from what i know, XPS and inpiron 9100 owners with the ati mobility 9800 256MB card aren't supposed to download and install SP2 until they release the update for the drivers on the card. Aparently DELL is once again forgetting to make the more important announcements sticky threads so we know where to look. My advice to you would be to uninstall SP2. There was another thread somewhere on how to do that. Im not sure, but i think you can do it through windows add/remove programs wizard. Hope this helps!
Well, first... did your laptop COME with SP2 or did you INSTALL SP2? If it CAME with SP2... I HIGHLY doubt you can uninstall it. I did a clean isntall of SP2 and uninstalling it just isn't an option.
My Inspiron XPS came with SP1. When I received it on August 23 and connected to my wireless network for the first time, it immediately began downloading SP2 in the background. I didn't even play with it for an hour when I got the "New Updates Are Ready To Install" notification in the system tray. I mistakenly figured it was OK to install and hit the install button.
I guess a better question would be, does anyone have an Inspiron XPS running SP1 that can launch and play Halo?
im using an inspiron 9100 comparable to an XPS with the M9800 card and it works fine with SP1. from what i know we just have to wait for our driver updates....grrrrr
Here's the solution as kindly supplied to me by community member "sgtcasey" in another thread. The key is the file from step 5. Once I installed it Halo works perfectly!
Compatibility Fix for Windows XP SP2 and certain 256 MB video cards Update 8/25: See the bottom of this post
Microsoft has identified a potential incompatibility between Halo for PC and Windows XP SP2, on certain high-end video cards, which causes Halo to exit silently to the desktop immedately after launching the program, before the logo movies play. Systems which can get beyond that point are unaffected by this problem, and will not benefit from this fix.
Microsoft has only seen this problem on computers with an Nvidia GeForce 5900 or 5950, or ATI X800 video card, and only on certain driver versions, including the Nvidia drivers included by default in new installations of Windows XP SP2.
Solution: Microsoft is providing an updated version of a file for Halo which may be installed to fix this problem. Gameplay is otherwise unaffected by this change.
1. It is recommended that you only continue to install this fix if you experience the specific problem noted above.
4. Launch Halo to verify that it functions as intended. Note that if you see the message "Corrupted Halo.exe", then Halo was not patched to the correct version before applying this update - See step 2 above.
5. If that doesn't completely fix it, please also download the following file. Save it to the directory where Halo is installed, overwriting the one that's there. http://www.bungie.net/games/halopc/binkw32.dll
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Have you tried any other drivers?
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My Inspiron XPS came with SP1. When I received it on August 23 and connected to my wireless network for the first time, it immediately began downloading SP2 in the background. I didn't even play with it for an hour when I got the "New Updates Are Ready To Install" notification in the system tray. I mistakenly figured it was OK to install and hit the install button.
I guess a better question would be, does anyone have an Inspiron XPS running SP1 that can launch and play Halo?
zeeber
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September 11th, 2004 02:00
EBone11973
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September 11th, 2004 06:00
Here's the solution as kindly supplied to me by community member "sgtcasey" in another thread. The key is the file from step 5. Once I installed it Halo works perfectly!
Compatibility Fix for Windows XP SP2 and certain 256 MB video cards
Update 8/25: See the bottom of this post
Microsoft has identified a potential incompatibility between Halo for PC and Windows XP SP2, on certain high-end video cards, which causes Halo to exit silently to the desktop immedately after launching the program, before the logo movies play. Systems which can get beyond that point are unaffected by this problem, and will not benefit from this fix.
Note: You must patch Halo to the latest version (1.04) before applying this fix. Please download Halo 1.04 from: http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/1/6/416cd169-d8c4-42a1-8a31-7d 1e2d34e13a/patch1.0-1.04.exe
Microsoft has only seen this problem on computers with an Nvidia GeForce 5900 or 5950, or ATI X800 video card, and only on certain driver versions, including the Nvidia drivers included by default in new installations of Windows XP SP2.
Solution: Microsoft is providing an updated version of a file for Halo which may be installed to fix this problem. Gameplay is otherwise unaffected by this change.
1. It is recommended that you only continue to install this fix if you experience the specific problem noted above.
2. Ensure you have the latest version of Halo (1.04) by running the latest update, (which can be downloaded from: http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/1/6/416cd169-d8c4-42a1-8a31-7d 1e2d34e13a/patch1.0-1.04.exe), or by checking the version number of the file halo.exe, typically located in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo. The correct version number is 1.0.4.607.
3. After verifying that you have the correct version, download the new Strings.dll from: http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/7/d/d7d479ae-4aed-4e6c-9565-0c 97bfda7554/Strings.dll and save it to the location where Halo was installed, typically C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo. When prompted to overwrite the existing file, choose Yes.
4. Launch Halo to verify that it functions as intended. Note that if you see the message "Corrupted Halo.exe", then Halo was not patched to the correct version before applying this update - See step 2 above.
5. If that doesn't completely fix it, please also download the following file. Save it to the directory where Halo is installed, overwriting the one that's there.
http://www.bungie.net/games/halopc/binkw32.dll
Roger Wolfson
HaloPC Test Lead