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MaredtextMaredtext Join Date: 2003-08-18 Member: 19899Members
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Does anyone know how to change their half-life cdkey w/out reinstalling? I just bought another copy of half-life so that my brother and I can play together on the same server w/out cdkey errors, however, I am haveing some trouble finding the cdkey file so I can just manualy change it to the new one.
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  • XShrikeXShrike Join Date: 2003-03-30 Member: 15058Members
    Why dont you keep the old one and have your brother use the new one?
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  • JojoshuaJojoshua NS Guide Professor Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5233Members
    Run regedit or however you get into your registry.

    Current_User > Software > Valve > Half Life > Settings > Then just modify the string that says "Key"
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  • SuperBOBSuperBOB Join Date: 2003-02-21 Member: 13795Members
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Valve\Half-life\settings
    Or if retail
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Valve\counterstrike\settings

    Both CDkeys are stored under a variable called Key
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  • MaredtextMaredtext Join Date: 2003-08-18 Member: 19899Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Jojoshua+Sep 4 2003, 06:18 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Jojoshua @ Sep 4 2003, 06:18 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Run regedit or however you get into your registry.

    Current_User > Software > Valve > Half Life > Settings > Then just modify the string that says "Key" <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Er.. can you be a little more specific... regedit? Whats that? Get into my registry? Do you mean like just opening the folders to get to halflife or is this like accessing the halflife program itself?
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  • JojoshuaJojoshua NS Guide Professor Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5233Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Maredtext+Sep 4 2003, 11:22 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Maredtext @ Sep 4 2003, 11:22 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--Jojoshua+Sep 4 2003, 06:18 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Jojoshua @ Sep 4 2003, 06:18 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Run regedit or however you get into your registry.

    Current_User > Software >  Valve > Half Life > Settings > Then just modify the string that says "Key" <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Er.. can you be a little more specific... regedit? Whats that? Get into my registry? Do you mean like just opening the folders to get to halflife or is this like accessing the halflife program itself? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Click Start.
    Click Run.
    Type "regedit" .
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  • devicenulldevicenull Join Date: 2003-04-30 Member: 15967Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    If you dont know what regedit is, its a program that can screw up your computer..
    Ugh, pressing one button accidentally can make your computer not boot normally..
    I'm not kidding
    A reinstall would be alot easier..
    no registry editing if you dunno what you are doing
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  • MaredtextMaredtext Join Date: 2003-08-18 Member: 19899Members
    edited September 2003
    Ok that did it thanks alot guys.

    I just didn't know what regedit was... after I was told how to open it, it was easy enough to both figure out and operate. Once again thx for the help.
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  • GlissGliss Join Date: 2003-03-23 Member: 14800Members, Constellation, NS2 Map Tester
    <!--QuoteBegin--devicenull+Sep 4 2003, 04:27 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (devicenull @ Sep 4 2003, 04:27 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> If you dont know what regedit is, its a program that can screw up your computer..
    Ugh, pressing one button accidentally can make your computer not boot normally..
    I'm not kidding
    A reinstall would be alot easier..
    no registry editing if you dunno what you are doing <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    But they know what they're doing. Trust me, this works.
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  • Pepe_MuffassaPepe_Muffassa Join Date: 2003-01-17 Member: 12401Members
    there are programs that do this too - usually free ware from haxzor sites, but I found one and it turned out to be very handy. Don't know where I got it from though. it saved all CD keys as an attached notepad doc, and then you could rotate through them with ease - very slick.
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  • Pepe_MuffassaPepe_Muffassa Join Date: 2003-01-17 Member: 12401Members
    try this out:

    <a href='http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=650' target='_blank'>http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=650</a>
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  • Marik_SteeleMarik_Steele To rule in hell... Join Date: 2002-11-20 Member: 9466Members
    Darn, pepe_muffassa beat me to it. That's the one program I know of for changing between legal CD-keys.

    Alright, looks like maredText has solved his problem by using the registry, and anyone who's too scared to touch the registry now knows of a program that'll do it for them. We're done here. I'm <span style='color:orange'>*locking*</span> to prevent piracy talk (probably doesn't need locking as I don't see why someone would be foolish enough to talk about it here, but better safe than sorry.)
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