I'm having a problem starting Halo after Updating Windows 7 from Disk.
when i go to start Halo i get this Error Message.
A problem occurred initializing DirectDraw. Hardware acceleration maybe disabled,please run DXDIAG.

I ran DXDIAG, and it still didn't work.
I looked around for hours for solutions online and most told me to Enable hardware acceleration, but when i go to do that, my troubleshoot button is greyed out. I also went into the Halo.exe properties in the compatibility mode section abd tried every option.
how can i make Halo work ?

When I got that error, a restart usually does the tric.

Update DirectX and post your system specs, including your graphics card and drivers details. It can quite possibly be that you also need to update your graphics drivers.

I've updated DX and the Graphics cards..i had it working for a whole year, so there must have been something that was installed before that is no longer installed now. I did have some kind of Nvidia program although i don't have a Nvidia card. I don't remember what i did to get it working.


Basic Hardware information

Enclosure: System Enclosure

ChassisTypes: Portable

Manufacturer: Dell Inc.




System Specs


LockPresent: False

Motherboard: Latitude D620

Basic I/O System(BIOS): Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A07

Central Processing Unit(CPU): Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T5600 @ 1.83GHz

Physical Memory X 2

2GB

2GB

Hard Disk: WDC WD2500BPVT-22JJ5T0 ATA Device (232.88GB)

Video Card X 2

Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family

Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family

Monitor X 2

Generic PnP Monitor

Default Monitor

Audio Device: High Definition Audio Device

Network Adapter

Local Area Connection - Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller (Media disconnected)

Wireless Network Connection - Dell Wireless 1490 Dual Band WLAN Mini-Card (Connected)

Modem: HDA CX11254 Soft Modem

Keyboard: Standard PS/2 Keyboard

Mouse: USB Input Device

Mouse: PS/2 Compatible Mouse

Hardware Score (Base score: 3.2)

Processor (Calculations per second): 4.8

Memory (Memory Operation per second): 4.8

Graphics (Desktop performance for Windows Aero): 3.7

Gaming graphics (3D business and gaming graphics performance): 3.2

Primary hard disk (Disk data transfer rate): 5.5

Im pretty sure laptops can play Halo CE

I have a laptop that was made back when Windows XP was the current OS. That's way before 2008.

Runs the game just fine.
Edited by Dumb AI on Oct 22, 2013 at 07:50 PM

I've been playing Halo Ce for about a year now on this PC/Laptop, so it's not that
i had some settings on it that allowed me to get it going that are no longer set.
i forgot what i did to get it going.