Half-Life CD-Key Already In Use
Posted by Mel on 2005/04/13
I bought Half-Life 2 a while back, and much to my annoyance I discovered Steam. I know it’s great in theory, but in practice it’s a pain in the ass. Especially when you need an update and you only have 56k dial-up. After completing the game, which was amazing apart from the end which I found too easy, I decided to install my original copy of Half-Life and the Opposing Force expansion pack. When I tried to register this on Steam I got a message saying that it was already registered. I know I never registered it! What do I do? Here’s the answer.
Thanks to someone using a key generator my CD-Key is now registered to someone else and I have to pay Valve a $10.00 handling fee to have it reset and assigned to my account. Alternatively, I could just go and buy a new copy. Lovely!
The Blog That Shall Not Be :: Half-Life CD-Key Already In Use :: April :: 2005 said
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Mel said
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Ixion said
Why does it seem that im the only 1 that likes steam, valve and the cd key idea. Us geeks work hard to create cd key generators, and for that we dont need to have the cds or find a pirated copy of it. Im sure every 1 of u have downloaded a pirated song or bootlegged movie or possibly worse, this is no different. Its not like each person that had a cd key that didnt work was specifically targeted (the cd key generator *randomly generate working cd keys that some ppl happen to have with there purchased copys. For the others that didnt even find a cd key in their purchase I am sorry and wish there was somthing I could do, you could always find a cd key generator. Personnally Valve is 1 of my favorite developers, as is Ubisoft.
campincarl said
Yeah, i got banned from secure servers for an infraction that my fuggin dumass friend pinned on me. So i guess the only thing i can do is buy another copy of half-life anthology. and counter-strike anthology.
kamil said
i got the exact same problem, mofo’s at steam….
i just bought a new pc and got some free games with it, i cant even play one of em because the product key is duplicated GRRRRR.. make sme wanna go get a shotgun and run to Bellevue(steam HQ) and thats a long walk:P i live in holland
steam, i hate you.
greets