[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] NeverStop91 First of all, are you trying to play Halo 1 or Halo 2 online? I can't understand. Secondly, can you surf the internet with your laptop?[/quote] Halo 2. I'm sorry that I didn't make that clear, but I thought that by including the Windows Live aspect in my post, it would make that clear because only Halo 2 requires Windows live. Yes, I typed up the OP using wi-fi on my laptop while trying to sign into Halo 2. [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Wilis_kid 2 things to try. If Halo 2 is saying you DON'T have an internet connection (an error i used to have), it could well be because of Xfire. Whenever i had Xfire running, Halo 2 would refuse to sign into LIVE and claimed i had no network connection. Note that this may not be the case for all users as i'm sure people still use Xfire with Halo 2 but from past experience, that was my issue with it however, Xfire may have patched this since or released another patch that broke it again etc. YOU MUST END THE PROCESS for this to work. Xfire can't be minimised etc, it must not be running at all. Secondly, firewalls. Disable your firewalls for the time that you're playing the game, then re-start them afterwards. That may be blocking it and is common with a few games such as BF3 Co-op too. And heck, for a thirdly, try updating the GFWL client separately. That sometimes fixes GFWL errors. Try these and hopefully it will fix it for you. If not then we'll think of something else.[/quote] I will definitely keep this in mind. It is absolutely strange, but for some reason it just worked all of a sudden. I typed up this thread, and then right after that it allowed me to sign in as if nothing was wrong. Could this have happened due to some sort of interference? I don't remember using xfire at all, and I am completely unfamiliar with the program. I'm sorry if that is something associated with Windows 8, I am oblivious to all of these things lol. I'm not so sure if it was my Norton thing... Because I changed nothing within that program and Windows Live just decided to work out of nowhere. I really wish I understood networking. So, it works now, but I'm certain this problem will return in the future. I don't know if it could possibly be due to other wireless devices. If anyone can confirm this form me, then I have an idea as to what could have happened. Thanks for all of the assistance!