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FataL1Day
13 years ago
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Red Alert 3 - Serial number is invalid.

Hello,

I just bought a retail box Red Alert 3. Simply i can't go online. When i try to connect, it says "Serial number is invalid.". I want to fix this problem asap. I searched internet and see, there are lots of threads about this issue but all of them about steam. How can i fix this infamy...

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    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    I get the same error, followed the indtrustions:

    1. Open your Registry Editor - You can do this simply by pressing the start button, type "regedit" and press enter
    2. Navigate through NKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SOFTWARE / Wow6432Node / Electronic Arts / Electronic Arts
    3. There should be a Red Alert 3 folder in there with a subfolder called ergc - Go into that folder - Attention, there also is a red alert 3 folder under just once Electronic Arts instead of Electronic Arts / Electronic Arts. This folder will not have a subfolder!
    4. The ergc folder should contain a (Default) value of the type REG_SZ with the DATA of your serial key without any - between the blocks
    5. If that's not the case, right click, new / string value, enter as name (Default) and as data your serial code without any - or space.

    my serial no, was CORRECT, I entered it again anyway, still correct, stil DOES NOT WORK...

    Please ADVISE asap what to do now??

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