Cannot not activate game

[VF-51_Cobraj]

Manually Removing Steam

Warning:

Dealing with your registry requires extreme care. Do not delete anything in your Windows registry that you are unsure about. For this reason, we suggest you only use this option as a last resort.
Exit Steam.

Navigate to your Steam directory. (Typically C:\Program Files\Steam or C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam

If you wish to save your game files for a future installation of Steam, copy your steamapps folder outside of your Steam directory.

Delete all of the contents of your Steam directory.

Go to Start > Run and type in regedit.

For 32-bit operating systems:
In the left-hand column of your registry editor, navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Valve\.

Right-click on Valve and select Delete.

For 64-bit operating systems:
In the left-hand column of your registry editor, navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Valve\.

Right-click on Valve and select Delete.


In the left-hand column of your registry editor, navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Valve\Steam.
Right-click on Valve select Delete.
Close your Registry Editor.

[zauii]

Originally Posted by smokincrater

I picked it up from the shop today. So it will bloody activate or it`s going back for a full refund.

You're joking right?
No you won't be able to activate it until its release on steam, its always released in a controlled way on steam with timezones, now live with it.

[ckolonko]

If I activate the game on one PC then buy another one because it does not work Will I be able to transfer the activation to the new PC?

[caprera]

Activation refers to the copy not the Pc so...

[Blackdog_kt]

Originally Posted by zauii

You're joking right?
No you won't be able to activate it until its release on steam, its always released in a controlled way on steam with timezones, now live with it.

Excuse me, put the "live with it" attitude is getting stale. I'm not saying we didn't know, although we learned very late in the pre-release cycle. Also, the game's been in development for 6 years, so if i had it in my hands i wouldn't take it back only to buy it the next day.


I'm just saying it's stupid the way it works. If you pay for it you should be able to play it, no questions asked. If Steam was just an online distribution platform it would be fine, it's just that there's layers upon layers of conditionals that makes it a royal pain in the balls to deal with for many people.

"Live "with it" is not helping anyone: we're stuck with a system that doesn't suit our needs and you're stuck with listening to our complaints.

There's a lot of people who bought the game out of support for maddox games but would still want it to be optional, we're just giving the developers some time to work on the important stuff first (optimizations ,etc), but you're gonna be hearing about it again in the not too distant future. How about you live with that?

[1.JaVA_Sharp]

I have the same problem

[Gimpymoo]

Originally Posted by smokincrater

I picked it up from the shop today. So it will bloody activate or it`s going back for a full refund.

Do you realise how idiotic that sounds?

[Snuff_Pidgeon]

After purchasing cod from steam at initial realease i have not as yet been able to play cod due to game crashing to desktop. It seems that game loads ok but when i hit the play mission button it all crashhes except for sound?No response from steam as yet and i have latest patch any ideas is my system up to spec? Can someone help to get me going thanks...Processor Information:
Vendor: GenuineIntel
Speed: 2800 Mhz
2 logical processors
2 physical processors
HyperThreading: Unsupported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Unsupported

Network Information:
Network Speed:

Operating System Version:
Windows 7 (32 bit)
NTFS: Supported
Crypto Provider Codes: Supported 323 0x0 0x0 0x0

Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

DirectX Driver Name: nvd3dum.dll
Driver Version: 8.17.12.7051
DirectX Driver Version: 8.17.12.7051
Driver Date: 26 Mar 2011
Desktop Color Depth: 32 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 59 Hz
DirectX Card: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
VendorID: 0x10de
DeviceID: 0x641
Number of Monitors: 2
Number of Logical Video Cards: 2
No SLI or Crossfire Detected
Primary Display Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Desktop Resolution: 3840 x 1080
Primary Display Size: 26.65" x 15.00" (30.55" diag)
67.7cm x 38.1cm (77.6cm diag)
Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
Primary VRAM: 512 MB
Supported MSAA Modes: 2x 4x 8x

Sound card:
Audio device: Speakers (Realtek High Definiti

Memory:
RAM: 2047 Mb

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
Microphone: Not set
Media Type: DVD
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 600477 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 556945 Mb
Steam Hard Disk Usage: 4027 Mb
OS Install Date: Feb 01 2011
Game Controller: Microsoft PC-joystick driver detected

Installed software:
2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 2 (SP2)
2007 Microsoft Office system
Activation Assistant for the 2007 Microsoft Office suites
Adobe Flash Player 10 ActiveX
Babylon toolbar
COMODO GeekBuddy
COMODO Internet Security
DriverFinder
Google Chrome
Google Earth
Google Earth Plug-in
Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer
Google Update Helper
IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover
IrfanView (remove only)
Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client Profile
Microsoft Office Access MUI (English) 2007
Microsoft Office Access Setup Metadata MUI (English) 2007
Microsoft Office Excel MUI (English) 2007
Microsoft Office Outlook MUI (English) 2007
Microsoft Office PowerPoint MUI (English) 2007
Microsoft Office Professional Hybrid 2007
Microsoft Office Proof (English) 2007
Microsoft Office Proof (French) 2007
Microsoft Office Proof (Spanish) 2007
Microsoft Office Proofing (English) 2007
Microsoft Office Publisher MUI (English) 2007
Microsoft Office Shared MUI (English) 2007
Microsoft Office Shared Setup Metadata MUI (English) 2007
Microsoft Office Word MUI (English) 2007
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.17
Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86 Redistributable - 10.0.30319
MSXML 4.0 SP2 (KB954430)
MSXML 4.0 SP2 (KB97368
MSXML 4.0 SP2 Parser and SDK
NVIDIA 3D Vision Controller Driver
NVIDIA 3D Vision Controller Driver 270.47
NVIDIA 3D Vision Driver 270.51
NVIDIA Control Panel 270.51
NVIDIA Graphics Driver 270.51
NVIDIA Install Application
NVIDIA PhysX
NVIDIA PhysX System Software 9.10.0514
NVIDIA Stereoscopic 3D Driver
NVIDIA Update 1.1.33
NVIDIA Update Components
PVSonyDll
RealNetworks - Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Runtime
RealPlayer
Realtek High Definition Audio Driver
RealUpgrade 1.1
Saitek DirectOutput 5.7.0.24
Saitek SST Programming Software
Security Update for 2007 Microsoft Office System (KB969559)
Security Update for 2007 Microsoft Office System (KB969679)
Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client Profile (KB244670
Security Update for Microsoft Office Excel 2007 (KB969682)
Security Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 (KB972363)
Security Update for Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 (KB957789)
Security Update for Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 (KB969693)
Security Update for Microsoft Office system 2007 (972581)
Security Update for Microsoft Office system 2007 (KB969613)
Security Update for Microsoft Office system 2007 (KB974234)
Security Update for Microsoft Office Visio Viewer 2007 (KB973709)
Security Update for Microsoft Office Word 2007 (KB969604)
Steam
System Requirements Lab
TrackIR4
TrackIR5
Update for 2007 Microsoft Office System (KB967642)
Update for Outlook 2007 Junk Email Filter (KB974810)

[kingpinda]

I won't know for sure why you crash but going through your data your system looks a bit under par.

2GB RAM?
512 Graphics card (times 2?) Sli isnt working correctly right now.
What CPU you got?

[Kozi]

I purchased the collectors edition in Australia on the 30th March and my CD key was rejected too. I thought it was because Steam wasn't releasing the game until 1st April.

However I did work out the issue and got to play the game.

1. Log in to your Steam account.
2. Go to your Library and you will see the game listed.
3. Right click on the game to bring up a menu.
4. Select 'view game CD key'
5. You will find this CD key is different to the one that came with the boxed game. You can click the button on the bottom of the window to copy this CD Key to the clipboard. Paste this Key in the 'activate game' window and you should be good to go!

Hope this helps.