this one will make you think....

ok
I have a dell inspiron E1505
1G ram
core duo
vista home premium

whenever I play halo 2 and I'm done,I exit and after I exit windows media
center opens.but it bugs me because it takes about 2 minuets after I exit so
the prosesers are maxed at 100% as it tries to start up.
now this problem started about 2-3 days after it was installed.

ps I don't want to uninstall media center it because I use media center for
movies and media player for music.

do you put the halo2 in the dvd drive when playing if you do you don't need
to do that.
"Andrew" <> wrote in message
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> ok
> I have a dell inspiron E1505
> 1G ram
> core duo
> vista home premium
>
> whenever I play halo 2 and I'm done,I exit and after I exit windows media
> center opens.but it bugs me because it takes about 2 minuets after I exit
> so the prosesers are maxed at 100% as it tries to start up.
> now this problem started about 2-3 days after it was installed.
>
> ps I don't want to uninstall media center it because I use media center
> for movies and media player for music.

nope
I leave it on my shelf.
haven't opened the box sense the day I installed it
"BigJim" <> wrote in message
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> do you put the halo2 in the dvd drive when playing if you do you don't
> need to do that.
> "Andrew" <> wrote in message
> news:5A0321B0-6A1C-45B4-8061-...
>> ok
>> I have a dell inspiron E1505
>> 1G ram
>> core duo
>> vista home premium
>>
>> whenever I play halo 2 and I'm done,I exit and after I exit windows media
>> center opens.but it bugs me because it takes about 2 minuets after I exit
>> so the prosesers are maxed at 100% as it tries to start up.
>> now this problem started about 2-3 days after it was installed.
>>
>> ps I don't want to uninstall media center it because I use media center
>> for movies and media player for music.
>

I would try running halo2 from a shortcut set to use XP compatibility mode.

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"Andrew" <> wrote in message
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> nope
> I leave it on my shelf.
> haven't opened the box sense the day I installed it
> "BigJim" <> wrote in message
> news:_. ..
>> do you put the halo2 in the dvd drive when playing if you do you don't
>> need to do that.
>> "Andrew" <> wrote in message
>> news:5A0321B0-6A1C-45B4-8061-...
>>> ok
>>> I have a dell inspiron E1505
>>> 1G ram
>>> core duo
>>> vista home premium
>>>
>>> whenever I play halo 2 and I'm done,I exit and after I exit windows
>>> media center opens.but it bugs me because it takes about 2 minuets after
>>> I exit so the prosesers are maxed at 100% as it tries to start up.
>>> now this problem started about 2-3 days after it was installed.
>>>
>>> ps I don't want to uninstall media center it because I use media center
>>> for movies and media player for music.
>>
>

I tried what you said but because halo 2 can only work on vista.the game and
vista wouldn't let me...


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>I would try running halo2 from a shortcut set to use XP compatibility mode.
>
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> "Andrew" <> wrote in message
> news:B35E0464-A807-4215-B597-...
>> nope
>> I leave it on my shelf.
>> haven't opened the box sense the day I installed it
>> "BigJim" <> wrote in message
>> news:_. ..
>>> do you put the halo2 in the dvd drive when playing if you do you don't
>>> need to do that.
>>> "Andrew" <> wrote in message
>>> news:5A0321B0-6A1C-45B4-8061-...
>>>> ok
>>>> I have a dell inspiron E1505
>>>> 1G ram
>>>> core duo
>>>> vista home premium
>>>>
>>>> whenever I play halo 2 and I'm done,I exit and after I exit windows
>>>> media center opens.but it bugs me because it takes about 2 minuets
>>>> after I exit so the prosesers are maxed at 100% as it tries to start
>>>> up.
>>>> now this problem started about 2-3 days after it was installed.
>>>>
>>>> ps I don't want to uninstall media center it because I use media center
>>>> for movies and media player for music.
>>>
>>