Your CD key appears to be invalid. (brand new copy from ebgames.com on Vista)

[GoldenTiger]

Heya all,

I just bought a copy of Unreal Tournament 2004 DVD Edition (including mega bonus pack and editor's choice maps), then patched it to v3369 with the file from the Epic Games site. I then attempted to launch UT2004, and it gives me a popup error box saying, "Your CD key appears to be invalid." with a prompt to reinstall the game. I have triple-checked the key with the registry entry and am sure it is not typo'd. My googling seems to indicate this is a silly default error message rather than the actual issue. I have tried running it as an administrator, under XP SP2 compatibility mode, and both together, but it still isn't working. Does anyone know how to get it to work? I've seen people on other forums mention they have run this under Vista (I own a retail copy of it), so I know it can be done.

Thanks for any help!

-GoldenTiger

EDIT: I did email through the tech support link, but they said it could be 7-10!!! business days before even receiving an initial response. I hope there's a simple fix to this.

[Mocosloco]

GT,
There is a very simple fix to the problem go to the Midway website and dl it. To summarize you remake the shortcut and call the UT2004.exe file UT2004X.exe and remake a shortcut via sending it to the desktop.

Now someone needs to tell me how to fix the same problem with the X64 version of the game from AMD

Moco