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I just got H2V and I tried to install it, and after a few seconds it comes up with the error-there was a fatal error installing redists/H2V-licr.msi. I press retry but it comes up with the error every time.

Has anyone else had this problem? How can I fix it? I'm sure the disk's clean and everything. The file is in the CD, I checked.

i got that error...but i guess my computer couldnt run it...maybe you can join the club of people saying you can run h2v when you cant...fun huh?

...No.

you got a fualty copy of halo2vista i recommend you take it back and get it replaced.

I'll post back later today or tomorrow prob then, thanks. I hoped I wouldn't have to do this...

hey man i hope it works...just mine didnt and i was all ticked off but...yeah i hope yours works.

you could try actually going to the redists folder and installing that manually.

Nah... I tried it, and it said there was an error with the file... I'll post back tomorrow after I've exchanged it at Best Buy.

did you install vista on a clean partition? i've found installing it over xp some times gives a number of problems including with online gaming for some reason and gameplay. duno why. Or if your trying to play on xp the problem is that you didnt upgrade to vista, its a windows vista program!!!!

****!!! I got a brand spankin new disk, tried installing and it still didn't work! WTF!! I'm returning this again... the sticker with the "partial nudity" was on the case of both disks. I'm returning it and seeing if I can find one of the newer ones, with no partial nudity. Maybe it'll work then. **** this....

Just curious, what are you running in the background while trying to install Halo 2 Vista?

im telling you muff1n...it might not work...you just have to accept it...lol when i got that error on my comp i told my parents i would work for a new computer...and they said i was going crazy...but now i have fun just watching what the h2v modders come out with.

Im not telling you it won't work, Im just saying it might not work.

0m3g4Muff1n987 wrote:****!!! I got a brand spankin new disk, tried installing and it still didn't work! WTF!! I'm returning this again... the sticker with the "partial nudity" was on the case of both disks. I'm returning it and seeing if I can find one of the newer ones, with no partial nudity. Maybe it'll work then. **** this....

Partial nudity in H2v? The only one thats ever naked it cortana...

..

*goes to store*

dont get your hopes up.
the nudity is with the level export plugin in a error file with a mans ass showing.

Yeah I know. I called the support number at microsoft and the stupid guy told me my 128MB gfx card couldn't handle H2V, and that was why I couldn't install it I doubt that. I told him I was on a notebook and he was like "o well lol i'm sure if u call ur compy man-u-facturer ther'l b sum way u can replace the card and install h2v!!1"

they told me my processor couldnt handle it, yet it ran on my friends comp with a 1.6GHz processor like me. (we both have the same GHz processor.)

I know! I have 1.6 GHz too! The guy couldn't seem to understand it was dual-core and that halo needed at least 2GHz to run, and I finally got him to understand.

Anyway, andrew, what brand computer do you have? And is it a laptop?


EDIT: I just took halo0001's advice and tried running that msi, and this is when it got to the "gathering required information" part it came up with an error. Here's what it said-

The dumb mutha****in error wrote:There is a problem with this windows installer package. A program required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support personnel or package vendor.

It looks like I have a missing/corrupted file. But I don't think that after going through 2 freakin disks that they would both have the same file corrupted or gone.

Gah! I'm so close to installing the game I've been waiting to play for months! It's right in the *** palm of my hand! How is this happening?!

It's probably your graphics card. Or either that your processor. How old is you're notebook?

I have a Dell Inspiron 640m Vista Capable Laptop. Heck, it even has vista.

with an intel core duo 1.6 GHz...stupid person at bestbuy said, of yeah H2V will work great on your computer...when i had the game and it didnt work i went down to best buy and punched him...

actually i wish i punched him...anyways yeah.

Lolz. You should have. Well... maybe I should get the geek squad down here, I mean they're smarter than the stupid Indian guys at any company's support. Including Microsoft's of course.

I'm going back to Best Buy. But not before I call Toshiba. This damn game should work on my computer... I mean everyone else's does, and they have the same exact specs!! This is crazy, I'm calling Toshiba, and if the indian dumbass can't help me I'm exchanging it again. Or getting the geek squad or something.

You know, I looked in Vista's event viewer, and found the 1st instance of the error. There are like 3 different errors for each time I try to install H2V. I'll post em-

Event 1 wrote:Product: Halo 2 for Windows Vista -- Error 1721. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Action: SLDLInstall.4156BB8E_484A_4CEF_A757_23EEBCFBD9EF, location: C:\Windows\Installer\MSI9821.tmp, command: /I @C:\Users\0M3G4M~1\AppData\Local\Temp\~SL86A7.tmp

Event 2 wrote:Product: Halo 2 for Windows Vista -- Installation failed.

And even though this one looks like it's all good, it's not (the game still isn't installed):

Event 3 wrote:Windows Installer installed the product. Product Name: Halo 2 for Windows Vista. Product Version: 1.0.0.0. Product Language: 1033. Installation success or error status: 1603.

And there's also always an event before the 1st error in each set of errors, but it's not generated by the source of MsiInstaller (like the other errors), but by "SideBySide"-

SideBySide?! wrote:Activation context generation failed for "C:\Windows\Installer\MSI9821.tmp". Dependent Assembly Microsoft.VC80.CRT,processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="8.0.50727.762" could not be found. Please use sxstrace.exe for detailed diagnosis.

And since it said it had something to do with Msi it must relate to the failing installation of the game.