| "invalid serial" error [message #201093] |
Fri, 26 May 2006 15:31  |
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Zion
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well, it all started when XWIS started checking serials again. then it just got worse and worse.
i have been playing renegade for some time now but up untill XIWS started checking serials i have been unable to connect to renegade. i have tried reinstalling renegade from the original disk and TFD and neither work. i have tryied the little fix of renaming WOLData.key to WOLData0.key and still no luck. unfortunatally, my windows has been bugged and i cannot access taskmanager, administrive tools or the registry editor so i cannot change the serial from their.
help would be greatly appreciated, Merovingian.
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| Re: "invalid serial" error [message #201206 is a reply to message #201192] |
Sat, 27 May 2006 13:55  |
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| Titan_HQ wrote on Sat, 27 May 2006 15:50 |
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unfortunatally, my windows has been bugged and i cannot access taskmanager, administrive tools or the registry editor so i cannot change the serial from their.
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I know this is a longshot but i use win XP, and i had the same problem. I found the problem was a program called "Tweak-XP". if you have installed this or any program by "Totalidea Software" UNINSTALL IT NOW!! i had to re-install windows because by the time i figured out what the prob was it had srewed up my ctrl panel, search and admin tools.
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Oh that problem can occur from way more than just that file type. No matter what you install on your computer, whether it looks safe or not it may contain some type of spyware, adware, rootkits even.
Look, you people should really learn how to protect your computers.
I would suggest downloading all the anti-spyware programs you can get. Even if you have to do it ilegaly.
Oh and remember this, before installing anything on your computer float over the liscense agreement first. If there is none when installing then look on the site for something like it. Tearms of service or end user liscence agreement.... i would continue this post but i f0cking have to go.
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| Re: "invalid serial" error [message #201318 is a reply to message #201239] |
Sun, 28 May 2006 10:13 |
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| Merovingian wrote on Sat, 27 May 2006 19:54 |
^^ well, i have: hijackthis, norton, lavasoft ad-aware, spybot search & destroy, and i think thats it.
i have run all of these and have found, overall, about 500 "bad/corrupted" files. all these have been fixed and still no luck. the problem is: "another program is using this file" but i dont know what that program is.
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did you run it in windows safe mode?
You can find me in The KOSs2 (TK2) discord while I'm playing. Feel free to come and say hi! TK2 discord
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| Re: "invalid serial" error [message #201411 is a reply to message #201093] |
Mon, 29 May 2006 04:02 |
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So when you keep clicking F8 during startup, you do not get the option of running windows in safe mode? That's a first.
You can find me in The KOSs2 (TK2) discord while I'm playing. Feel free to come and say hi! TK2 discord
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| Re: "invalid serial" error [message #201414 is a reply to message #201093] |
Mon, 29 May 2006 04:54 |
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after starting up in windows safe mode i found the problem but i cannot fix it since this computer is a pre-fabricated system and came with a formatting disk. i dont have access to any administrive tools in "WSM" or in normal windows and the utility, 'msconfig' no longer exists. only alternative i have is to wait untill i get my new system and i will create a system restore point as soon as i have installed the new windows OS.
this results in me no longer playing renegade untill i sort it out but i think it may have something to renegade itself. i cannot access any of them (i have about 4 instances) and none work. i have been bugged through renegade in the past and sorted it with ad-aware but this one is cleaver.
unless anyone has anyother ideas i will be willing to try them out but fornow, im stuck 
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| Re: "invalid serial" error [message #201440 is a reply to message #201093] |
Mon, 29 May 2006 10:55 |
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Trust me: sooner or later it will stop your i'net from working. Better reinstall now that you didn't loose anything valuable yet and still can backup everything.
You can find me in The KOSs2 (TK2) discord while I'm playing. Feel free to come and say hi! TK2 discord
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| Re: "invalid serial" error [message #201441 is a reply to message #201093] |
Mon, 29 May 2006 11:10 |
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Zion
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well concidering ive had it for a month and it hasnt done jack im trusting my comp right now plus ill be going to pcworld soon so ill get a 200gb ex HDD to backup the bad thing is its gona' be about £200 more for windows but it will be one less thing for my new comp. if it does stop my internet from working then i stil wont be able to connect to renegade plus i would sort it out indefinatally.
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| Re: "invalid serial" error [message #201658 is a reply to message #201093] |
Tue, 30 May 2006 17:50 |
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Cool, I hope your mod gets done, looks cool. 
Anyway, all those reasons not to format are good except the MSN one lol, you keep all your contacts when you format. It's not stored on your computer.
I can't wait to see your mod, I love testing new mods. I just started a mod for Yuri's revenge called Command & Conquer: The Merger
It will have a story line and everything, it will bring most of C&C together. Exlucding Generals of course. Impossible to do that, also has nothing to do with other C&C games. And since Kane sightings are in Red Alert this mod will be all in all based apon things and not random crap. You will see other things never before seen in a RA2/YR mod. Like I am doing voice overs, also I am doing this as a survice to others developing mods. This mod will have even it's own intro movie. 
Well, this isn't really the place to discuss this. I just love modding C&C! 
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| Re: "invalid serial" error [message #202214 is a reply to message #201093] |
Fri, 02 June 2006 06:51 |
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Zion
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well, since its a pre-fabricated system it didnt come with a winXP disk. it did come with the disk for the dirvers of the inbuilt sound card and VGA etc etc. i tried the "cold boot" but it came up with some symnatec error (but thats norton AV/FW, wth does that have to do with booting?) well. most, if not all administrive tools have been disabled (inc command prompt) and it will need to be remasterd.
when i tried to format it in WSM (win safe mode) it said: "another process is using this drive and it cannot be formatted. do you want to force dismount this drive?" i clicked "y" and it said: "dismount error, format has not been initiated"
well, at least it being fixed... hopefully
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