsoft Games for Windows Live, and everything else from Microsoft Game Studios. reinstalled Halo 2 - downloaded and installed the latest update from the page that kb 941208 links to. I don't think it actually is the latest update; if I remember correctly, it installed 3.1.99something. ran Halo 2. Got the same error. tried method 2: ran Windows Update and installed everything but Windows Live Essentials.
Ran Halo 2. Got the same error. tried method 3: - 'net stop cryptsvc' gave me an error message.
Clicked Start, searched for 'service', and ran Services. When the Services control panel opened, right-clicked Cryptographic Services and selected Stop. 'ren%windir%.' Gave me an error message. Opened Windows Explorer, navigated to C: Windows system32, and renamed catroot2 - In the Services control panel, right-clicked Cryptographic Services and selected Start. Ran Halo 2. This time it started, and showed me a dialog that offered to upgrade Games for Windows Live.
Sure, OK, like I have a choice. Ran Halo 2 again.
I did that a million times, didn't work once. Also thats a temporary fix. The only thing is that every time I play I have to run the command prompt as an administrator, type in 'net stop cryptsvc' open up the files that he says to and delete the 'catroot2' file' then go back to command prompt and type in 'net start cryptsvc'. Tell this an Apple evangelist and she/he will laugh for about one day. 'The only thing.' You're serious?
Is this again the typical 'Windows is for nerds who like to wrote code all night long eating pizza drinking cola and life is passing by'? Excuse my English, I'm from Germany and I BOUGHT HALO 2 for a bunch of Euro.
I just wanted to play the game - but it doesn't work. The 'moderator' told us ' this issue has occurred on Nvidia and ATI systems'.
Okay, yes, but. I've just forgot all the other major vendors of graphic cards. This sounds like: This only occured on Mac OS X, Windows 95 up to 7 and all Linux stuff. Should we play it on a ATARI ST? This is a MICROSOFT Game that doesn't work on a MICROSOFT operating system.
How awkward, to pass this on graphic cards, wrong case color or whatever they may find. This issue occured on MICROSOFT systems - so MICROSOFT should fix it! Hey all you have to do after renaming the catroot folder to catroot 2 is then to rename it catroot 2 then go to the command prompt in administrator mode then type the command net stop cryptsvc and press enter then go back to system 32 delete the file called crtold then find the file catroot 2 rename it to crtold then go back onto the command prompt in administrator mode then tpye the command net start cryptsvc and press enter. That worked for me but the only problem with that is every time you want to play the game you have to go through this process hope that helps. Hello Shaammy, I'm new here and certainly no pc specialist. I just read your solution for windows 7 and I thought 'Let's give it a try'. By the way I have a Windows 7 64 bit running.
I know I'm reacting on a very old post from you but still: question is: How do I: 'install Halo 2 as my FIRST windows Live game?' In other words: what do I do with any 'old' ones and how do I find out? As far as I know I'm not running any windows live on a dedicated server.
I just wanna play the single shooter levels of Halo2 on my pc. Many thanks for your answer. OK, I realize this has gone on for more than a year now so here's my 2 cents I had the same error as everyone else on several machines - 6 to be exact. Each one is running Windows 7 x64. As I installed the game on each, I got the same error.
On each machine, I had to rename the catroot2 file - EACH TIME THE GAME LOADS! I'm not sure why, but this has worked on 6 different machines. To duplicate what I've done to get the game playable follow these steps:. Log on to the computer by using an account that has administrator rights. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK. At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER. Hey, everyone.
I'm already past all of the issues of running Halo 2 on Windows 7. But now, I'm curious on how I get it to run on Live (multiplayer mode). When I try to log into Live with an account I created, I get a message that says this: 'An update is available for LIVE. If you decline this update, you will be signed out of LIVE. Do you want to apply the update now?' Considering I had no choice, I decided to go with the update. But when I try to make this update, I get this error message: 'Can't download the update.
Make sure that you are connected to the internet. If the problem persists, go to ' And some numbers and letters like this: 0X80072751 The ENTIRE time, I am also connected to the internet while all of this is going on. I wanted to know if anyone had any ideas on how to fix this. Is it my connection, or is it the game itself?
I'd appreciate it if someone were to reply me as soon as they can. I just want to play Halo 2 on LIVE.:( Thank you all for taking time to read my post.:). I just wanted to post this to get this out there as the more information on why HALO2 may be failing on some system the better people can Properly single out the problem on their system rather then just doing a sloppy deleting of files that my show driver problems in the future. I have no idea why HALO2 is even calling on my OEM2.INF for information to start or why it causes the problem but maybe it can be looked into. As the current recommend fix stands this is like taking a sledgehammer to the problem rather then troubleshooting the issue itself, it may work but it may cause other problems not related to the game like in my case. I'm just running plain old window 7 64-bit, and I'm still gettin the ' Live Gaming on Windows failed to initialize.
This may be because another LIVE Gaming on Windows application (such as the Halo 2 dedicated server) is running on the same machine. Otherwise, reinstalling the game may fix this problem. ' No servers or anything. My son just wants to play Halo 2 with his friends.
I have spent 7 hours reading thru posts and trying the different things suggested by Moderators and microsoft. I tried all the above things you suggested along with several other suggestions from others.
Is there a solution to this problem or did I just flush a bunch of money down the toilet and disappoint my son???? It is truly sad that the posts relating to HALO 2 span a period of over 14 months.
I have enough computer skills to be dangerous (at least to my own computer), but to read some of the 'work-arounds' which have been suggested is laughable (by NO means is that directed to you 'techies' who are dedicated gamers and have tried to provide solutions to a product put out by MSFT). My suggestion is to have more transparent advertising on the HALO 2 product.something to the effect. Installing this game on your computer will test your loyalty to both MSFT & HALO 2.
IF you are successful in installing the game-good for you, but the majority of buyers will spend countless hours surfing the web in search of way to get the game to work.to no avail. I had to buy a new computer (which now comes with Windows 7) for my kids as the motherboard on their prior system 'fried'. I connected the computer, installed Norton Internet Security, downloaded the MS Windows updates (44 in all if I remember correctly), then installed HALO 2. Did it work.sure did, right up to the 'LIVE Gaming on Windows failed.'
Message appeared. It is a message which many of you are familar with at this point (at least from reading over 14 months of posts). All I can say is that it is truly sad that a fix (downloadable, without re-writing code, deleting files, etc.) has not been made available. I honestly don't believe it has anything to do with the computer, OS, security, etc. August 2009 was the first post (on this site) and as recently as 2 1/2 hours prior to my post, Woodital had the same issues, as did Flooritnfly in November.
This is an issue(s) which has plagued this game for quite some time. In response to your inquiry, the system on which I attempted to install the game is an HP Pavilion Slimline S5000 Series, Model s5657c. It has an AMD Sempron 140 Processor, 3GB DDR3 system memory, 1/2 TB hard drive, ATI Radeon HD 4200 integrtated graphics and 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium edition. Now I am sure someone will say, 'Oh, it has to be your processor' (or something to that effect), but truth be told, it appears that it has an inherent flaw somewhere in the code.
Let's put this in perspective by using an analogy. You buy a brand new car, put the key in ignition and then try to start it.and it doesn't start. Well, says the mechanic, change out the battery.that's done, but the car still doesn't start, so, change the engine.and on and on.after a while, one would say, enough is enough and go elsewhere. This is in essence what I have told my boys. As I told my soldiers when we were in the mid-east.remember, most of our equipment was built by the lowest bidder, so if it doesn't work, toss it and find something that does and don't waste a lot of time doing it; so, I guess what I am saying here is.I plan to return/toss HALO 2. Thanks Vegan Fanatic for your input.
Sould I presume that you work for MSFT or a related entity? I guess that is where I go back to the information, misleading as it may be, which is contained on the outside of the HALO 2 box.
It states, in pertinent part, Processor 2 Ghz, my system is operating at 2.7 GHz; for memory, it states 1GB RAM, the system in question has 3 GB (2.75 GB Usable); it require 7 GB free hard drive space-currently this system has approx 396 GB free, and lastly, it states that in regard to the video card, NVIDA 6100, ATI X700 or above-problem I have on that one is that I cannot easily find the rankings of the video cards, so, presuming that the system is relatively new (bought brand new within the last month) I would presume that the card which is installed is somewhat compatable. But barring all of that, you did hit the nail on the head which is what I and so many others have said from the beginning, that being the installation problems-'So knowing your rig hardware I can see if you do manage to get Halo 2 to install.' That is and has been the issue-installation. As I previously said, the advertisement on the box is severly lacking.
As for the 'choppy' play, initially, prior to connecting to the internet to register, it played fine-you just could not progress past the first 'level' (I belive that is what my boys told me). I thank you for you time in responding to my prior posts. Hey, everyone. I'm already past all of the issues of running Halo 2 on Windows 7. But now, I'm curious on how I get it to run on Live (multiplayer mode). When I try to log into Live with an account I created, I get a message that says this: 'An update is available for LIVE. If you decline this update, you will be signed out of LIVE. Do you want to apply the update now?'
Considering I had no choice, I decided to go with the update. But when I try to make this update, I get this error message: 'Can't download the update. Make sure that you are connected to the internet.
If the problem persists, go to ' And some numbers and letters like this: 0X80072751 The ENTIRE time, I am also connected to the internet while all of this is going on. I wanted to know if anyone had any ideas on how to fix this. Is it my connection, or is it the game itself? I'd appreciate it if someone were to reply me as soon as they can. I just want to play Halo 2 on LIVE.:( Thank you all for taking time to read my post.:) There's a patch available for this game. Have you tried installing the patch and check if it has helped. Here's a link to download the update for this game.
Run this update after the game is installed. Usenet reader for ubuntu.
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