halo help please

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Hi Alex,

Sounds like you might not have a compatible video card installed.
Check this article for supported cards, and what the error means:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=829478 Hope that helps! :-)

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"alex11593" <alex11593@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CDA5A7A4-1037-4975-A6FA-F8A2EC027DEA@microsoft.com...
| hey,
|
| awhile ago i bought halo for the pc. It installed fine but when ever i went
| to play it a screen poped up saying
|
| " a problem occured intializing direct3d. Hardware exceleration maybe
| disabeled. Please run DXDIAG."
|
| can someone tell me what this means?
|
| and sometimes it gives me the option to play in safe mode but when that
| happnes a notice appears telling me i dont have enough memory. Can someone
| tell me what to do to get my game working?