Age of empires..

Sysalis

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I have just recently installed aoe2 conq expansion, and I am trying to play it online again. But I need to update the game, and everytime I attempt to do it, it tells me I do not have the retail copy of the game installed, yet i have the discs sitting infront of me.

I have tried running the patch in administrative rights, and tried running it under windows xp sp2 installation type, neither have worked. I have reinstalled the game multiple times, with no success. Can someone please help meh?
 

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I wouldn't classify this as being a windows problem. If you are 100% you typed the serial key in correctly this may be one of the possible issues:

What often happens with games like Age of Empires is that "crackers" or people looking to play these games for free create "serial gens". When the company picks up on serial numbers they believe to have come from a keygen, they often blacklist them, which consequently ends up denying the illegals users when they try to Update the game. You key might have been part of the algorithm from a keygen, thus blacklisted.

This may or may not be the case for you, but I see that as the only possible reason at this point.

Hope this helped,
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 X2 Socket AM2 6000+
    Motherboard
    ASUS M2N-E Socket AM2
    Memory
    OCZ 4G (4x1024) PC2-6400 Gold XTC
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA Geforce 9800GTX+ 512mb PCI-e 2.0
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG 20.1" LCD Widescreen Monitor (Black) (2ms response, 3000:1 Contrast)
    Screen Resolution
    1600x1080
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital 500GB Hard Drive
    Western Digital 20GB (SWAP)
    PSU
    OCZ GameXStream 600W
    Case
    Mutan Mods Acrylic ATX Mid-Tower
    Cooling
    Thermaltake Spin-Q CPU cooler
    Keyboard
    Windows black USB
    Mouse
    Logitech Mx310
    Internet Speed
    Rogers Hi-Speed
    Other Info
    Icemat Siberia Headset
How long ago was it purchased? Have you tried Age of Empires support forums yet?
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 X2 Socket AM2 6000+
    Motherboard
    ASUS M2N-E Socket AM2
    Memory
    OCZ 4G (4x1024) PC2-6400 Gold XTC
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA Geforce 9800GTX+ 512mb PCI-e 2.0
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG 20.1" LCD Widescreen Monitor (Black) (2ms response, 3000:1 Contrast)
    Screen Resolution
    1600x1080
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital 500GB Hard Drive
    Western Digital 20GB (SWAP)
    PSU
    OCZ GameXStream 600W
    Case
    Mutan Mods Acrylic ATX Mid-Tower
    Cooling
    Thermaltake Spin-Q CPU cooler
    Keyboard
    Windows black USB
    Mouse
    Logitech Mx310
    Internet Speed
    Rogers Hi-Speed
    Other Info
    Icemat Siberia Headset
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