How to get Halo 2 working under Windows 7

[HaloFan4Ever]

What is the Activation Key ?

Help me out with this please.

Cheers

*Tobi

 

[nommy the first]

Hello HaloFan4Ever and welcome to the Forums,

The activation key is the key that you need to activate your copy of Halo 2. Without activating the game you can not play it (or only play the first mission, not sure).
It can be found either inside the booklet that you will find in the product case which you got when you bought the game or on the DVD of the game itself.


Good luck with your game,
Nommy

 

[HaloFan4Ever]

Hey and thanks

i used them but now the game tell me, the key doenst work. it is a wrong one .. so maybe the patch doesnt work right for me

 

[nommy the first]

Hmm, if you haven't activated your game lots of times with it it should work fine.. Have you checked for possible spelling errors (B instead of 8, 5 instead of S)?

The only way to get a new key was to contact Microsoft and provide them with the details on the case/CD, but sadly enough the support for Halo 2 ended on October 9th of 2012. You might be able to call them using one of the phone numbers displayed on the last page of the booklet, but if that doesn't work, there sadly is nothing that can be done.


Nommy

 

[sygnus21]

Hey and thanks

i used them but now the game tell me, the key doenst work. it is a wrong one .. so maybe the patch doesnt work right for me

Hi,

Your activation code is either going to be on the booklet or inside the CD case. If you can't activate the code, it has either been used, or the game is pirated. If the game is pirated we can't help you as we don't support piracy here. If the game is newly bought, I suggest you contact the vendor, or try contacting Microsoft.

Your activation code should look something like this (substitute the x's for numbers & letters)...

XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

And the patch has nothing to do with activation. Bottom line is you don't need to patch the game to activate it.

Also make sure you're logged into you Games For Windows Live (Games For Windows Marketplace) when activating the game.

Everything is spelled out on the first post.

Good luck.

 

[gunreach]

This works

Hi, i have a problem.The game works but when i try to change the resolution the game exits and i receive a error about windows vista. I want to ask you if i can modify the resolution or i must play on basic one?

 

[gunreach]

HI i receive this "sorry " and i done waht they say and happend nothing can you help me? pls

 

[sygnus21]

Please refer back to the original post and make sure you have a valid activation key. Understand that if the game is hacked or pirated, it may not work, and in this case I have no other suggestions. Thanks.

As for modifying the resolution, I'm sure it could be done, but I don't have that information in front of me and would have to search for it on the net, same as you would. Also, I no longer have the game installed since I'm now on Windows 8.1 so I can't test to figure it out for you.

Sorry, and good luck.

 

[gunreach]

Its ok i figure it out it works but the resolution i dont know yet.. what the problem is but it worked to the end i jsut needed to chose "activate now" not "later" because then i could activate my product key thx anyway :d good luck to you too .

 

[sygnus21]

Not sure why you can't get to run at your resolution. It ran fine when I installed it on 7. I also got it to work under Windows 8 somehow but the mouse movements was ridiculously laggy to basically be unplayable. However I was able to get full resolution - 1920 x 1080 there as well.

Anyway I played the game like 3-4 times so I'm done with it.

Glad you got it working, minus the resolution. Peace

 

[harleemax]

My game will not work correctly. After i click start up for halo 2 this message pops up.
This computer's performance information has not been created.

You should create performance information on this computer before running Halo 2 for Windows Vista.

Click Start, Control Panel, System and Maintenance, and Performance Information and Tools.

I can click RUN and it will take me to the play screen then once i click that it will close out the program with no error just simply close it out. Please help!

 

[RoasterMen]

They should dump GFWL

 

[sygnus21]

Sorry but 1) I no longer run Windows 7, thus 2), no longer have the game installed because 3) I'm now running Windows 8.1 and have not tried installing it since an OS reinstall.

That said, as I said before, the game has to be a legit copy for you to have any chance of the game properly working with the procedures written on page 1 here. If the game is legit, and you are still having issues, try re-reading the instructions here again.

Oh and I've not seen this message before so that's a bit odd

My game will not work correctly. After i click start up for halo 2 this message pops up.
This computer's performance information has not been created.

They should dump GFWL

They did "dump" GFWL... it is now Games For Windows Market Place :sarc:

Anyway, whether they dump the client app or not, people still want to play a game they paid for, thus your post is a bit unhelpful.

 

[RoasterMen]

Didn't microsoft stopped the support for their Games For Windows Market Place?

I remember when Microsoft announced that they will be stopping support for Games For Windows so I had to spend my 1800 points for GTA IV's DLC (TBoGT) and the remaining points was used to buy more boring stuffs on their store.

But anyways Halo 2 should've been using SteamWorks, less trouble

 

[sygnus21]

Yeah from what I understand they were supposed to discontinue it, but I was under the impression you could still play games bought under it. The problem with Halo however is not only was it tied to Vista, but also GFWL.

And yeah, I do agree that Halo would have been best served on Steam, but Microsoft, and now E.A. wanted to keep their games to themselves. Unfortunately MS screwed the pooch here

 

[Vandio]

Might be too late

Hello, so I've read through this forum and followed all the steps. I know that you no longer have Windows 7, but could you possibly still help me? I've done everything, except when I start the game up, an error message pops up that says that:

"The program can't start because xlive.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem."

I have reinstalled the file that you gave me and uninstalled the correct product. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling Halo 2 a couple times and uninstalling and reinstalling the Games for Windows Marketplace file, but I am still getting this error. Any ideas? Is there maybe just something I have to rename?

 

[sygnus21]

Hi,

Sorry but not only do I not use Windows 7 anymore, but I've not even attempted to install Halo on Windows 10. That said, I think your best bet is to search on-line on how to get the game running under 7. In short, I can't help you with the game because I haven't touched it since my posts here.

Sorry.

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Funny isn't halo a xbox game so couldn't someone use the xbox app

 

[sygnus21]

Not funny.... The first two Halo games (Halo - Combat Evolved, Halo - 2) ran on PC. I know because I have both (still do) and played them under Windows 7. After that, they moved to games to X-Bones.

Thank you.