Problem getting Halo working on my new PC

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Hi. i havent been able to get Halo working on my new PC. First, when i tried
to play it, before anything came up i just got this Problem Initializing
direct3d error, and i looked on some sites and found that with some newer
computers you need to download the hotfix for it. so i did that and installed
it, but now when I open it, it just plays the intros and then freezes at the
end of the last intro, allthough I can still hear that its gotten into the
game. Like I can push up and down and can hear its the menu and I can even
enter the game and hear the starting movie, but just not see it. Does anyone
no what I can do to fix this?

Help would be much appreciated, thanks.

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Hi Ikaru,

Have you gone through the troubleshooting steps in my last post?
If so, which chipset drivers did you install?

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"Ikaru" <Ikaru@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:EF782F84-FC17-4248-8AA3-671D1A4ED4EA@microsoft.com...
| Ok, ive done that now. Its half fixed it. When I open Halo now, it goes past
| the intros, but its all white and jittery, i go into the game and i can make
| out white shapes and outlines and the sound still plays fine and i can look
| around and see more white shapes and outlines. So how do i fix this?
|
| Oh, and when installing DirectX, I open it and choose install, and when it
| says something like 'Click next to install, it may take a few minutes' i
| click it and it instantly says finished. So im thinkin maybe its not
| installing it properly?