Halo 1 & 2 for PC
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Subject: WinXP SP2 / HaloPC / 256MB video card compat fix
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[quote]Posted by: GreenxPanda
[quote]Posted by: ThE_MarD
Heyyo,



Yeah but my sister will skin me if I get a virus on this comp so I'm scared of taking off sp2

No worries Download this Free anti Virus i have its goood and its Free

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5 (Copy and paste into address bar)

Go to the Bottom of the page and download it :-)

  • 02.08.2005 1:10 PM PDT
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READ ME!!!!!!!!

"...which causes Halo to exit silently to the desktop immedately after launching the program, before the logo movies play."

Doesn't that suck?

I just joined cause i felt the need to tell you about this nifty loophole. Hope it works on other computers. I found this out while venting my anger out on halopc.

A simple way to bypass all this downloading-and-rewriting crap (no offense, sawnose :-] ) is to click your mouse as many times as possible when the halo intro screen right before the movies comes up and fills your screen. Hey, it works for my computer!

Good luck!

  • 02.12.2005 7:51 PM PDT
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[quote]Posted by: sum guy
u lucky u can even play the bloody game. i cant get to the menu. Lucky ass[/quote

yeah thats how it is for me

i cant get past the menu screen

i could here the music but it just wont show anything:(

  • 02.13.2005 9:23 AM PDT
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hi, i was sum guy before i lost my paswoord. i can play halo, but i just bought a new pc so i hope this woks

ok, m8, if u still cant get into halo, mayb u DO have other programs running in the background. try this m8, worked when my windows installer crashed to desktop:

ok.....
Step1. Close applications in the background.

a. To prevent extra applications and services from loading during startup please use the steps below:
-Click Start button then Run
-In the box type MSCONFIG and click OK.
-This will bring up the System Configuration Utility.
-Click the Startup tab. This displays a list of all non-vital applications and processes that are loaded during startup.
-Click the Disable All button to uncheck these items.
-Click OK. When you are prompted to restart, click yes
-Upon reboot, these applications will not start.
If it works, then one of these programs may be conflicting.

b. To undo the above changes:
-Click Start then Run
-In the box type MSCONFIG and click OK.
-This will bring up the System Configuration Utility.
-On the General tab, click the dot next to Normal Startup
-Click OK. When you are prompted to restart, click yes
-This will restart your computer with all the background applications re-enabled.

If problem persist go to next step.


Step2. Make sure you're running the up-to-date version of the game.

Please check for the game updates by clicking on Start button ->All Programs
->Company or game name->Update the game.


ok m8, thats all i know, i hope it works m8, put in a post here if so. thanks.

  • 02.19.2005 6:44 AM PDT
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OK....Just for kicks, i opened the syst. config. and i noticed that all this stuff may not be vital to the computer, but it is essential. What i mean is that for ex, on my computr, SynTP is actually code for the synaptics mouse driver. Deactivate that and youve got no mouse. Not very smart.

"M8?" Are your australian? If so, neat!

  • 02.19.2005 11:22 AM PDT
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Whenever I click on the icon to run Halo PC, the little tiny window that says HALO on it goes for a sec and then it says something about exception data. I downloaded all the upadates including Binkw32.dll, 1.04, and strings.dll. It used to work til I reinstalled and updated all that stuff. Halo CE works fine so why doesn't PC?

  • 02.20.2005 8:32 AM PDT
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Why do you have binkw and strings if you don't have a 256MB card listed under the cards that need it? It'll cause it to not run if you give it the wrong dll files.

  • 02.20.2005 8:37 AM PDT
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am i austrailain? no im 14 and from the uk and wats neat?
also i tried the deactivating stuff and it fixed my windows installer and my mouse works fine, it should only show wats NOT needed or essential.

  • 02.20.2005 11:57 AM PDT
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Alright...forget it. UK is nice too...

Anyways, im still not willing to touch that in case it screws around with my computer. Besides, its not other programs interfering with halo, its something with the halo app. itself. I found a way to bypass the error and run the game, so im no hurry to try something new...in case it might screw the game up...

  • 02.21.2005 6:11 AM PDT
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WHATS HALO CE

  • 02.21.2005 9:59 AM PDT
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yes dont play around with that if its fine.

also halo CE is custom edition.

it is a multiplayer only version of halo but u can play custom made maps or mods.

i think u can download it from halo mods or if not search it on google, but select a close mirror. then ull have to download the maps to go with it and a program called winrar. winrar uncompresses the map file and can also b used like winzip.
simply click 'extract here' on ur downloaded map and then copy and paste it into:
c/program files/microsoft games/halocustomedition/maps
then close it down and go multiplayer and make sure the filters let u play custom maps.

  • 02.22.2005 11:31 AM PDT
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u should get a geforce 6 soemthing or at LEAST a radeon 9500 or above

  • 02.26.2005 4:14 PM PDT
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hmm.. it seems like people on this forum are tring to sound all clever and stuff, but they hav no clue(except sexylegs and a few more). from now on im not gona chat -blam!-e and try to help. i think that the as who thought the xbox was well gd needs a slap and stop chatting out of his ass.

  • 02.27.2005 5:28 AM PDT
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Hey i need some help anyone. My pc wont install any of my games and i have no clue on what to do. so if anyone could help me it would be great because i just reformatted my pc and got it back friday and non of my PC games will install (including halo pc).

  • 03.05.2005 11:11 AM PDT
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After the reformat, did you install all of your drivers? What file system did you reformat it to, it better be NTFS.

What is your system like, who reformatted it, etc. Give a lot of detail.

  • 03.05.2005 11:21 AM PDT
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i don't think he knows ur language sexy legs...........,

  • 03.06.2005 7:01 PM PDT
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ok, well did u format ur hd? and also id just reinstall ur mobo drivers and vid. drivers. or nething else u got.

  • 03.07.2005 12:53 PM PDT
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that wasn't too much detail. by the way sexy legs read ma sig.

[Edited on 3/7/2005 4:50:08 PM]

  • 03.07.2005 4:49 PM PDT
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Not kosher.

  • 03.07.2005 6:02 PM PDT
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lol
i hate wheaties

  • 03.08.2005 9:57 AM PDT
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wheaties taste bad and who wnats em for breakfeast

  • 03.14.2005 2:19 PM PDT
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That wheaties thing...Wesley Willis used to say, "Wheaties, the breakfast of champions" after every song he played.

He made music with a synth keyboard, had a terrible singing voice, was fat as hell and let his gut hang out...but in concert. My god, he'd greet people by headbutting them, so by the end of the night he'd have a bruise on his whole head. Not to mention he'd ask for requests, and then be like..."Oh, well, I was kidding, f**k you!" Then he threw his keyboard at the crowd and proceeded to kick the stage crew.

  • 03.14.2005 6:28 PM PDT
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rigfht??? sorry am i too young to remeber that, im just 15 this month?

  • 03.15.2005 12:14 PM PDT
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that man sounds kinda scary.

  • 03.19.2005 5:05 PM PDT
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Sounds? Lol, he was beyond messed up. If you listen to his music, it's actually sort of disturbing, just the lyrics he writes and then the way he sings it. *shivers*...funny guy though :D

  • 03.19.2005 5:23 PM PDT