Troubleshooting Guide: Your CD-key is not valid

[Sluismaster1]

i´ve got the same problem, i have got Special Forces and tried that regedit thingy...
i called and mailed EA and they said it was the first time they heard of this error,, they are just stupid!
but what can i do!??! i havent played bf online for more then a month.

they strangest thing is, i can play on the lithuania (do is say this right) server

and it has nothing to do with my computer (i guess) because i cant play on my laptop either:S

[PLAustin]

Did any of you try reinstalling the game? I just had that problem and it worked.

[robert090993]

HI guys.

I've been playing BF2 and PR for about a year now. I use vista, and apart from the PB problems, i played fine. I recently downloaded FH2. i started getting black screens, i figued it was FH2 doing this, so i uninstalled. PR loaded up fine, i tried to join a game, and it said "Your CD-Key is not valid". I wasn't given a CD-Key. It was an EA download, the only request it has, is to have EA download manager open, while i play. I was given a Key for the Boosterpacks, but they are for activation. I have reinstalled, and re-downloaded but it still doesnt work. Please help me

Rob

[John-117]

i have the same thing. i had everything working before but since i wanted to play PR i had to patch it to 1.41. Now i have the problem i am so annoyed i have tried everything you have said but it is still there. what should i do any help would be much liked

[RavenRage]

I bought my Battlefield 2 copy in summer 2005. I played it for a while but have not played it since 2006 i believe.

Now last weekend i was at a LAN party and me and some friends decided to give battlefield 2 a go. We found out about PR and thought it looked cool. We played it on LAN and had a great time.

So later i tried to play on the internet. It gives me "Your CD-Key is not valid" error. I thought the problem was because i had installed the PR mod by copying the mod folder over to me from a friend. So i did a fresh install of Battle field 2 and got the original .exe files for CORE and LEVELS.

After the fresh install i still have the "Your CD-Key is not valid" error.

I really want to give this mod a try with more than 6 players! I was really impressed and my friend keeps telling how awesome it is. But doesn't work for me. I tried the registry thing and whatever is mentioned.

An update on the error would be appreciated. Thanks!

(i use vista 64 bit!)


Update: The one and only server i can play on is the Lithuanian PR server. I don't know why i can only join that one and no other server. Is this server different from others? anyways its one server that work...

Update nr2: The lithuanian PR server does not work anymore as i had to update PunkBuster. Every server i try gives me "Your CD-key is invalid" error. Damnit

update nr3: I found a working fix! Please take a look into the non-stickied threads!

[Porto]

I did a google search to fix this "Your CD-Key is not valid" problem, and found this thread.

I followed everything in the original post, and it worked! (I have 64-Bit Vista)

Thank you very much!

[Tornike]

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[[R-COM]SnipingCoward]

Originally Posted by RavenRage

update nr3: I found a working fix! Please take a look into the non-stickied threads!

here's the link he was talking about, if anyone is interested
http://www.realitymod.com/forum/f27-...error-fix.html

[Nick The Bubble]

I bought BF2 ages ago using EA Download Manager, and I am returning to PR after a six month gap, to find a new update (good) and the familiar infuriating installation problems (bad). My question is where do i find the CD key for my game? I assume it has one despite being a digital copy because I have the same x9392 followed by loads of characters. I have tried logging into my EA account on the new shiny website but I can see no account of past games bought, which is where I expected the CD-key to be, so what can I do?

[volks]

Hi, i am a fresh member of PR community and i got a terrible cd key problem.

I've got XP SP2 32 bit

I've installed BF2, BF2 1.41 patch, 0.86 core and levels, and made sure that PR works.

It works but when i can't join an internet server beause of this cd key problem.

I've tried to apply this solution but my regedit doesnt open. I type "regedit" to the "run" but nothing happens.

Thats why i cant change my cd key. People generally say that this problem is generated by a virüs and i should reinstall the XP.

I've tried to reinstall game and mods, also tried cdkeychanger, %temp% or other solutions but nothing happened.

Is there any other way to open the regedit in my computer? or should i reinstall the XP as i've been told?

Note : I've also tried the various solutions to bring back the regedit but they also didn't work. Also scanned whole computer with kis09 in safe mode.

I would appreciate if anyone can help

Best!