:arrow Torrent Client (Bittorent, Azureus, uTorrent, etc) :arrow A PC (Preferably one with Windows XP installed ) So if you don't feel like buying Vista, you want to play Halo 2 for the PC, and just want to play the single-player storyline (at least for now), then follow these directions below: This was a ploy to get people to buy Vista so that they may sell more Vista units and capitalize off of certain people's infatuation with the Halo franchise. However, MS decided not to support WinXP.

Halo 2 for the PC was released, by MS, for their latest OS Windows Vista. But I do know when to tip my hat to a gaming franchise, and that game is Halo. Hey guys, as you all may know i'm not the biggest fan of Vista, or Microsoft for that matter. Thanks to all the people who visited PS3Forums to view my guide. Therefore I recommend to new visitors that they go directly to g police 2's Guide and post questions and comments there. In any case, g police 2 has been active with helping users troubleshoot Halo 2 on WinXP and his guide ( HERE ) is much more likely to work then my steps from 2 years ago.

(If you want to play online, choose that option when launching the game and you will be asked to create an account.It has come to my attention that my guide is outdated and that's understandable considering I haven't paid much attention to it over the last couple years.

You can now launch Halo 2 from your desktop shortcut.

You can leave everything at default during the setup and install the game.

Double click on the file called “h2pc_setup_1.7.exe” and your game setup should now launch.

Open the extracted “Halo_2_Cartographer_Win_Setup” folder and then open the “Game Files” folder.

You will need to use a software such as WinRAR to do this. zip file and extract the “Halo_2_Cartographer_Win_Setup” folder to your desktop. Make sure you download the file properly and that your internet does not disconnect while downloading.

Download the “Halo_2_Cartographer_Win_Setup.zip” file from the link above.

Credits for the download goes to their team, you can visit them and find our more about their project at It is a mod which allows you to play Halo 2 on modern systems and also online with multiplayer. Note that these instructions are for the Project Cartographer version of Halo 2. Text instructions (how to play on Windows) Halo_2_Cartographer_Win_Setup.zip (2.9GB) Halo 2 is currently available on these platforms: Windows (2004) We might have the game available for more than one platform.

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