hal works perfectly fine for me if i use a ms agent or 2d avatar,the problems occur using the haptek 3d avatars.i have tried running as admin,setting the programs (both haptek and ultrahal) to xp compatibility,messed around with the .exe and folder options of permissions,even told system not to look in the hap_temp folder where it is suggested these problems are rooted.
afaik,haptek is gone,the forums are down.
i know robert you are still working on the new 3d engine and i for one am looking forward to this,especially if theres the possibility of user made characters,it would be a pity that we cannot get this great haptek player to work considering,even its age,it is still one of the best avatar programs out there.