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Old 06-24-18, 10:19 PM   #1
Cybermat47
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Default "Activation Limit Exceeded" on startup

For some reason, when I try to start SH4, it asks me for the CD key. I enter the one I received when I purchased the game on GamersGate, only to receive the following message:
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Request refused by server : Activation limit exceeded with this serial number.

Please contact technical support for more information.
I haven't uninstalled the game at all, and I only installed it once with this CD key. I did move the game folder to a new hard drive at one point, could that be what's caused the problem? And do I really only get one activation per key?

Apart from buying a game I've already payed for, are there any other solutions to this?

And just in case, is the Steam version of SH4 fully compatible with mods? If so, I might just get that to avoid this nonsense in the future.
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