failed to log on- invalid cd key!!!?

[Headlocked]

i KEEP getting the above error message!

And i pre-ordered the damn thing!

any help, anyone?

HDD

[ShadowStriker]

Your CD-key has to be excact with all letters as capitals, and u got to use the little - things.

You can edit the key in your registry database by running regedit and entering the folders HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/SEGA/MEDIEVAL II TOTAL WAR so there's no need for a reinstall.

EDIT: um sry i thought this was in the M2TW section

[Rob The Bastard]

MUHAHAhaaaa!

Your first BIG mistake!



I'll move it over to the M2TW/Multiplayer part of the Guild.

[Headlocked]

eh mine, or Shadowstriker?:)

[Aleric]

I think something like this with that file path needs to be stickied as I see alot of people will have this problem.

[Stig]

Right Dark if you can, can you move this into the MP issues read only, it can stop loads of threads popping up, or will atleast give you a quick answer, as MP is now in the support section too.
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You're getting the error message:
"Login failed - invalid CD-key"

Right this is how to resolve (with thanks to various posters)
You cannot change the cd-key ingame anymore (most likely for the protection against illegal games), so you have to do other things.

Open Start
Click Run
Type: regedit
Now go to this: "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/SEGA/Medieval II Total War"

Now you'll see a value representing the CD-key. Change it to what it should be. You could have done the following wrong:
-Don't type spaces
-Do type the "-"s
-Don't use "o"s use "0"s
-Type everything (except for the numbers obviously) in capital letters

Now it should work, if it doesn't let us now ... preferably in the MP part

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[Headlocked]

trust me, i did that.
all of it.


no joy :(

HDD

[Stig]

try this:
uninstall
delete all traces of MTW2 in the register (delete this: "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/SEGA/Medieval II Total War")
reinstall again

[Keith_the_Great]

hey thank you stig spend over 1 hour trying to log onto MP thought to myself poped into the org 2 mins later "I WAS ONLINE" this is still the best place for TW
many thanks for the helpful post