How to run Halo 2 on Windows 7/ 8 / 8.1 without any Xbox live problems.

 

I have successfully installed and played Halo 2 on Windows 8.1 x64 bit. Halo 2 was released for Windows Vista as an exclusive.

 

This guide is written for Dopeman rip of the game. I am not sure that it would work for the original game. But what’s stopping you from trying. I was able to fix that Xbox Live error.

 

Here is how you do it. Follow the steps and soon you would be kicking asses of the covenants.

1. Extract the “H2.7z” file and you will get two folders “Halo 2” and “INSTALL THESE FIRST”. Open the folder “INSTALL THESE FIRST” and install “XLiveRedist1.0.6027.msi” and “vcredist.msi” and .
   
2. Open “Halo 2” Folder and run “halo2.exe”. If this gives any error of any missing dll files. Then download those files from the internet.
   In my case, there were two dll files missing. “d3dx9_31.dll” and “xinput1_3.dll”. Download the missing files, extract it and place the dll files in the root folder “Halo 2”.
   
3. You need Games for Windows Marketplace, please download it from here. Other versions may not work actually. Don’t worry it’s official from Microsoft. Open it and let it install. It’s about 30 MB’s in Size.
   
4. Now go to “C:\Windows\System32” and search for “dwmapi.dll” and copy that file in “Halo 2”. It will ask to replace, click on yes.
   
5. You also need “Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package”. Download for 32-bit from here and 64-bit from here.
   
6. As we only plan to play the campaign and we don’t need any Live features. So, Who needs product keys, There is a crack which will let you play the game offline. Download it from here. Extract the rar file and place the files “xlive.dll”, “MF.dll” and “MFPlat.dll” in “Halo 2” folder.
   
7. Now run “halo2.exe” and see if this opens and allows you to play. If you have done everything as I said, then I am pretty sure that you would be able to play this game.
   
8. If you are able to play. Enjoy and then please show some love in the comments.

I have completed this game a few days ago. It worked fine. No lags. I tuned down the setting little bit and it was a piece of cake.
I have tried it on the Dopeman Halo 2 Rip. I am not sure about the original. But please try and help others. I made this guide because I had seen many people complaining about this game. Most of them weren’t able to play it including me because of the Xbox live not initialised error.

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How to play Counter-Strike 1.6 on WLAN with friends for free.

 

In this tutorial i will teach you to play Counter-Strike 1.6 with friends on WLAN for free legally.

Note: This guide can also work for Counter-Strike: Source.. but it’s not free legally.
Remember, During early days, Counter-Strike was just a mod of Half-Life. So, the original mod is still free. Although it’s not updated.
So, lets start up.
Things you need:

• Any computer with Wireless modem or a laptop with WLAN.
• It’s better to have the laptop.
• Windows 7 is best for adhoc connections. 
• Friend’s laptop with same configuration.
• Counter-Strike 1.6
• And of course some time to play.

First of all you need to download Counter-Strike 1.6, if you already bought it on steam then it’s okay but i would still recommend to download this version. As different versions of others clients would lead to failure.
Download it from here.
After downloading, install it on your laptop(or pc). and also copy it to any flash drive and install it on the other laptops. So you are the server and they will become the client.
Now open “Control Panel” >> open “Network and Sharing center”.
Click on “Manage wireless Networks” it is located in the left panel.

Then it would open… like this.

Click on “add”.

Now “create an ad hoc network”.

Now, choose one network name. and set the security type to open or you may choose WPA2. but open can also be used if you are playing inside the room.
Now you need to connect to this network.

Also connect the other laptops with this network.
Now open Counter-Strike and create a server.
Since you created the server, then you will be the server and others will be the client.
After few moments, let the others open counter-strike and tell them to click on “Find Servers” >> “LAN tab”. and they would be able to see your server.
Tell them to connect and hurrah.. you all guys would be able to play counter-strike on a single map.
Note: You will soon encounter some problem, when you will try to play this second time. Your friends might not be able to connect.. if so happens then you need to delete the ad hoc connection and create a new one. You may need to repeat this process for every time you play.
For creating ad hoc connection on Windows XP.. please refer to this guide.
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How to fix the Fallout 3 crashes and bugs.

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Well this guide is for those who are really pissed of due the glitches, crashes, bugs, freezing moments in the Fallout 3 game.

First of all, let me make this clear this guide is not 110% reliable but I have successfully fixed my game and this is going to take some time. I just wanted to share this tutorial.
Note: This guide works for the skullptura release rip.
Okay.. so lets start up..
Steps to make it run.
1) Install the game.
2) Now run Fallout3.exe
If it gives you an error like “xlive.dll not found”. Then you probably need to install Game for Windows live.. but there is a more easier way. You just need to download “xlive.dll” file. You can get it from http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?xlive
Then after downloading.. simply paste that in your Fallout 3 root folder i.e. by default “C:\Program Files\Bethesda Studios\Fallout 3” but yours can vary.. so be sure..

3) Again run “Fallout3.exe”
Then it would just start but whenever you will start a new game it will crash to desktop. This is a persistent problem in Windows 7. But we have a fix too. Download this d3d9.dll file from here https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8bDGuYO9uq8MEdacGlKcTJVeEU/edit?pli=1 You have to be very precise in this one.. and please download this file only from my given link.. others file of same name on the internet might not work. Actually this file forces the game to run on DirectX 9.0. Now after downloading again paste the file into the root folder of fallout.

4) Now again run “Fallout3.exe”
If it again crashes to desktop during the new game.. then you need to edit few things. Open your root folder of fallout 3 then you would find a file named “Fallout_default.ini” open that file, it should open it any text editor. Now find the line “bUseThreadedAI=0” and replace it with “bUseThreadedAI=1” (without quotes) then just below this line add one more line “iNumHWThreads=2” (without quotes) this will force the game to run with 2 processors. You need to do the same editing work in “C:\Users\Unnati\Documents\My Games\Fallout3\FALLOUT.INI” mind it exactly same editing.
4) Before you start it again this is an optional step to those users who use “ffdshow”. You need to open “Audio Decoder Configuration” from the ffdshow and click on “Directshow control” in the left pane and then check the box “don’t use ffdshow in” and add “Fallout3.exe” in it.

Now click on OK.

5) Now start the game but before you start the game you just change the Screen effects to bloom or none in fallout settings by running “FalloutLauncher.exe” then before running the “fallout3.exe” right click on it and change the compatibility to Windows XP SP2 and enable run as administrator. Now start the game and click on settings>gameplay> and turn of all the autosaves. Then click on new game and it will start.. yuppy.. it will simply work.. but wait after a few mins it might crash.
6) If in between it crashes or freezes then you must download the official patches of Fallout 3 from here http://fallout.bethsoft.com/eng/downloads/updates.html
skullptura version users download the US version.
Then install the patch and it would automatically start up the game.
7) The game should work fine from here. If not then this is going to be a tough or time consuming part. You need to download the Skullptura Fallout 3 Final Fix. You can download it from here http://goo.gl/AR4XS But mind it i have not tried this with Original release.. only Skullptura users will might get success here.. but other users may try.
8) Now download that and extract it. Then put the files of the “Skullptura Final fix\Data\” into your fallout 3 installed directory “Fallout 3\Data\”
NOTE- Mind one thing don’t copy the whole folder from outside and replace it. You need to copy the contents of the Data folder.
Now copy the “start_ffix.bat” into the root of your fallout 3. and run it. It can take about 3 hours but don’t close it.. even if it will look like not responding.. but actually it would be working.
9) After the completion.. You fallout 3 is ready to be played.

10) For any queries write in the comments.. i would be happy to answer them.