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by proud
Sun 21 Jun, 2009 9:36 pm
Forum: Webstore Support
Topic: Registration failure
Replies: 5
Views: 17554

Re: Registration failure

Thank you, now works fine :)
by proud
Sun 21 Jun, 2009 9:27 pm
Forum: Webstore Support
Topic: Registration failure
Replies: 5
Views: 17554

Re: Registration failure

Thanks for the really quick reply! I did a fresh install and applied Patch #1 from ootp's web site. I've tried both serial numbers, which in the account page says they're both in use by different computers. Setting the name of my computer in Sharing to give either ProudBookPro.local or martin-the-pr...
by proud
Sun 21 Jun, 2009 8:32 pm
Forum: Webstore Support
Topic: Registration failure
Replies: 5
Views: 17554

Re: Registration failure

The fact that the game uses the computer's sharing name as part of its authentication is actually a very, very bad idea . Better would be to solely reference the computer's MAC address. Why is this important? The sharing name can change. If a user wishes to change the name as to advertise it upon a ...
by proud
Sun 21 Jun, 2009 8:15 pm
Forum: Webstore Support
Topic: Registration failure
Replies: 5
Views: 17554

Registration failure

Okay here's the deal. I got a new computer. The old one died. In fact, Apple was going to repair the old computer and they had trouble so they gave me a brand new machine instead. Then I transferred my data. Since the old computer would no longer boot I could not release the registration key. So und...