CD codes (resolved and solved)

tiberian_rebel · Post by **tiberian_rebel** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 2:56 pm

I have finally decided to write down my CD codes to prevent somehting like the CF that happened with my BF2. However, in my luck, I have lost my BF2142 mmanual, and have no idea where it is. Can someone tell me if this code is stored somewhere on my computer, and if it is, how to find it so I can write it down.

Winter_Lion · Post by **Winter_Lion** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 4:32 pm

Sure it is in your registration........type in regedit.exe and immediately save a copy of your registry. To be safe is always key in the registry.

Then use find tool to locate EA games and or BF2 threads. It will be listed under info I believe. Both BF2 and SF2 will have their numbers listed there.

Winter

tiberian_rebel · Post by **tiberian_rebel** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 5:51 pm

Thanks Lion

edit: Slight Problem

I have both EA games and Electronic Arts. I can't find what I'm looking for undre EA games, but in Electronic Arts, I found the CD key for BF42, but not the one for SF2 or BF2142. Also, there is no info file in any of them.

Winter_Lion · Post by **Winter_Lion** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 11:53 pm

Tiberan,

I decided to verify my advice to you while waiting for POE and the big BF patch to download this morning. You are right, they hid the key or are verifying it online when you log on at gay spy.

I have a friend at tech help over at EA. I sent him a note requesting the location of key. If it is on your pc, he will know how to read it. If they found a new way to avoid ch key hacking, stealing and sharing, you will know that as well.

It being Saturday, give em a day or two to mail me back..........OK?

Winter

btw: I met this guy back when I wrote the repair procedure for medal of honor installation glitches involving the registry strings that verified it's ownership and default start file locations.........They actually took my paper word for word and made it theirs.......I felt a little prouder, they felt a little richer.........damn!

WL

tiberian_rebel · Post by **tiberian_rebel** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 1:47 am

Thanks. Just goes to show that no good deed goes unpunished.

Winter_Lion · Post by **Winter_Lion** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 12:58 pm

Hey Tiberian,

I am still waiting on an answer from EA. I biatched and they promised me a solution within 24 hours.

If you are still waiting on this issue.............hang in there bro.

Winter

tiberian_rebel · Post by **tiberian_rebel** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 6:21 pm

Actually as luck would have it, I found the BF2142 manual while packing some stuff for vacation on Monday evening. I just today got internet access and realized that I needed to mark this resolved.
Thanks

Post by **Goggles** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 7:13 pm

yay! Glad to hear you found the manual at the end, tiberian

Winter, if you've heard back from EA, I'd love to hear what they had to say

Winter_Lion · Post by **Winter_Lion** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 3:08 pm

This is the message I sent them and following it is their response to it. If you have played online just once with your installed BF2 game then EA has a record of your cdkey and it is crossreferenced against your BF2 nickname. You will have to provide all the info they list below and it appears that they have no problem looking it up and sending it to you.

So now we know anyways. There is no record of BF2 CDkey in the registry anymore...........I guessed as much when I couldn't find it but it's nice to have it confirmed, eh?

Winter

Winter wrote:I need to reference my serial number from my XP registry. I can't find it and I threw out my BF2 CD case and manual by mistake.

I never had any problems finding the CDkeys in my registry over all the years I played BF1942 and its expansions.

Did they remove that possibility to stop cd pirating or am I looking in the wrong place?

I have BF2 and SF installed now but I am due for a OS replacement and a dynamic upgrade is not possible. I will have to repartition and reformat my drive and there goes my installed game and its current connections to my registry.

Can you help?

Respectfully...............Winter Lion\

EA tech wrote:If you have previously registered your game through our electronic registration site, then we will need some information from you in order to locate the serial/registration code that had previously been applied. Please respond with the following information:

-First and Last Name
-EA.com account name
-Date of Birth
-Zip/postal code
-Primary E-mail Address
-Secondary or alternative E-mail Addresses

We look forward to your reply.

Thank you

Bhavya
EA Online Support.