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Originally Posted by tjlegault

Hi Skippers!
After reformatting my hard drive, reinstalling SH-4. patching it to 4_1.4 , I ran the U boat add on that I purchased a long time ago and had been using.
When I tried to run the game it wanted what it called a "serial #" Well I had kept the original activation key and when I entered it I got this error message: Activation FAILED: unknown error.
Well I went to direct 2 drive re downloaded the add on, used the key they gave, which of course was the same one they originally gave me when I purchased it from them, and after reinstalling using the new download, it failed as well. I did turn off all firewall protection as they suggested and still no joy. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to get the u boat add on working. The support at direct to drive is just automated mindless responses. I need a real human being to help with this. (What a weird concept!)
Thanks!

I don't remember how I did it either. I just did a reinstall but didn't delete the registry entries, so I didn't need to put in any numbers. But just a thought, did you try the SH4 CD Key as the serial number and then the activation code D2D gave you. The SH4 CD key is on the back of the book. Might be worth a try. I am assuming only the Uboat Addon came from D2D, if I am reading it right.

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