Halo On Windows Vista

Something related to GFWL is buried somewhere in the Vista profile that MS can't find yet.  I spent hours with Gilgamesh trying different things (reinstall H2V, reset LIVE, edit the registry, reset machine id for LIVE, and so on...), in the end all it took was a new Vista profile. I know recreating a profile can be a pain, especially since ...

What are your thoughts on adding ''Create a new profile under Vista and test Halo 2 using that profile''?  It seems to be working for more and more people and honestly, it is a lot quicker than defrag, driver updates and the other items.  Driver Updates are very important, no doubt there. But maybe this will help out Gilgamesh and the ...

Just for shits and giggles, try creating a new Vista profile and running Halo2 from that.

Select a Silver membership, it is free.  No CC required.  You have to be clicking on Gold.

How about anything in the Event Viewer?  Note the time of your crash and then check the logs. Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Event Viewer

Warhawks31st:And it says cant download update. I was getting that same thing, an update is available and I couldn't download it.  After launching Halo 2 as an admin it failed initially to download the update, but then I was messing around in my LIVE profile area and it downloaded and worked fine. Lucky timing?  Fluke?  No idea, ...

try running Halo2 as an admin.  If it doesn't update immediately try again when going through your LIVE settings.  Mine didn't update at first automatically until I went in to the LIVE settings/profile area and it prompted me again to update, then it worked.  In case you missed it, I ran Halo2 as an admin.

Well, you could try hitting the website to download the latest patch.  In the end I had to go to the game folder (C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo 2) and run Halo2 as an admin and then it updated for me. If that method of update doesn't work immediately, play around under the LIVE account area and I think you can force an update from ...

Try creating a new Vista account, log in to that and try Halo 2.  If it works, then Gilgamesh has another machine with the same symptons as mine.  :)

once you plug directly in to your modem, it is a good idea to unlpug the power from your modem and wait 10 seconds before plugging it back in.  This will enable you to get an IP, try IE first before loading Halo 2 to ensure it is working.