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"treefroginometry" <info@skunkbag.antispam.co.uk> wrote in message
news:bmjm4u$ajb$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk...
> "You have been defeated"
>
> That's the message I get after [trying] to play after 30 seconds or so.
All
> my units are destroyed and the game ends.
>
> Now, I reckon this is an anti piracy feature but I can't figure out how to
> get around it. Oops, that's going to attract some flamers, let me explain
> why I'm not a pirate....
>
> I bought the game the day it was released, I lent it to my dad after
> completing the single player missions and uninstalled it from my machine.
He
> lost CD 2 so now HE can run it but I can't reinstall (a plot to keep the
> game for himself IMO).
> So, I have copied the Generals directory from his computer and also copied
> the reg keys and updated the key value that referenced the game location.
I
> put CD 1 in my computer and start up the game, it all seems fine but I
just
> can't play for longer than about 30 seconds.
>
> This is especially annoying as I've just bought Zero Hour and can't play
it
> until this is working.
>
> Any ideas on how to fix/get around this? Obviously, excluding "buy another
> copy".
>
> Thanks,
>
> Treefrog

Well as long as youve got a cd key, downloading disk 2 off somewhere like
irc should be ok. Alternativly use EA's rubbish replacement cd service which
you'll need to pay for.