Half life 2 and reformatting

[Woody80085]

Hi, I just reformatted my computer, and now i can't play half life 2 because they're saying i've already registered my cd key. What do i have to do to be able to play again?! I'm not paying them any money because i just paid $55 for the game! anyone have any suggestions, or know how to crack the steam activation? Plz e-mail me at [email protected] thankx

 

[switch]

Your CD key of HL2 is tied to your steam account.
All you need to do is log into steam with your user/pass and you should be able to play the game.

 

[Sanius]

actully, it just went straight to decrypting when that happend to me. since I had to reformat 4 days ago.

 

[Woody80085]

I've tried, but since i reformatted my computer and just installed half life 2 it wants a cd key before i just log in and play the game.

 

[Chris D]

That shouldn't be right.

You should just log in to your account, launch the game and if it asks you what the CD-key is input it and it should work fine.

Basically Steam will check the CD-key and if its the same one that should be attached to that account then it should work.

 

[ComradeBadger]

You know, to me, it sounds like you're looking to crack the Steam system.

 

[Chris D]

Actually, make sure you're logging into your old account. Make sure this is the account you were using BEFORE the reformat.

Click on Play Game > Click on the Browse Games... button > Click on the Register a game I already own... button > Enter the CD-key.

That should work.

 

[Woody80085]

ok, i think it's working now, it's starting to decrypt counter-strike. Thanks for the help guys

 

[switch]

I've tried, but since i reformatted my computer and just installed half life 2 it wants a cd key before i just log in and play the game.

It shouldn't ask for the CD key out of steam I dont think, even for retail. Try downloading steam seperately from www.steampowered.com

 

[Chris D]

It would in certain cases switch.