Microsoft KB Archive/838993

= Chat and text display issues in &quot;Halo: Combat Evolved&quot; =

Article ID: 838993

Article Last Modified on 12/26/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Halo: Combat Evolved for PC

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SYMPTOMS
When you play a multiplayer game of &quot;Microsoft Halo: Combat Evolved,&quot; you may experience both of the following symptoms:
 * When you use the keyboard to chat with other players, nothing appears in the chat window.
 * When you kill another player, you see just &quot; &quot; over the crosshairs instead of &quot;You killed .&quot;



CAUSE
This issue may occur if the Microsoft XML Parser files are not correctly installed.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, use the following methods in the order in which they appear.

Method 1: Reinstall the Microsoft XML parser

 * 1) Exit &quot;Halo: Combat Evolved.&quot;
 * 2) Insert the &quot;Halo: Combat Evolved&quot; CD into your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive, and then hold down the SHIFT key to prevent the program from starting automatically.
 * 3) Click Start, and then click Run.
 * 4) In the Open box, type  :\Redist\msxmlenu.msi, and then click OK.
 * 5) Follow the instructions to install the Microsoft XML Parser files.

If the issue continues, go to Method 2.

Method 2: Register the XML .dll files

 * 1) Exit &quot;Halo: Combat Evolved.&quot;
 * 2) Click Start, click Run, type msiexec /regserver in the Open box, and then click OK.
 * 3) Repeat step 2 for each of the following commands:
 * 4) * regsvr32 msxmL4.dll
 * 5) * regsvr32 msxmL3.dll
 * 6) * regsvr32 msxmL2.dll
 * 7) * regsvr32 msxmL.dll 3
 * 8) Restart the computer, and then restart the game.

If the issue continues, go to Method 3.

Method 3: Install the latest update for &quot;Halo: Combat Evolved&quot;
To do this, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/games/halo/downloads.aspx

Note You must be logged on as an administrator of the computer to successfully install any updates for &quot;Halo: Combat Evolved.&quot;

If the issue continues, go to Method 4.

Method 4: Create a new user account in Windows XP

 * 1) Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click User Accounts.
 * 2) In the Pick a task box, click Create a new account.
 * 3) Type the name that you want to use for the account, and then click Next.
 * 4) Select administrator as the account type, and then click Create Account.
 * 5) Log on by using the newly created account, and then test the game.

Additional query words: talk invisible missing text performance networking multi-player

Keywords: kbconfig kbnetwork kbprb KB838993

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