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Subject: HALO 2 initialization error FIX!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Boot into safe mode

Goto Windows\System32 folder

rename the Catroot2 folder to Catroot22

reboot into windows, should work

  • 10.10.2007 3:00 PM PDT
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Tried ur solution Mondo_
.. did NOT work. Windows jsut recreates the folders.unless uj mean
delete all of catroot 2 then install the install files that came with halo 2..

still this error in xp

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Halo 2
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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.
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OK
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[Edited on 12.02.2007 2:44 PM PST]

  • 12.02.2007 2:42 PM PDT
Subject: HALO 2 initialization error

Hello! Star Wars FTW. Also, join the MAW group. Please?

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"Live gaming for windows failed to Initialize"


I'll say.
LOL

  • 12.02.2007 3:08 PM PDT
Subject: HALO 2 initialization error FIX!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: xsouldeath
Tried ur solution Mondo_
.. did NOT work. Windows jsut recreates the folders.unless uj mean
delete all of catroot 2 then install the install files that came with halo 2..

still this error in XP

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Halo 2
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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.
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OK
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Wow.... thats why. You're running it on XP, LIVE doesn't support XP. Theres a reason it's called Halo 2 Vista. You to buy Vista in order to play on LIVE.

[Edited on 12.03.2007 8:41 AM PST]

  • 12.03.2007 8:37 AM PDT
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Posted by: Anton P Nym
who says you have to be an ace to have fun?

Posted by: TUI_Obi_Wan
Stupid parents let their stupid children play games that are rated M when they should be playing Big Birds Spelling Adventures

Posted by: Kira Onime
Also the AR is actually good in CQB now and no longer a glorified baseball bat.

Well DUH!!!!!!

Like he said, it's called "Halo 2 for Windows Vista" for a reason. It even says that on the box.

  • 12.03.2007 9:07 AM PDT
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Help! I have a new computer, windows Vista, all the good stuff. The one thing I don't have is internet access. I have provided all of the DLL files that the error messages have asked for. I have rebooted, restarted the computer, reinstalled the game, renamed catroot2 to catroot22, turned on cryptographic services, and have been looking everywhere for another possible fix. Im still getting the same fricking message - "Live failed to initialize" !!

  • 12.24.2007 9:51 AM PDT
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Of course I have the same problem as everyone else here, otherwise I wouldn't be posting. I have tried every fix suggested here and nothing has worked. I used to play this game fine about two months ago, until my computer had a problem (smoke was involved). Now that it's fixed and back up and running, I decided to try the 64-bit Vista version rather than the 32-bit version that I had previously been playing on. Is it possible that that is the source of my problem? I don't see why or how this would cause the problem, but then again, you never know. The message itself is puzzling to me. "Live Gaming on Windows failed to initiate." Is it just me, or does this sound like a problem originating on Microsoft's end, rather than mine? I don't know, but any further help with this problem would be greatly appreciated.

P.S. I did get new hardware for my computer after it was "busted", but it is only better hardware. So how could that cause any problems, right?

  • 01.02.2008 7:33 PM PDT
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No, chances are the problem lies with the software itself. Just toss it some where and play something worth-while/that someone put effort into.

  • 01.02.2008 7:37 PM PDT
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Like I said, it worked perfectly fine before. I don't think that I'm going to give up on a good game that works just quite yet. Besides, I do play other great games, but I'd just like to play one that I know is good and for which I payed good money. =)

  • 01.02.2008 10:17 PM PDT

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