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Old 07-26-2007   #1 (permalink)
Andrew John Batsford


 
 

Problem installing Halo 2

Hello,
I've just changed my PC after my old one had a HDD melt down.
On my old PC I had been playing Halo 2 with out any problems.
But I cannot install halo on my new computer. Every time I try
I get a message that pops saying I have proplem with
"redist\vcredist.msi:' can anyone help me?

Windows Vista Ultimate
AMD Athlon 64X2 6000+
2gbRam 800
nVidia GeForce 8800GTX

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 07-27-2007   #2 (permalink)
Andy [Ex-MSFT]


 
 

Re: Problem installing Halo 2

"Andrew John Batsford" <frankj@fd.catv.ne.jp> wrote in message
news:72AC0F16-E3B1-480A-B469-D1370B6BDE54@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
> I've just changed my PC after my old one had a HDD melt down.
> On my old PC I had been playing Halo 2 with out any problems.
> But I cannot install halo on my new computer. Every time I try
> I get a message that pops saying I have proplem with
> "redist\vcredist.msi:' can anyone help me?
>
> Windows Vista Ultimate
> AMD Athlon 64X2 6000+
> 2gbRam 800
> nVidia GeForce 8800GTX


A .MSI file is bascially a Microsoft Installer file, browse the Halo 2 DVD
in the Redist folder, see if you can find the vcredist.msi file, right click
on it and run as admin.

Try installing again.

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Old 4 Weeks Ago   #3 (permalink)


Vista Home Premium 32bit
 
 

Re: Problem installing Halo 2

Alright, I've tried going to the root of the problem here. The redists/vcredist.msi file claims to need the Windows Visual c++ Distributable Disk to continue. I previously had no knowledge of such a disk, and I know for sure I don't have said disk. I've tried running the setup as an admin, and I can't find the "run as admin" when I right click this file. I just got this game yesterday, and so far I've installed the Vista service pack 2 and I've done everything I could possibly think of. Now I'm stuck.
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Old 4 Weeks Ago   #4 (permalink)
smlunatick


 
 

Re: Problem installing Halo 2

On Nov 1, 4:33*pm, Joeman <gu...@newsgroup-email.com> wrote:
Quote:

> Alright, I've tried going to the root of the problem here. The
> redists/vcredist.msi file claims to need the Windows Visual c++
> Distributable Disk to continue. I previously had no knowledge of such a
> disk, and I know for sure I don't have said disk. I've tried running the
> setup as an admin, and I can't find the "run as admin" when I right
> click this file. I just got this game yesterday, and so far I've
> installed the Vista service pack 2 and I've done everything I could
> possibly think of. Now I'm stuck.
>
> --
> Joeman
I have successfully installed Halo and Halo 2 onto my Vista Ultim ate
SP2 64bit.

Make sure that you have all the Important updates installed.

You may need to uninstall the Halo 2, if it is listed

You might need to get the Windows Installer Cleaner so as to delist
the Halo 2 / C ++ entries.
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 4 Weeks Ago   #5 (permalink)


Vista Home Premium 32bit
 
 

Re: Problem installing Halo 2

Alright, I've gone through all the important updates and I've downloaded the cleaner. I'm still getting the same exact message. User cancelled installation might be the key words here.
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