Halo 2 on windows7

hi, i have successfully installed halo 2 pc on my laptop with following specs:

O/S-Windows 7 Ultimatex86
GPU- 1 GB Nvidia geforce GT 520MX HD
CPU- intel core i5 @ 2.50ghz
Ram- 4 GB
HDD- 750 GB @5400rpm

The laptop runs several HD games like battlefield bad company 2, nfs hot persuit 2010, gta 4 etc. perfectly without any glitches.
But every time i run halo2 on it, it shows following errors:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: halo2.exe
Application Version: 1.0.0.11081
Application Timestamp: 46368037
Fault Module Name: nvd3d9wrap.dll
Fault Module Version: 8.17.12.6883
Fault Module Timestamp: 4deb5be3
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00001eb5
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 16393
Additional Information 1: e19c
Additional Information 2: e19ce9d2dcd06ac32515e8966fc1418d
Additional Information 3: fbd7
Additional Information 4: fbd7d9d0d9d02c0f45dfdd44ae0576c2

Tried everything told in previous posts but still nothing fixes it. Please help me out.

have you tried to run Halo 2 in Windows XP Compatibility Mode or with Administrator privileges?

See my post here - How to get Halo 2 working under Windows 7

SORRY BRO..........it also failed

To get mine up and running I had to mess with System 32 a bit as other methods didn't seem to work for my system.

I would not advice you to do the same because it involved taking ownership of System32, and manually modifying the registry.
The game is not worth it really..

Erick Aguilar said:

To get mine up and running I had to mess with System 32 a bit as other methods didn't seem to work for my system.

I would not advice you to do the same because it involved taking ownership of System32, and manually modifying the registry.
The game is not worth it really..

It certainly isn't. And it definitely shouldn't require such a drastic measure.

Anyway my fix I linked to works. It’s quite simple and doesn’t require any Windows modifications, hacks, compatibility modes, or any other crazy stuff. All you need to do is download an older version of Games For Windows live and follow the game install instructions I posted.

That said, can't (and won't) say it'll work on pirated or hacked copies of the game. My game is an official store bought physical copy. In short, if the game isn't working with the fix I posted, you might have to question the legitimacy of the game.

Good luck.

I tried uninstalling the latest version of the live program but when I ran halo it required that I update the program. Should I not allow it to do this?? Also, I activated the program when first asked to do so. Does this matter?? It still hangs after all the options have been selected, and after selecting a campaign. All I get then is a blue background and some music.