Install & Play Halo 2 Vista with Win7

So you wish to play Halo 2 Vista on your Windows 7 pc right, well here are the steps to get it working.

Part A: Go to www.xbox.com/en-us/live/pc/downloadclient - United States Link

www.xbox.com/en-ca/live/pc/downloadclient - Canada Link

Once downloaded please click run. Install program. Program is called Games for Windows Live Marketplace. Open up the program and login using your Xbox Live Gamertag & Password.

Part B: Install Halo 2 Vista

^ If you have any further problems, Click My Computer enter this: C:\Windows\inf then click in the search lnf and type: oem You need to copy all of the oem files into a new folder on your desktop. Then restart your computer ^ ONLY IF YOU HAVE FURTHER PROBLEMS

Part C: Download Halo 2 Vista Updates

Part D: Sign in and play. Enjoy playing Halo 2 Vista Online.

if you need further help please let me know.

Cool! I’m looking to get a few games in and a few achievements maybe before the GFWL shutdown happens in a few days. Installing the game in the morning. :slight_smile:

Great feel free to add me so i can help you out

I thought I heard that Games for Windows Live was shut down. Is this still a valid solution?

Do you have any idea if it’s the same process for Windows 8?

Cool, i might try soon, Ive been wanting to play Halo 2 on PC so i can change my field of view

[deleted]

I remember playing Vista before MCC launched and I used my XB1 controller so if any of you set it up, make sure you plug in your XB1 controller to use it!

Does this only work if you previously played games over Windows LIVE? Login fails every time even though I can sign on here with no problem.

EDIT: Figured it out, thanks for the guide!

A little late but doesn’t work at all for me. Can’t get past the first mission because the game prompts me to enter a CD key which I had already entered and it accepted. Soo annoying

So I cant find the marketplace tab to download it? Help?

> 2533274909103784;10:
> A little late but doesn’t work at all for me. Can’t get past the first mission because the game prompts me to enter a CD key which I had already entered and it accepted. Soo annoying

Same with me… I have downloaded this game time and time again but I haven’t found a way to get passed Cairo Station

> 2533274912691034;4:
> I thought I heard that Games for Windows Live was shut down. Is this still a valid solution?

You can also use an community-made server called halo2shark

> 2533274797645362;1:
> So you wish to play Halo 2 Vista on your Windows 7 pc right, well here are the steps to get it working.
>
> Part A: Go to www.xbox.com/en-us/live/pc/downloadclient - United States Link
>
> www.xbox.com/en-ca/live/pc/downloadclient - Canada Link
>
> Once downloaded please click run. Install program. Program is called Games for Windows Live Marketplace. Open up the program and login using your Xbox Live Gamertag & Password.
>
> Part B: Install Halo 2 Vista
>
> ^ If you have any further problems, Click My Computer enter this: C:\Windows\inf then click in the search lnf and type: oem You need to copy all of the oem files into a new folder on your desktop. Then restart your computer ^ ONLY IF YOU HAVE FURTHER PROBLEMS
>
> Part C: Download Halo 2 Vista Updates
>
> Part D: Sign in and play. Enjoy playing Halo 2 Vista Online.
>
> if you need further help please let me know.

And where, Oracle, do I install the actual game?

Please don’t revive old topics, thanks.