Troubleshooting Guide: Your CD-key is not valid

[doveman]

LITOralis.nMd;1901594']This is a problem with Punkbuster, and is not really solvable by the PR staff.
We have a work-around,
try this:
https://www.realitymod.com/forum/f27-pr ... ction.html

Cool thanks, I'll give that a go.

[ChrisOscarMike]

Ive never had this problem until the 1.0 beta. Anybody else?

[SpottedOwls]

God dammit...

Nothing is working. Not any fix, not any registry, nothing.
Add that to the fact that I can't find my key code = fuck.

[FancyPants]

THANK YOU ALSO ADD THIS IT WILL HELP THOSE WITHOUT THEIR CD-KEY AT HAND. If you have previously registered your battlefield 2 game with EA, you may go to http://support.ea.com and sign in using your classic(username) EA account, click on My Account, login there with EA classic account, click on my games, and under your pc ea games it will show every game registered to your account including cd key for pc titles.

Unless I'm mistaken, this method doesn't work anymore, does it? I can't find any way to login using the old Classic EA account system.

[viirusiiseli]

Different CD keys seem to not work with certain ways of typing it into the registry.

There are 4 ways to type it.

YOURBF2CDKEYHERE

YOUR-BF2C-DKEY-HERE

x9392YOURBF2CDKEYHERE

x9392YOUR-BF2C-DKEY-HERE

My CD key only works with x9392 and dashes so everyone suggesting you don't need dashes is BS. Sometimes you apparently do.

This for people who still have troubles... Might wanna add it on the OP

[LITOralis.nMd]

Viirus, which version do you own that you need to use dashes?
Retail DVD Complete Collection or what?

[viirusiiseli]

Yeah, retail complete collection.

[Wheys]

CD key is not valid...

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System Information
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  Operating System: Microsoft Windows?7 ?dition Familiale Premium  (6.1.7601)
      Architecture: 64 bits
   Current Culture: French (Canada)
       Motherboard: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K53TK
         Processor: AMD A6-3420M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics (Physical: 4, Logical: 4)
            Memory: 6,00 GB
      DIMM Modules: A1_DIMM0: 4,00 GB @ 1600 MHz
                    A1_DIMM1: 2,00 GB @ 1600 MHz
         Page File: 5,48 GB
    .NET Framework: 4.5, Runtime: 4.0.30319.18052

Display Information
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 Display Device(s): Generic PnP Monitor on AMD Radeon(TM) HD 6520G
   Display Mode(s): 1366 x 768 (32 bit) @ 60 Hz
    Driver Version: 8.941.0.0
    Display Memory: 1024,00 MB
     Multisampling: 2, 4, 8
               DPI: 96 (100%)

Audio Information
-----------------
  Primary Playback: Speakers (Realtek High Definiti
 Primary Recording: Microphone (Realtek High Defini
  Open AL Renderer: Software
               EAX: True
           EAX 1.0: False
           EAX 2.0: True
           EAX 3.0: False
           EAX 4.0: False
           EAX 5.0: False
             X-RAM: False

Disk Information
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      Install Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2
                    Free: 232,28 GB, Total: 627,83 GB, FS: NTFS, SSD: False
          Mod Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\mods\pr
                    Free: 232,28 GB, Total: 627,83 GB, FS: NTFS, SSD: False
     Profiles Path: C:\Users\marcus\Documents\ProjectReality\Profiles
                    Free: 232,28 GB, Total: 627,83 GB, FS: NTFS, SSD: False
    Update DL Path: C:\Users\marcus\AppData\Local\Project Reality\Project Reality BF2\Downloads
                    Free: 232,28 GB, Total: 627,83 GB, FS: NTFS, SSD: False
   Update Log Path: C:\Users\marcus\AppData\Local\Project Reality\Project Reality BF2\UpdateLogs
                    Free: 232,28 GB, Total: 627,83 GB, FS: NTFS, SSD: False

Game Information
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      CD Key Valid: False
       CD Key Type: Dashless (Normal)
    Installed Mods: bf2, pr, xpack
       Current Mod: pr
       BF2 Version: BF2 1.5
        PR Version: 1.1.1.0
          Language: french
   Debug Available: False
     Large Address: True
Supported Hardware: None

Profile Information
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      Profile 0001: Wheys
              Type: Online
        View Intro: True
        Fullscreen: True
      Display Mode: 1024x768@60Hz
Display Mode Valid: True
   Graphics Scheme: High
     Multisampling: Off
             VSync: False
   Terrain Quality: High
   Effects Quality: High
  Geometry Quality: High
   Texture Quality: High
  Lighting Quality: High
   Dynamic Shadows: High
    Dynamic Lights: High
 Texture Filtering: High
    Audio Provider: Software
    Provider Valid: True
     Audio Quality: High
               EAX: True

[Psyrus]

Have you tried re-entering your key through the PR launcher?

[Wheys]

Yes, Always same awnser

[LITOralis.nMd]

Start up vanilla BF2 multiplayer, sign in with online multiplayer account, try to join a punkbustert enabled server. letus know if you get kicked for invalid key.

Next, we need to know the type of BF2 you own. Steam? EADM/Origin? Amazon download? Retail DVD with prior to v1.22 ? Retail DVD with version after v1.22 ?