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Subject: Unable to install Halo 2/vista dedicated server on Windows 2003 server
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I have three windows 2003 servers. Only one has the beef to run Halo 2 dedicated, but when I try to install it, I get an error message that says "Installation of this application is not supported on your operating system."

Installation works fine on my other 2003 servers, but they unfortunately lack the power or RAM to run Halo 2 effectively.

Does anyone have a clue as to why this may be happening?

  • 10.03.2007 1:40 PM PDT
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Yes, I am a hypocrite, and I'm sorry. I really do mean well, but I'm not running on all cylinders.

Everytime someone buys a copy of Halo 2 Vista, a puppy dies.

Is the machine upgraded from a previous version of MS server? Just a guess...

  • 10.03.2007 1:48 PM PDT

What are the specs of the one your trying to run it on?

And whats the specs of the 2 yo usay dont have the juice to run it?

  • 10.03.2007 1:51 PM PDT
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I'm bored *bump*

  • 10.03.2007 1:52 PM PDT

..... It was still on the top.

  • 10.03.2007 1:52 PM PDT
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N357: No, I'm certain in was a clean installation. It's running W2K3 vR2.

[Edited on 10.03.2007 1:59 PM PDT]

  • 10.03.2007 1:54 PM PDT
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DanielSimmons: this makes no sense in the context of the question asked. Was it meant to be posted here?

[Edited on 10.03.2007 2:00 PM PDT]

  • 10.03.2007 1:56 PM PDT
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Wakeboy; Specifically, they have less RAM and a slower processor. H2D will install, but it doesn't really run, so much as "crawls" on those servers. Totally locks them up, which isn't much of a surprise.

  • 10.03.2007 1:57 PM PDT

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Wakeboy; Specifically, they have less RAM and a slower processor. H2D will install, but it doesn't really run, so much as "crawls" on those servers. Totally locks them up, which isn't much of a surprise.


Lol ok. You seem like a smart person ;) So I'm hoping next time you want tripe post like that. Just make another paragraph and that will be fine. People get testy round these parts about Double/Triple posting.

Idk

I had it running on a P2 with 364 mb of ram at one time. It didnt kill the computer. But then again thats all I was using it for.

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  • 10.03.2007 2:00 PM PDT
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Sorry ldk, I'm not following you. I just replied to each person who had posted. I'm using Mozilla, so maybe there's a different rendering of the page and they look different. Can you explain what you meant -- sorry if I'm a bit dense.

  • 10.03.2007 2:07 PM PDT

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Which post you click reply on makes no difference at all to the post you will make, so instead of replying to each individual post by by making multiple posts of your own, simply reply to all posts in one post. Also you can use the edit button to add on to a previous post to awnser a reply you missed before or something.

  • 10.03.2007 2:12 PM PDT

I'm using mozilla Firefox aswell.

When you hit reply, just reply to all the posts at once.

  • 10.03.2007 2:23 PM PDT
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Got it. Thanks.

  • 10.03.2007 2:26 PM PDT
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Does Bungie actually provide support here on this product like the Microsoft Web site indicated, or is this only basically other-user provided support only?

  • 10.04.2007 6:32 AM PDT
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Yes, I am a hypocrite, and I'm sorry. I really do mean well, but I'm not running on all cylinders.

Everytime someone buys a copy of Halo 2 Vista, a puppy dies.

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Does Bungie actually provide support here on this product like the Microsoft Web site indicated, or is this only basically other-user provided support only?

User-powered :(

  • 10.04.2007 10:56 AM PDT

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

I don't really see user powered tech support as a con, as there are alot of smart people on this forum who have alot of computer know how, plus there are a lot more of us than there are support staff, so we're probably more reliable to get you an awnser quickly. Plus Halo PC has been out so long so that every single error you can run into already has a work-around discovered by members of this forum.

  • 10.04.2007 12:16 PM PDT
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Yes, I am a hypocrite, and I'm sorry. I really do mean well, but I'm not running on all cylinders.

Everytime someone buys a copy of Halo 2 Vista, a puppy dies.

That's fine for Halo PC/CE, but nobody seems to know how to fix any of the errors in Halo 2 Vista.

  • 10.04.2007 12:41 PM PDT
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"I don't really see user powered tech support as a con..."

Well, since you bring it up, I would have to say that neither do I necessarily, but in this case, it clearly is.

If you (or anyone) purchases Halo 2/Vista and attempts to install the dedicated server, the first and only line of support defense is a rather lengthy readme file that serves more as an operational instruction guide than a troubleshooting source. Within that file is the statement, "Note: Halo 2 Dedicated Server is not supported by Microsoft support services. For information about and help with Halo 2 Dedicated Server, see www.xbox.com/en-US/games/h/halo2/."

If you go to that particular site, there's no direct support for H2DS, but there is a link for support. Click on that, you're given several options to contact XBOX support . [XBOX SUPPORT? Since when is dedicated server run on an XBOX?] , using either phone, email, etc. If you contact XBOX support which I did - you'll get a response that says, "To obtain technical support help for Dedicated Server, visit the following Bungie Web site, and then click Forums: http://www.bungie.net." Incidentally, you'll get a similar message if you look on Microsoft's web site for anything regarding Halo 2 dedicated server support. They direct you to http://www.bungie.net as well.

Apparently, that's here, and while it seems that this forum is full of very nice and well-meaning people, the bottom line is that it's just another dead end, and nobody who's profiting by the sale of this game is taking any responsibility for supporting it. I guess it's far more economical to just keep pointing the proverbial e-finger further down the black hole of obscurity and hope that anyone with problems just gives up. I have a pretty good idea as to exactly which finger that is, too.

No, I don't necessarily see user supported technical forums as a con, but only if they exist to support freeware or open source type OS's or applications like snitz, linux, and so on. If you pay fifty bucks for a game which is marketed by one of the largest companies in the world, expecting prompt - let alone reasonable -- access to competent technical support isn't an unrealistic expectation.




  • 10.04.2007 2:45 PM PDT

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Wow, I didn't know that it was official that we were tech support. I think it's time for a raise, don't you? And I hereby declare that everyday is casual friday.

  • 10.04.2007 5:41 PM PDT
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Just so you know, I'm taking a three day weekend, and will be at doctor appointments for the rest of the week.

  • 10.04.2007 7:44 PM PDT