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Subject: My CD key is INVALID?!!!
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Ok, so I've already established that the online in this game does not work for me. Now I have my friend over, and when we set up a LAN, it tells us "Your CD key is invalid!" The support pages for this game are the worst I have ever seen. This game is nothing but problems. If someone could please, please tell me how to 'validate my CD key.'

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  • 03.11.2006 11:52 AM PDT
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Somebody must know what's happening.

  • 03.11.2006 11:59 AM PDT
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Ok, so I've already established that the online in this game does not work for me. Now I have my friend over, and when we set up a LAN, it tells us "Your CD key is invalid!" The support pages for this game are the worst I have ever seen. This game is nothing but problems. If someone could please, please tell me how to 'validate my CD key.'
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Ok, so I've already established that the online in this game does not work for me. Now I have my friend over, and when we set up a LAN, it tells us "Your CD key is invalid!" The support pages for this game are the worst I have ever seen. This game is nothing but problems. If someone could please, please tell me how to 'validate my CD key.'





if its nothing but problems, than stop playing it

  • 03.11.2006 12:04 PM PDT
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But I waaaaaant it. >:(

jk :D

Anyway, does anyone have a clue what's up with this thing?

  • 03.11.2006 12:06 PM PDT

Are you both using the same CD key?

  • 03.11.2006 12:09 PM PDT
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...yeah, does this cause a problem?

  • 03.11.2006 12:18 PM PDT

Posted by: Lektirx
...yeah, does this cause a problem?

Of course. You're only licensed to install and play the game on one computer at a time. Your friend is going to have to buy his own copy.

  • 03.11.2006 12:53 PM PDT
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Of course. >_<

Thanks for your help!

  • 03.11.2006 12:54 PM PDT
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...yeah, does this cause a problem?

You're not an experienced PC gamer, are you? Of course it causes a problem.

The fact that you are only licensed to install the copy on one computer is mentioned in the manual or when you install it and see the license agreements.

And this doesn't apply just to Halo PC, but practically every retail PC game. But I forgive your ignorance. Hope you have fun with your friend somehow.

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  • 03.11.2006 1:19 PM PDT
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Ignore this post, please...

Oh, and Kim, be nice. Even experienced gamers slip up sometimes.

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  • 03.11.2006 5:56 PM PDT
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Is there any way to retreive a CD Key from another computer. I got a laptop for X-Mas and I cant find my Key.

  • 03.18.2006 10:53 AM PDT
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unless iam wrong i think if you look somewhere in your registry it should be there.

  • 03.18.2006 11:07 AM PDT
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Posted by: vectorracer
unless iam wrong i think if you look somewhere in your registry it should be there.


Ok. What registry? Oh, and if I can't play soon, Im gonna go insane and explode!

  • 03.18.2006 11:24 AM PDT

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  • 03.18.2006 11:24 AM PDT
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I did... It just... Dissapeared.....

  • 03.18.2006 11:27 AM PDT
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the cd key is converted into something else, and at this point, no one has reverse-engineered it (and if anyone ever does, thats not quite legal :P) so theres no way to get it from your registry.

and with some games you can play over lan with the same cd key. i do it all the time. UT2004. only one cd key, 2 computers, and lan. over the internet tho i doubt it would work. well i dont play it all the time with my brother anymore... cause my router crapped out and now im stuck with a pos westell that came with my dsl :'( but when i can finally get my router replaced ill go back to playin over lan :)

halo tho... cant do that unless you have 2 cd keys. lots of games are like that.

  • 03.18.2006 12:50 PM PDT
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Yes, I know a way to recover your cd-key from the registry.

Send me a pm if you want to know how.

  • 03.18.2006 4:20 PM PDT
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Cd key invalid is very annoying,cant they make something better than that?

  • 03.25.2006 7:34 AM PDT
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Well, at least they aren't using Steam/HalfLife2's CD-validation process. Now THAT'S annoying.

They made you enter in an awfully long CD key, then forced you to log on to the internet (a 20 minute validation process) to verify your key with the Steam servers. And that was just to play the SINGLE-PLAYER, no-internet mode. If you didn't have the internet, tough! You had to call the Steam office to verify your key.

  • 03.25.2006 10:49 AM PDT
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Ok...maybe Halo's online system isnt that bad...but sometimes it really annoys me to not get into a good server because of cd key invalid...very sad..

  • 03.25.2006 6:50 PM PDT