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4 years ago
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Deauthorization of my XP computer.

Through a "series of unfortunate events" I lost my old games back in 2018. I have since repaired my XP computer & bought several games off of Ebay. DA Origins runs fine. But when I tried DA 2 they said my computer would need a deauthorization tool. I downloaded the tool & it allegedly looked at my computer & said "it was not authorized to be deauthorized".  Is this true? Does EA no longer authorize or deauthorize XP computers, or is it just mine? I have the game all loaded "except" for this deauthorization or authorization.

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  • I have no recollection of how authorization works in DA2. Are you saying you bought a disc copy on eBay? If the game has a limited number of activations, maybe the person you purchased it from needs to deauthorize their computer.

    The easiest workaround, however, is to see if the product key can still be activated in Origin. Then you can download the game from there. The Origin version is DRM-free nowadays, so you can run it without Origin once it's installed.