Apparently some of those key generators work. My mom and I went out and bought Windows 7 for her laptop and when I went in to install it it said the key was invalid, even though the key was the exact same. I already have a new key but I'm just posting this so you know a reason Windows kind of sucks.
This is the very thing I always feared happening to me in CD-Key requiring games. Doesn't help to know it really CAN happen now. :ohdear:
[QUOTE=Yeojsav;23199301]Apparently some of those key generators work. My mom and I went out and bought Windows 7 for her laptop and when I went in to install it it said the key was invalid, even though the key was the exact same. I already have a new key but I'm just posting this so you know a reason Windows kind of sucks.[/QUOTE]
You do know you can call Microsoft support and submit proof of purchase to get a new CD key, right?
It is interesting, though, that this can happen... I suppose it's best to buy all our software via Digital Downloads now... They already have the authentication integrated into the content.
Or at least they did, when I got my $30 University discount on Windows 7.
They wouldn't generate a "wrong" key, did you type it in wrong, was it for a different version, or was it a pirate copy / dodgy store?
More likely you got a box that had been opened and returned but still put back onto the shelf.
[QUOTE=Murkat;23200450]This is the very thing I always feared happening to me in CD-Key requiring games. Doesn't help to know it really CAN happen now. :ohdear:[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=streeter;23300596]They wouldn't generate a "wrong" key, did you type it in wrong, was it for a different version, or was it a pirate copy / dodgy store?[/QUOTE]
Let me tell you two about the time my brother bought the Orange Box *puts flashlight under his face*. He installed it and proceeded to play through the HL2 games and Portal. I then told him he should try TF2. So he started it, set it up and joined a server, when a dialog popped up and said......his key was already in use!
All keys use an algorithm, once it is leaked or generated it's game over.
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