halo not working

[Guest]

so when can I get a fix for HALO and when is HALO 2 comeing out

 

[Guest]

There is a fix for Halo and Halo Custom Edition at Bungie.net in the Halo PC
forum section.

Halo 2 Vista is coming out soon after Vista's commercial release.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Assuming original Halo...
These are the available downloads:
http://www.microsoft.com/games/halo/downloads.aspx

Also see:
http://support.microsoft.com/ph/9229

I have only recently tried Halo on an older laptop with Windows Vista,
but I do not seem to have any problems.

Interesting game, but I haven't been hooked as some friends claimed.

Make sure you have the latest drivers especially video.
Reboot first and turn off everything nonessential.

If you are using Norton, McAfee or some other resource hungry program,
turn them off as well.
Be sure to turn them back on (normally reboot will do it) before doing
ANYTHING else after the game.
Better yet replace with less resource hungry and more efficient such
as Avast, Nod32 or AVG.

What are your specs?

 

[VRG Scotty]

well I found out what my problem was i need a new graphics card but
come on i thought it could run Halo after all its running soo many other
games sigh anyways i need a pci graphics card i bought a AGP it complely
messed me up i had to rebbot my pc each time i try it, it was a Geforce
256 8x AGP graphics card i knew i should have gotten a Redeon. Anyways
thanx for your help if u have any Good Idea on which graphics card i
should get holla bro.

Hang on, let me get this right...you needed a PCI graphics card and you went
and bought an AGP card ? How the hell did you manage to fit it...snap a
few pins off?? And why would buying a Radeon card help...are they both PCI
and AGP in one card?
Help me out here...I need to understand what you have done.

 

[Andy [YaYa]]

Hang on, let me get this right...you needed a PCI graphics card and you
went and bought an AGP card ? How the hell did you manage to fit
it...snap a few pins off?? And why would buying a Radeon card help...are
they both PCI and AGP in one card?
Help me out here...I need to understand what you have done.

It SOUNDS to me like someone told him you need a PCI card (meaning to say
PCI-Express) not knowing what they were talking about, but he's got an AGP
motherboard, and an AGP video card (not sure which model, but it has 256Megs
on board so it can't be THAT bad. Should run HaloZ), his system is rebooting
while trying to get the game going probably because he's got corrupted or
invalid video card drivers floating around his system.

Probably just needs to upgrade to the latest nvidia drivers and the game
will work.

Problem is he's got a bunch of friends who don't know dick about computers
passing themselves off as experts.

That's just a guess, if he really did file off pins to get the AGP card to
fit in his PCI-Express Slot then you are hosed buddy. Hope that wasn't your
Dads computer.

So which is it (he's probably no longer reading this), does the "Geforce
256" card boot into Windows at all? If it does, then you're probably OK with
what you have. If it does NOT, what tools did you use to "mod" your video
card?

-A.

 

[VRG Scotty]

It SOUNDS to me like someone told him you need a PCI card (meaning to say
PCI-Express) not knowing what they were talking about, but he's got an AGP
motherboard, and an AGP video card (not sure which model, but it has
256Megs on board so it can't be THAT bad. Should run HaloZ), his system is
rebooting while trying to get the game going probably because he's got
corrupted or invalid video card drivers floating around his system.

Probably just needs to upgrade to the latest nvidia drivers and the game
will work.

Problem is he's got a bunch of friends who don't know dick about computers
passing themselves off as experts.

That's just a guess, if he really did file off pins to get the AGP card to
fit in his PCI-Express Slot then you are hosed buddy. Hope that wasn't
your Dads computer.

So which is it (he's probably no longer reading this), does the "Geforce
256" card boot into Windows at all? If it does, then you're probably OK
with what you have. If it does NOT, what tools did you use to "mod" your
video card?

Hehehe grinder and a pair of pliers...however no matter how it is
read..none of the cards could fit no matter what bus they try them if they
were AGP to PCI or PCIe..tis frightening what people will try cos their
mates say so

 

[Olórin]

Hang on, let me get this right...you needed a PCI graphics card and
you went
and bought an AGP card ? How the hell did you manage to fit it...snap
a
few pins off?? And why would buying a Radeon card help...are they
both PCI
and AGP in one card?
Help me out here...I need to understand what you have done.
--
VRG Scotty

'www.vistareadygames.com' (http://www.vistareadygames.com)
Down due to maintenance

Okay Okay I Know What Ur thinking Im A Crazy Guy But Guess What My Main
Board Supports Both PCI Express And AGP But My Friend Told Me It Had
Something To Do With The Proccesor: Its An Intel [R] Pentium [R] 4 CPU
3.20 GHz I Dont Know How True It Was Neither Was I Taking His Advise. I
Traded The AGP For My Friends PCI Nvidia Geforce 5500 Series "256 Video
Card" Popped It Into That Bad Boy Gave Me Hell To Install Maybe Cuzz I
Was A Noob At This Thing.... But Yeah After Figuring It Out Via Boot
Menu And Swicthing Defaults....Damn That Pissed Me Off Its Finally
Working Well It Worked I Installed The Game And Beat It Again....XD The
I Installed Half Life 2 Episode 2 Beat That >>> Then Resident Evil 4
Beat That Omg That Was A Fun Game, Now Im Just Playing A WHole Bunch Of
Online Games.

But The Solution Was The Video Card And No I Didnt Force The PCI Into
The AGP Lmao Not That Stupid......Thanx Guys For All The Help Imma Try
And Get A Screen Shot Of My Specs SO Yall Can See. If I Have Problem I
Will Send A Url Ok.

Much Thanx To "VRG Scotty" And "Andy [Yaya] Who Lmao I Just Read What U
Said And U Were Right My Friends Dont Know Shiit About Pc I Ave To be
The One Learning As I Go Along. Lol And No Its My Pc I Bought It To Do
Graphics Lol .

Sheesh - you actually expect people to read through that mess? The solution
to no caps anywhere isn't To Capitalise Every Single Word In Sight, you
know!

 

[Olórin]

You Think I Didnt Actually Realise I Was Typing Like That.....Oh Look im
Doing It Now........Bad Habit. Deal With It.

[Thread reinstated which you so thoughtfully and helpfully snipped out]

Okay Okay I Know What Ur thinking Im A Crazy Guy But Guess What My Main
Board Supports Both PCI Express And AGP But My Friend Told Me It Had
Something To Do With The Proccesor: Its An Intel [R] Pentium [R] 4 CPU
3.20 GHz I Dont Know How True It Was Neither Was I Taking His Advise. I
Traded The AGP For My Friends PCI Nvidia Geforce 5500 Series "256 Video
Card" Popped It Into That Bad Boy Gave Me Hell To Install Maybe Cuzz I
Was A Noob At This Thing.... But Yeah After Figuring It Out Via Boot
Menu And Swicthing Defaults....Damn That Pissed Me Off Its Finally
Working Well It Worked I Installed The Game And Beat It Again....XD The
I Installed Half Life 2 Episode 2 Beat That >>> Then Resident Evil 4
Beat That Omg That Was A Fun Game, Now Im Just Playing A WHole Bunch Of
Online Games.

But The Solution Was The Video Card And No I Didnt Force The PCI Into
The AGP Lmao Not That Stupid......Thanx Guys For All The Help Imma Try
And Get A Screen Shot Of My Specs SO Yall Can See. If I Have Problem I
Will Send A Url Ok.

Much Thanx To "VRG Scotty" And "Andy [Yaya] Who Lmao I Just Read What U
Said And U Were Right My Friends Dont Know Shiit About Pc I Ave To be
The One Learning As I Go Along. Lol And No Its My Pc I Bought It To Do
Graphics Lol .

Sheesh - you actually expect people to read through that mess? The
solution
to no caps anywhere isn't To Capitalise Every Single Word In Sight, you
know!

You Think I Didnt Actually Realise I Was Typing Like That.....

Well, yes. It didn't enter my mind for longer than a fleeting second that
anyone would actually do it on purpose, unless deliberately to annoy.

Oh Look im Doing It Now.......

And missing out apostrophes.

Bad Habit.

Damn right, you seem to be challenged in a variety of ways. Why don't you
try to break yourself of the habit?

Deal With It.

No.
*plonk*

 

[Andy [YaYa]]

Well, yes. It didn't enter my mind for longer than a fleeting second
that anyone would actually do it on purpose, unless deliberately to
annoy.


And missing out apostrophes.


Damn right, you seem to be challenged in a variety of ways. Why don't
you try to break yourself of the habit?


No.
*plonk*

wELL i fOR oNE dO nOT fIND iT aNNOYING aT aLL, bUT hONESTLY, wHEN i tRY
tO tYPE lIKE tHIS i wONDER hOW iN tHE hell aNYONE cOULD aCTUALLY
"learn" tO tYPE lIKE tHIS. iT'S mAKING mY pINKY sORE.

I'm sorry you learned to type like an idiot, but believe me when I say
that if you take a moment to get a decent newsgroup client that auto-
spellchecks people will take you more seriously and not treat you like a
5 year old. Then you don't have to re-learn anything. That's what's so
great about technology today, it can mask the kind of person you
actually are with little to no effort on your part.

....and we wonder why America's greatest import is Engineers from China.
Time to get back to "Learnin" kids unless poverty is OK with you.

Rest of the world isn't waiting while America plays catch-up.

 

[Andy [YaYa]]

FYI Bro/Chick I Don’t Really Have A Problem With Your Points Or
Opinion Aright....Its Not Really Of Any Relevance To Me At This Point
This Forum Wasn’t About You Bitching About My Format Of Typing…..I Was
Currently Dealing With Persons Who Actually Know What The Hell They
Were Talking About Until You Came Along. SO Now I Say To You Either
You Deal With It Or Move On….Since Your Sooo Smart What Do You Think
About That. I’m Sure Your going To Reply As You Seem To Have DONE
Twice Although ……………….Yes I Did Ignore You The First Time But I Guess
You Need To Be Noticed So Tell Me More About How Smart You Are And How
Dumb I Am Due to The Fact That I Type Like This” :::::sarc:::::::

I never said you were dumb, but I did imply it, and I'm sorry. I also
never said I was smart. I am of the belief that I could always be
smarter, which is why I take criticism and decide weather or not to
learn from it. If I don't agree with the presented point of view, I'll
usually offer a counter position and explain why I don't feel said
criticism is justified.

First time I got online, was with an Atari 800, I was chatting with a
system operator in CAPS because, well I'd never typed in lower case
before (All BASIC Code on the Atari is written in CAPS). He suggested I
try it because typing in CAPS "makes me look like an idiot", his exact
words. I decided this was good advice and learned to use lower case
except where proper capital letters are needed. I've told you that
typing like you do will make people take you less seriously, you thought
about it, you don't agree with me, you'll continue to type how you will.
That's GREAT! I mean it. It's a free world (mostly), do what you want to
do, but don't try to get all pissy at us for offering you sage advice.

Wasn't Sarc the MCP's lacky in Tron?

I'll leave you with this suggestion. Relax, have fun, try not to take
everything as a negative, or you'll die of stress before you hit 16.