Re: Halo 2 for Windows Vista - Asking for Game CD

Hi Jimmy-

Appreciate the feedback, but I don't think any of this applies. Keep in
mind this is Windows Vista, and most of what you've posted applies to Windows
XP. The PC is brand new, and already has all the latest drivers for the
hardware components, so I don't believe this is a driver issue. I don't have
Kazaa installed. I don't have multiple CD drives. I've already installed
the available patches, the AVAULT has redesigned their site and no longer has
patches. This is clearly just a bug in the game that Microsoft needs to
issue a patch to address. Is there any cheat code I could enter that would
just allow me to start at the next level? I just want to be able to finish
the game.

msacks

"Jimmy S." wrote:

Hi msacks,

Here are some other more involved solutions which have worked:

1. Before we begin, please save a restore point for your system.
How to use Windows XP System Restore:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/gethelp/systemrestore.asp

2. You might be affected by problems similar to the Insert CD error.
- Try the advice and DL at: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=228985
Another trick that I found sometimes works is to make the limited account an
administrator account and run that game once. This should create the registry
settings and permissions for that user to be able to properly run the game.

3. Kazaa or Kazaa light is installed on your system.
- Uninstall the game(s) and Kazaa, and reinstall from original CD.

4. Multiple CD drives on your system including Virtual CD drives.
- Disconnect all but the main CD drive and try the game. You
might have an older drive, or a CD Writer which is incompatible
with the Safe Disk copy protection on the CD. (Contact Vendor).

5. Your antivirus or application firewall might be conflicting with it.
- Disable the software temporarily.

6. There might be a patch available for your game to correct the issue.
- Try www.avault.com/pcrl/patches_list.asp?letter=a/ or the game's site.

7. Your desktop may need to be set at least 800x600 and 16 colors.
- Click Start / (Settings) Control Panel / Click Display

8. Your Video, Sound, or Monitor drivers may need updating.
- Try updating your Video drivers using the instructions at:
http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/Video.html#drivers

9. To see if it's a software conflict: Temporarily disable Startup
programs one at a time, starting with Firewall, Antivirus, and ad
blockers using this utility: http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
or this method: http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_content.php

10. If you created other drive letters on your system by installing another drive,
creating partitions or virtual drives you may need to change the CD back
to the same drive letter it was originally. Usually the CD uses the letter D:
- Click Start / Run / type: diskmgmt.msc < to access the tool to change it.

11. Maybe a Microsoft Security patch is the culprit. The only way to be sure is
to Unplug from your Internet connection, and then repair Windows using
this method: http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

After you reboot, try the game again. If it works, save a new restore point.

Lastly, boot up your system, turn on your XP Internet Firewall, plug back
into your Internet connection and install all Critical and Recommended updates
from: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com one at a time. Test the game after
each update to find which is causing the game not to start on your PC. :-)

--
Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Visit my MSN Games and Windows Gaming Help Site: www.msce.mvps.org
MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
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msacks Wrote:
=================
| Hi Jimmy-
|
| Thanks for the response. My PC only has one disc drive. Any other
| suggestions?
|
| msacks
|
| "Jimmy S." wrote:
|
|| Hi msacks,
||
|| If you have more than one disc drive, try the other.
|| This might be a result of the game searching for the
|| disc in the same drive letter it was installed from.
||
|| --
|| Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
|| Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
||
|| Visit my MSN Games and Windows Gaming Help Site: www.msce.mvps.org
|| MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
|| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
|| _________________________________________________________
||
|| msacks Wrote:
|| =================
||| Hi-
|||
||| I'm having a problem with Halo 2 for Windows Vista prompting me for the Game
||| CD at the end of one of the levels "Chapter 04: The Old, Farmiliar Feeling"
||| at the end of the cinematic, the Halo 2 logo appears on the screen like it's
||| loading the next level, and then I get prompted for my game CD. It doesn't
||| matter if the game CD is in the drive or not, if I reply the level it still
||| asks me for the CD. How do I get passed this annoyance and on to the next
||| level? Is this a known bug in the Vista version of the game? I have the DVD
||| version of the game.



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