Will Halo 2 Work on Windows Vista Basic Edition ?

[Guest]

Hello i want to upgrade my laptop to Vista and i can only afford Windows
Vista Basic Edition. I am only upgrading my laptop so i can play games for
windows. I have a xbox live gametag so if i upgrade to windows vista basic
edition. Will i be able to play Halo 2 vista with my Gametag and get
achievements and stuff?

 

[Paul Smith]

Hello i want to upgrade my laptop to Vista and i can only afford Windows
Vista Basic Edition. I am only upgrading my laptop so i can play games for
windows. I have a xbox live gametag so if i upgrade to windows vista basic
edition. Will i be able to play Halo 2 vista with my Gametag and get
achievements and stuff?

Short answer yes.

Long answer, yes but Premium is *really* worth the extra, Basic is very
Basic. Also make sure the laptop has the hardware, and the drivers to
support Windows Vista, and Halo 2.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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[Guest]

Short answer yes.

Long answer, yes but Premium is *really* worth the extra, Basic is very
Basic. Also make sure the laptop has the hardware, and the drivers to
support Windows Vista, and Halo 2.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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Thank you happy to hear that and how do i fined out what requirements my
laptop needs to support vista.

 

[kronos]

Over 70% of halo 2 players have problems on all editions.

 

[Gregory Vanwynsberghe]

Unfornately, you also need like for the Xbox Live a silver or gold
membership to have achievements etc ..

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

I am curious the source for that statistic.
Please post is so the OP and others can see details of issues as well
as the solution mentioned.

 

[Paul Smith]

Over 70% of halo 2 players have problems on all editions.

I'm sure you have no source for such figures. But I have Halo 2 and have
had no problems with it, the only niggling thing that bugs me is sometimes
the guide is a bit laggy, and yes I have played it extensively.

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Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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[Andy]

I'm sure you have no source for such figures. But I have Halo 2 and have
had no problems with it, the only niggling thing that bugs me is sometimes
the guide is a bit laggy, and yes I have played it extensively.

Me either, there's one problem when you finish one of the missions the game
won't continue, you have to restart the game. Bit of a pain, but not really.

Why ya gotta be hatin Kronos? Just break down and go buy Vista and Halo 2
man.

A better thing would of been to say, "100% of all games on the PC have at
least 1 known bug when they ship." Which is true of any game, not just PC,
but console, board, pen & paper, tag, hide-n-go-seek, buck-buck, pin the
tail on the donkey, etc.

 

[Andy]

Unfornately, you also need like for the Xbox Live a silver or gold
membership to have achievements etc ..

XBox live Silver membership is free, and the achievements are a hoot, get
outta the hate pool.

The question was will Halo run on Vista Basic. Answer, Yes.

 

[Keyser SoZe]

I had no issues. H2 worked great.

Over 70% of halo 2 players have problems on all editions.

 

[Keyser SoZe]

H2 works perfectly well on Vista. I beate the game already, lots of fun.
Vista rocks.
Just get a decent hw.

 

[Andy]

H2 works perfectly well on Vista. I beate the game already, lots of fun.
Vista rocks.
Just get a decent hw.

Damn dude, I count like 20 messages of you saying, "Halo 2 is great and if
you can't play it buy a new computer." (paraphrasing)

Stop it, we get it, you like Halo, and everyone should go spend lots of
money to play a game that's 3 years old and IMO isn't that great of a
shooter.

HELLO PEOPLE! ORANGE BOX is coming out "soon", more FPS goodness than you
can shake a stick at, and unlike Halo 2 it'll probably be, A> Good, and B>
Compatible with Windows XP.

Sorry to jump on the "hate wagon", but H2 [sic] or any other game does not
always work for all systems, and throwing new hardware in your box isn't
always the way to fix the problem.