Wolfenstein Enemy Territory - Valid CD Key Not Reaching GuidAuth Server...? - Solved -

[Peter D]

Yo

Well, over the last month or two, I've been experiencing extreme connectivity problems to ET servers. On about 95% of the servers that I connect to, I'm sent back to the main menu with a message 'Valid CD Key Not Reaching GuidAuth Server' Ive tried disabling, and then re-enabling Punkbuster, tried to reg my key (/pb_cdkeyreg), Ive tried disabling Punkbuster and then getting it to try and generate a new key for me, Ive reinstalled ET, patched it with the 1.02 patch, everything that I can think of or Ive read about. Does anyone here have any solutions this very annoying problem? Thanks!

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[xSauronx]

reinstall?

me and the guys in my et clan get it from time to time; just reboot and it goes away, cant figure out why either, but its never been a severe problem

have you uninstalled THEN reinstalleD? or just reinstalled over an existing install?

 

[Peter D]

Originally posted by: xSauronx
reinstall?

me and the guys in my et clan get it from time to time; just reboot and it goes away, cant figure out why either, but its never been a severe problem

have you uninstalled THEN reinstalleD? or just reinstalled over an existing install?

Yea, I uninstall, then reinstall, still nothing. Occasionally I can get to like one or two servers, but I used to be able to connect to 100% of the servers..

 

[chsh1ca]

I play ET as well, but it doesn't need a CD key at all since it's freeware. Suggestions I've noted include deleting the etmain/etkey file, and then restarting punkbuster. At any rate, about 10 seconds worth of googling brought up these results:

http://www.deathcon.com/archives/000049.html
http://splashdamage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1452
http://www.splashdamage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1405

 

[Vonkhan]

C:\Program Files\Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory\etmain

copy the 'etkey' file over to the desktop (just in case)

then delete the etkey file from the dir

and then start up ET & enjoy the fragging goodness!

 

[Peter D]

Hmm..

[18:44] Vegetto2073: i went to C:\Program Files\Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory\etmain
[18:44] Vegetto2073: and then copied the 'etkey' file over to my desktop (just in case)
[18:44] Vonkhan: k ...
[18:44] Vegetto2073: then deleted the etkey file from the dir
[18:44] Vegetto2073: and then started up ET
[18:44] Vegetto2073: and it was fine for me
[18:44] Vegetto2073: PB should gen you a new key
[18:45] Vegetto2073: got it?
[18:46] Vonkhan: http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=33&threadid=1181785&STARTPAGE=1&zb=678291
[18:46] Vonkhan: heheheheheh
[18:46] Vonkhan: >



Anyways, that worked for me, so as of now, problem solved!

 

[Peter D]

Now with Double Posting Action!

 

[Vonkhan]

Veggie ... I always knew tht u had too much time on your hands ... but this is ridiculous maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan! dont u have some homework to do or have a bottle of milk to drink?!