One more question

Thanks for the help on the other two questions, now I have one more.
Since installing the service pack for Vista, I now experience lag
when playing Halo. Never had any trouble whatsoever before, now I
can't play it on any network settings, I lowered all the graphics
settings, etc. So what got changed with the service pack?
BTW My ping is like it always is.

Check whether Halo has patches for use with service pack 1.
Also look out for new graphics drivers for your video card via Windows
Update.They would probably be listed as an `optional` update,so be sure to
check the list carefully,even if it says that `Windows is up to date`.

"Blyss" <> wrote in message
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Thanks for the help on the other two questions, now I have one more.
Since installing the service pack for Vista, I now experience lag
when playing Halo. Never had any trouble whatsoever before, now I
can't play it on any network settings, I lowered all the graphics
settings, etc. So what got changed with the service pack?
BTW My ping is like it always is.

Don't install 3rd party Hardware Drivers(Graphics or whatever) from Windows
Updates, optional or not!

Go your computer Manufacturer's, or Graphics Card's makers website, and
download latest Drivers from there, NOT win update!
--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"Blyss" wrote:

> Thanks for the help on the other two questions, now I have one more.
> Since installing the service pack for Vista, I now experience lag
> when playing Halo. Never had any trouble whatsoever before, now I
> can't play it on any network settings, I lowered all the graphics
> settings, etc. So what got changed with the service pack?
> BTW My ping is like it always is.
>

Don't install 3rd party Hardware Drivers(Graphics or whatever) from Windows
Updates, optional or not!

Go your computer Manufacturer's, or Graphics Card's makers website, and
download latest Drivers from there, NOT win update!
--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"Mick Murphy" wrote:

> Don't install 3rd party Hardware Drivers(Graphics or whatever) from Windows
> Updates, optional or not!
>
> Go your computer Manufacturer's, or Graphics Card's makers website, and
> download latest Drivers from there, NOT win update!
> --
> Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia
>
>
> "Blyss" wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the help on the other two questions, now I have one more.
> > Since installing the service pack for Vista, I now experience lag
> > when playing Halo. Never had any trouble whatsoever before, now I
> > can't play it on any network settings, I lowered all the graphics
> > settings, etc. So what got changed with the service pack?
> > BTW My ping is like it always is.
> >

"Blyss" <> wrote in message
news:7c4377ca-715c-47ea-8af5-...
> Thanks for the help on the other two questions, now I have one more.
> Since installing the service pack for Vista, I now experience lag
> when playing Halo. Never had any trouble whatsoever before, now I
> can't play it on any network settings, I lowered all the graphics
> settings, etc. So what got changed with the service pack?
> BTW My ping is like it always is.


If you haven't already. go to this site, download the patch and install it..

http://www.softwarepatch.com/games/halo.html


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On Jun 28, 7:50 am, "Mike Hall - MVP" <mikehall@remove_mvps.com>
wrote:
> "Blyss" <inde...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:7c4377ca-715c-47ea-8af5-...
>
> > Thanks for the help on the other two questions, now I have one more.
> > Since installing the service pack for Vista, I now experiencelag
> > when playing Halo. Never had any trouble whatsoever before, now I
> > can't play it on any network settings, I lowered all the graphics
> > settings, etc. So what got changed with the service pack?
> > BTW My ping is like it always is.
>
> If you haven't already. go to this site, download the patch and install it..
>
> http://www.softwarepatch.com/games/halo.html
>
> --
> Mike Hall - MVP
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> How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups..http://support.microsoft.com/default...help&style=toc
> Mike's Window - My Blog..http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx

I appreciate everybody's help but nothing works. It worked fine on my
old machine which had XP and a lesser graphics card. My drivers are
up to date, I reinstalled it, I have the patch, the drive is
defragged, no virus or weird stuff running in the background,
restarted, went thru the list on ms site, etc. One thing. I
reinstalled it a couple days ago and that seemed to fix the problem,
then today it started acting up again. I went through the steps again
but it is acting up again and is unplayable. So, sometihng was fixed,
apparently, and then got messed up again. I can't imagine what it is.

On Jun 28, 2:54 am, Mick Murphy <MickMur...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> Don't install 3rd party Hardware Drivers(Graphics or whatever) from Windows
> Updates, optional or not!
>
> Go your computer Manufacturer's, or Graphics Card's makers website, and
> download latest Drivers from there, NOT win update!
> --
> Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia
>
> --
> Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia
>
> "Mick Murphy" wrote:
> > Don't install 3rd party Hardware Drivers(Graphics or whatever) from Windows
> > Updates, optional or not!
>
> > Go your computer Manufacturer's, or Graphics Card's makers website, and
> > download latest Drivers from there, NOT win update!
> > --
> > Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia
>
> > "Blyss" wrote:
>
> > > Thanks for the help on the other two questions, now I have one more.
> > > Since installing the service pack for Vista, I now experiencelag
> > > when playing Halo. Never had any trouble whatsoever before, now I
> > > can't play it on any network settings, I lowered all the graphics
> > > settings, etc. So what got changed with the service pack?
> > > BTW My ping is like it always is.

I did that, nothing works. See my post below for everything I did.
There must be some -thing- new happening that causes the lag. I can't
figure it out.