Invalid CD-Key. 2012-11-06 14:10. edited 2012-11-06 14:11 by Ston3Cold. Reegad said: Try this. 1. Click start menu, type regedit in the search field (or hit windows+r if you do not have vista/7. 2. Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Electronic Arts\Origin\Battlefield 1942\ergc (FOR 64bit OS) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Electronic Arts\Origin\Battlefield 1942\ergc (FOR 32bit OS. 3. On the right side you should see a quot;registry key quot; named default, double-click it. 4. Type in your product key (both numbers and letters accepted) (to find your product key, right click battlefield 1942 in origin, game information/detail, and you should see your product key. 5. Click ok, try launching battlefield 1942 again. Ok, I finally got mine working. 1) Click start menu, type regedit in the search field (or hit windows+r if you do not have vista/7. 2) Navigate to the following section(s) depending on your OS. For those of you that don't have an Origin folder located in either of these two locations. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Electronic Arts\Origin\Battlefield 1942\ergc (FOR 64bit OS) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Electronic Arts\Origin\Battlefield 1942\ergc (FOR 32bit OS. 3) You need to create it yourself. I have Win 7 x64, so I made an Origin folder (also known as a "key" in the registry) under Electronic Arts. To create this "folder", right-click on Electronic Arts and then choose "New" and then "Key". Now it should allow you to give it a name, rename it as Origin. 4) Next, right-click on the Origin "key" you just made and again pick "New" and then"Key". Give this new key a name of Battlefield 1942. 5) Next, right-click on the Battlefield 1942 "key" you just made and again pick "New" and then "Key". Give this new key a name of ergc. 6) Next, click on the ergc "key". on the right hand side you'll see it has a string value called "Default". Right-click it and then choose "Modify. Now you need to copy your product key from Origin and paste it as the new modified value. To find your product key, right click Battlefield 1942 in Origin, then choose Game information/detail, and you should see your product key (listed on the right hand side. 7) You do NOT need to include spaces, just copy and paste the key and click on "Ok. Now you can close the registry editor, run your game and you should be able to connect to any server. I managed to connect to my dedicated server at last after I did this. Hope it helps you guys. Ston3Cold said: Reegad said: Try this. 1. Click start menu, type regedit in the search field (or hit windows+r if you do not have vista/7. 2. Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Electronic Arts\Origin\Battlefield 1942\ergc (FOR 64bit OS) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Electronic Arts\Origin\Battlefield 1942\ergc (FOR 32bit OS. 3. On the right side you should see a amp;quot;registry key amp;quot; named default, double-click it. 4. Type in your product key (both numbers and letters accepted) (to find your product key, right click battlefield 1942 in origin, game information/detail, and you should see your product key. 5. Click ok, try launching battlefield 1942 again. Ok, I finally got mine working. 1) Click start menu, type regedit in the search field (or hit windows+r if you do not have vista/7. 2) Navigate to the following section(s) depending on your OS. For those of you that don't have an Origin folder located in either of these two locations. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Electronic Arts\Origin\Battlefield 1942\ergc (FOR 64bit OS) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Electronic Arts\Origin\Battlefield 1942\ergc (FOR 32bit OS. 3) You need to create it yourself. I have Win 7 x64, so I made an Origin folder (also known as a quot;key quot; in the registry) under Electronic Arts. To create this quot;folder quot;, right-click on Electronic Arts and then choose quot;New quot; and then quot;Key quot;. Now it should allow you to give it a name, rename it as Origin. 4) Next, right-click on the Origin quot;key quot; you just made and again pick quot;New quot; and then quot;Key quot;. Give this new key a name of Battlefield 1942. 5) Next, right-click on the Battlefield 1942 quot;key quot; you just made and again pick quot;New quot; and then quot;Key quot;. Give this new key a name of ergc. 6) Next, click on the ergc quot;key quot;. on the right hand side you'll see it has a string value called quot;Default quot;. Right-click it and then choose quot;Modify quot. Now you need to copy your product key from Origin and paste it as the new modified value. To find your product key, right click Battlefield 1942 in Origin, then choose Game information/detail, and you should see your product key (listed on the right hand side. 7) You do NOT need to include spaces, just copy and paste the key and click on quot;Ok quot. Now you can close the registry editor, run your game and you should be able to connect to any server. I managed to connect to my dedicated server at last after I did this. Hope it helps you guys. This works! Cheers man, hope people see this who had the same issue. Ston3Cold said: Reegad said: Try this. 1. Click start menu, type regedit in the search field (or hit windows+r if you do not have vista/7. 2. Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Electronic Arts\Origin\Battlefield 1942\ergc (FOR 64bit OS) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Electronic Arts\Origin\Battlefield 1942\ergc (FOR 32bit OS. 3. On the right side you should see a amp;quot;registry key amp;quot; named default, double-click it. 4. Type in your product key (both numbers and letters accepted) (to find your product key, right click battlefield 1942 in origin, game information/detail, and you should see your product key. 5. Click ok, try launching battlefield 1942 again. Ok, I finally got mine working. 1) Click start menu, type regedit in the search field (or hit windows+r if you do not have vista/7. 2) Navigate to the following section(s) depending on your OS. For those of you that don't have an Origin folder located in either of these two locations. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Electronic Arts\Origin\Battlefield 1942\ergc (FOR 64bit OS) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Electronic Arts\Origin\Battlefield 1942\ergc (FOR 32bit OS. 3) You need to create it yourself. I have Win 7 x64, so I made an Origin folder (also known as a quot;key quot; in the registry) under Electronic Arts. To create this quot;folder quot;, right-click on Electronic Arts and then choose quot;New quot; and then quot;Key quot;. Now it should allow you to give it a name, rename it as Origin. 4) Next, right-click on the Origin quot;key quot; you just made and again pick quot;New quot; and then quot;Key quot;. Give this new key a name of Battlefield 1942. 5) Next, right-click on the Battlefield 1942 quot;key quot; you just made and again pick quot;New quot; and then quot;Key quot;. Give this new key a name of ergc. 6) Next, click on the ergc quot;key quot;. on the right hand side you'll see it has a string value called quot;Default quot;. Right-click it and then choose quot;Modify quot. Now you need to copy your product key from Origin and paste it as the new modified value. To find your product key, right click Battlefield 1942 in Origin, then choose Game information/detail, and you should see your product key (listed on the right hand side. 7) You do NOT need to include spaces, just copy and paste the key and click on quot;Ok quot. Now you can close the registry editor, run your game and you should be able to connect to any server. I managed to connect to my dedicated server at last after I did this. Hope it helps you guys. Worked for me. Thanks.
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