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I installed a h2 service in my windows server 2003 machine. I can not figure out how to start the service so i can log on with the admin.exe. It keeps telling me another service is already running but i look in services and there is no h2server service running. I think i'm just leaving a step out or something.
Help please?
And how do i create a .BAT file in order to run Vicky's server tool?
How to make a bat:
Get a 3 and a half inch wooden sti-
Oh batch files...
The directory where your Halo 2 Dedicated server is installed...right click somewhere and create a new text document. Name it to h2admin1.bat (make sure its still not a text file...) Then right click it and go to Edit and in that space type (without quotes) "h2admin -live". After that you'll want to create a shortcut to it on your desktop so you don't have to go through a bunch folders just to open it...
Your server...
1) Did you install the latest LIVE update on that machine?
http://files.filefront.com/XLiveUpda.../fileinfo.html
2) Did you update the server files?
http://files.filefront.com/Halo2Dedi.../fileinfo.html
3)Go into Services and make sure there's no Halo 2 Dedicated Server running.
I'm having the same problem...if you really need to and don't want to pursue figuring out why it says "Another damn instance is running" then you can create a service "h2server -createservice -live" and you can use h2admin to monitor it. Actually you can use the App to monitor it.
You don't need a .bat to run my tool, the tool can find the admin window(s) through their window name'.. Carefully read the instructions included, you got it but lost it half way or so.
I'm assuming my problem is that i dont have the latest live update. I do have the latest server update though. I created a service but in services it's not running. Actually it says its automatic. I had a DS running on a vista machine so i dont know what i'm doing differant and was able to run the admin.exe with no problems. I'll just go through Vicky's server tool info again and maybe i don't have a problem atall.
Edit: also now when i try to connect to the service with h2admin.exe it says the service must not be started. How so i start the service? That seems to be my whole problem.
You said you created it already...did you check if it really is started in Services?
It should "provide awesomeness".
Yeah, it says the "provide awesomeness" thing but it does not say started. But it does say Automatic. I'm just wondering why i can't log on with the h2admin.exe. It's frusterating because i did have my server running on vista before. I just want to be able to run the server app by vicky.
That part about "provides aweso - Nevermind.
As said before, you don't necessarily need the h2admin console thingy to be up to run the app...
Also, when you click on Halo 2 Dedicated Server, does it say "Start the service" on the top left of the window" or "Stop / Restart the service"...
When i click on the halo 2 dedicated server where? I try to start service in command prompt and in services. NO go.
Uhh not in command prompt...Services as in...
Start > Run > services.msc
or
Administrative Tools > Services
The one you were in before.
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Though in cmd prompt, you can type services.msc and it'll pop up.
Says "could not start service "service name" error # who gives a.
And did not do anything
I'm thinking of regressing to server 2000 because i had no problems with the server on Vista.
Edit: I dont know if it fixed the problem because i dont have time to test my server but i found out that my router has a problem letting me connect to live. It's the linksys wrt54g. And it said i have to turn off the UPnP and it should solve my problem.
Another edit: Didn't help. I've came to the conclusion that my entire problem is to do with the service not starting. An error 193 shows up and it says the service can not be started. Also i can not get the Command Prompt to use my server folder as the active directory.. Its stuck at c:\documents and settings\admin, thats also annoying.