How to run HALO 2 under Windows XP

[midgetmax4]

i really want help on this.

i have installed the game using loader. then i copied all files from the loader folded including loader. (files copied over were, dwmapi.ll, mf.dll, XtaskDig.dll, MFPlat.dll, and Wow.dll) and i have tried taking some out.) Then i ran loader to start game. Now it starts to load, but then screen goes black for 20 sec. and it crashes me back to XP, with 800x600 res. Maybe something with Catalyst Control Center?

[nINJAkECIL]

for the people who can't uninstall halo2 under winXP, this problems got me too. Fortunately, I have my system running dual boot. WinXP and Vista. First time, I want to try it in WinXP. been success in installing the game thru loader, but it won't play. Everytime I choose the campaign, it crashes with a warning dialog. and when i want to uninstall it from add/remove programs, it just splash and then nothing happens. I managed to work it out:
1. delete the folder where halo2 was installed
2. delete the folder Halo2 under my documents\my games or search your hard drive for halo2 folder, and then manually deleted it
3. open regedit (start-->run-->regedit-->enter), and hit F3 to search halo2 in the entire registry. if you found it, delete it, but be careful as some registry search will gives you something like: xxxxxhalOxxxx. do not delete this key!
4. to delete the entry in the add/remove programs, I use RegCleaner (it's a freeware. google it), and navigate the uninstall menu, mark the check box under halo2, and click delete.
5. restart your PC

hopes it helps

Now, I play it under vista (where it shuld be played)

[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

[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?

[selvamcbe]

Originally Posted by BarryB

Not a joke, it does work! Tested on WinXP Pro SP2, 1Gb RAM, 2.2Ghz CPU and X850XT GPU!

http://d.turboupload.com/d/1892930/H...NoGrp.rar.html

Follow the instructions, but also copy the 'wow.dll' file into your Halo 2 folder as well, the instructions forget to tell you that! Make a backup of 'mf.dll' as this will be overwritten and probably won't let it run under Vista, so make a copy so you can put it back!

Thanks for your info. Let me try this..