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Subject: problem with my halo PC installation...

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Ok so heres what happened.On my windows xp desktop computer i installed halo a couple years ago(2 or 3 i cant remember).i just recently upgraded to windows 7 which works amazing, but when i went to install halo and plug in my serial key it said it had already been activated on other computer. now the only thing i can think of is that i forgot to uninstal halo on the old OS, but it wiped the hard drive when i switched to windows 7. Does anyone know how i can fix this?

If you guys for some reason dont believe that i have a legit copy i can upload pics of the box and stuff...

  • 01.16.2011 1:00 PM PDT

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You had to of uninstalled it first. Now the game thinks that you haven't uninstalled it.

  • 01.16.2011 1:03 PM PDT

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i just took a look around my c drive and it seams to have put everything from before windows 7 installation in a folder called windows.old , would deleting the halo files from there fix it?

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  • 01.16.2011 1:10 PM PDT
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I wouldn't think so... Try to find Halo in the Control Panel's "Uninstall a Program" thing. If you find it there, then, you can uninstall it.

  • 01.16.2011 1:32 PM PDT
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Er, Halo doesn't keep track of your key. Might need to be a little more accurate with your story.

  • 01.16.2011 1:33 PM PDT

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Er, Halo doesn't keep track of your key. Might need to be a little more accurate with your story.


i dont know how much clearer i can be...

-i installed halo when i had windows xp
-i upgraded to windows 7
-when i went to install halo again it says the key is already in use

  • 01.16.2011 1:39 PM PDT

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nvm guys i got it to work finally. i had to go into the program files in windows.old and delete the halo ce folder. kinda wierd that it worked :/

  • 01.16.2011 1:44 PM PDT
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Got a screenshot of this?

  • 01.16.2011 1:44 PM PDT

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screenshot of what, the installation? i can do that.

  • 01.16.2011 1:46 PM PDT

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halo installing

halo in-game

  • 01.16.2011 1:57 PM PDT
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I meant the error message. We posted at the same time though, so nevermind. :)

  • 01.16.2011 2:10 PM PDT