Cd-key not valid' Multiplayer

[TheMurtagh01]

Hello im fairly new and after i install BF2 and patches and the special forces, i try to get into multiplayer and i select a server and click join. I gt CD key not valid and i know it is as i typed it in correctly. I followed someones advice and took off all the bf2 files from my laptop and this achieved nothing. Please give me advice on how to solve this irritating prickle! btw im a bit of a newbie with pcs, so please try and explain it well :) gl hf ingame

[Chris_Redfield]

Hello im fairly new and after i install BF2 and patches and the special forces, i try to get into multiplayer and i select a server and click join. I gt CD key not valid and i know it is as i typed it in correctly. I followed someones advice and took off all the bf2 files from my laptop and this achieved nothing. Please give me advice on how to solve this irritating prickle! btw im a bit of a newbie with pcs, so please try and explain it well :) gl hf ingame

Click Start.
Go to Run.
Type regedit and hit OK button.
Click on plus sign next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
Click on plus sign next to SOFTWARE.
Double click on Electronic Arts folder.
Double click on EA Games folder.
Double click on Battlefield 2 folder.
Double click on ergc folder.
Data displayed will probably have x9392 only.
Right click on it and select Modify.
Type in x9392 and then your CD key.
note: don’t include hyphens.

Example: x9392(your Battlefield 2 CD key here)
If you have Battlefield 2: Special Forces

Click Start.
Go to Run.
Type regedit and hit OK button.
Click on plus sign next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
Click on plus sign next to SOFTWARE.
Double click on Electronic Arts folder.
Double click on EA Games folder.
Double click on Battlefield 2 folder.
Double click on ergc folder.
Data displayed will probably have x9392 only.
Right click on it and select Modify.
Type in x9392 and then your Battlefield 2 CD key.
note: don’t include hyphens.
Double click on Battlefield 2 Special Forces folder.
Double click on ergc folder.
Data displayed will probably have x9392 only.
Right click on it and select Modify.
Type in x9392 and then your Battlefield 2 CD key.
note: don’t include hyphens.
note: do not use your Battlefield 2: Special Forces CD key.
Example: x9392(your Battlefield 2 CD key here)

From BF2S. I had the same problem.

[TheMurtagh01]

ty but i dont understand why it tells u to repeat the cd key x9392 thingi so much?

and do u use brackets after the x9392? when typing key in

[Chris_Redfield]

Listen, its fairly simple.

START
RUN
REGEDIT
HKEYLOCALMACHINE
SOFTWARE
Electronic Arts
EA Games
Battlefield 2
ergc

Now click on ergc and youll probably see, on right side, only a combination of numbers X9392, without spaces or brackets, type up your CDkey right after it, so it looked like x9392XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX and thats it.

Its in simple terms, I dont understand how you can not get it...

[signa]

Here's an alternate way to fix your key:

http://www.totalgamingnetwork.com/main/showthread.php?t=124635