Half Life 2 Orange Box Installing Problems

jaboyle0 · 10-19-2007, 08:26 AM

Just went out and bought half life 2 . slipped it in my pc which previously did have half life 2 on it with steam and counter strike source. Anyway i have uninstalled them as i knew this was comeing out and since then more games have come out so more room is needed. I put the disk in my computer and it says " another version of this product is already installed, installation cannot continue until it has been removed (then it says remove them by going to add remove programs)" anyway i went there to double check and It is not there. I purchased half life legally and have a legal account? whats the problem!! i really want to play this game !!!!! Please help me and thanks for reading

**pharoah** · 10-19-2007, 11:39 AM

did you delete the files when you uninstalled?also if they are showing installed when inserting the disc,but not showing installed in add/remove.you may need to run regedit to delete all registry entries for it.

KIDhl2 · 10-19-2007, 12:17 PM

Try in the steam games tab,right click on the game,and delete local content.Then try reinstall.

jaboyle0 · 10-19-2007, 05:29 PM

thanks alot for your replys . I had to intall the original half life copy and i cliked instal. then it only gave me the option of fully uninstall steam. But now i have a bigger problem, I need to use my standard vga adapter to update my software or sumit like that. i will post another thread. thanks agen

jaboyle0 · 10-20-2007, 03:21 AM

I recently posted the below and got some great responses which i am very happy with thanks , But i dont think i made it clear

" before i start any of the games included in the halflife 2 orange box from steam it tells me " update your driver software as it could cause problems ". my dirver is the ' radeon series 9600 ' . It gave me a link in which i found my driver and downloaded the software. It then told me it could not continue as I do not have '.net framework 2.0 ' and so i set of on the web and downloaded this. Then it told me to carry on the process i must be using a standard vga adapter ? this is where im stuck ? please help me anyone !! thanks for reading ! "

After i downloaded the dotnet framework 2.0 then whilst installing it and error message saying "inf error" soon followed by another error saying " to carry on the installation with this software please use your standard vga adapter and try again " ???? this is where im stuck . please help me . Im not amazing on comuters so if u post which will be greatly appreciated, please tell me how to get to where i need 2 get 2 if u no wot i meen ? thnaks for reading ! have a great day

Hi iv just got half life 2 orange box and recently i needed to update my

jaboyle0 · 10-20-2007, 04:15 AM

i get this message everytime i start to play half life ?

"Internal Driver Error in IDirect3dDevice9 ::Present()"

what does this mean and how can i fix it ? please can someone help ? thanks for reading

**Aus_Karlos** · 10-20-2007, 05:54 AM

You have out-of-date/ corrupt Directx 9.0 drivers. Use my sig link and dowload the latest

10-19-2007, 08:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
jaboyle0 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 12 OS: xp	Half Life 2 Orange Box Installing Problems Just went out and bought half life 2 . slipped it in my pc which previously did have half life 2 on it with steam and counter strike source. Anyway i have uninstalled them as i knew this was comeing out and since then more games have come out so more room is needed. I put the disk in my computer and it says " another version of this product is already installed, installation cannot continue until it has been removed (then it says remove them by going to add remove programs)" anyway i went there to double check and It is not there. I purchased half life legally and have a legal account? whats the problem!! i really want to play this game !!!!! Please help me and thanks for reading

10-19-2007, 11:39 AM	#2 (permalink)
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10-19-2007, 12:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
KIDhl2 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 62 OS: vista	Re: Half Life 2 Orange Box Installing Problems Try in the steam games tab,right click on the game,and delete local content.Then try reinstall.

10-19-2007, 05:29 PM	#4 (permalink)
jaboyle0 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 12 OS: xp	Re: Half Life 2 Orange Box Installing Problems thanks alot for your replys . I had to intall the original half life copy and i cliked instal. then it only gave me the option of fully uninstall steam. But now i have a bigger problem, I need to use my standard vga adapter to update my software or sumit like that. i will post another thread. thanks agen

10-20-2007, 03:21 AM	#5 (permalink)
jaboyle0 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 12 OS: xp	It syas i need 2 be using my ' standard vga adapter ' I recently posted the below and got some great responses which i am very happy with thanks , But i dont think i made it clear " before i start any of the games included in the halflife 2 orange box from steam it tells me " update your driver software as it could cause problems ". my dirver is the ' radeon series 9600 ' . It gave me a link in which i found my driver and downloaded the software. It then told me it could not continue as I do not have '.net framework 2.0 ' and so i set of on the web and downloaded this. Then it told me to carry on the process i must be using a standard vga adapter ? this is where im stuck ? please help me anyone !! thanks for reading ! " After i downloaded the dotnet framework 2.0 then whilst installing it and error message saying "inf error" soon followed by another error saying " to carry on the installation with this software please use your standard vga adapter and try again " ???? this is where im stuck . please help me . Im not amazing on comuters so if u post which will be greatly appreciated, please tell me how to get to where i need 2 get 2 if u no wot i meen ? thnaks for reading ! have a great day Hi iv just got half life 2 orange box and recently i needed to update my

10-20-2007, 04:15 AM	#6 (permalink)
jaboyle0 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 12 OS: xp	inernal error whilst playing half life 2 orange box i get this message everytime i start to play half life ? "Internal Driver Error in IDirect3dDevice9 ::Present()" what does this mean and how can i fix it ? please can someone help ? thanks for reading

10-20-2007, 05:54 AM	#7 (permalink)
Aus_Karlos Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Western Australia Posts: 3,458 OS: Vista Ultimate x64, Windows XP 32-bit/64-bit, Ubuntu x64, Windows 7 x64 Beta My System Blog Entries: 2	Re: inernal error whilst playing half life 2 orange box You have out-of-date/ corrupt Directx 9.0 drivers. Use my sig link and dowload the latest __________________ MemTest86 / Nvidia Drivers / ATI Drivers / DirectX 9.0c / Sys Requirements / Everest Folding@Home