CD KEY PROBLEM WITH HIDDEN & DANGEROUS 2

[Virginia]

I had the game hidden and dangerous 2 installed on my pc but gave the game away to a family member and uninstalled the game, using the uninstall option in the game. I recently bought the game again with a new cd key and installed this on my pc but whenever I try to play multiplayer with the family member I gave the game to, 1 of us gets the message cd key already in use :( It would seem I still have the orginal key installed somewhere on my pc but have no idea how to find or get rid of it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

[degsy]

Hi,

You could try a registry cleaner such as Ace Utilities to clean out redunant registry keys.

[Virginia]

I ran Ace Utilities as suggested and it came back with 330 registry entries to be deleted, some I recognised as parts of programmes I no longer have installed, some were parts of programms and games installed on my pc but the majority I didn't have a clue about. Should I delete the whole 330 entries? The registry is something I am not very familiar with so any help would be appreciated. Thank you

[Ned Seagoon]

Only delete those that you are sure of.

Do a backup of the registry and delete others one at a time checking that all installed programs work OK. It will take time but but it the only way that I know to be sure.

Good luck. BF

[degsy]

If you are using ME or XP then create a System Restore point.

Also, ACE Utilities creates backups that you can restore if you have problems.

[Virginia]

Deleted all the registry entries brought up by Ace and pleased to say, it looks like the problem with the Hidden and Dangerous key has been resolved :p Thank you all for your help and advice.