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General => Off Topic => Topic started by: moises9485 on February 23, 2010, 02:29:04 PM

Title: Lost Sims 3 (GAME) product key
Post by: moises9485 on February 23, 2010, 02:29:04 PM: So my sister bought the sims 3(it’s a game) and it performed poorly on her computer so she gave it to me to play. But the problem is she cant find the case and I can't install the game without the CD key. There has to be a way to get around this without buying a whole new game? Any advice?
Title: Lost Sims 3 (GAME) product key
Post by: Drognan on February 23, 2010, 03:28:01 PM: Quote from: moises9485
So my sister bought the sims 3(it’s a game) and it performed poorly on her computer so she gave it to me to play. But the problem is she cant find the case and I can't install the game without the CD key. There has to be a way to get around this without buying a whole new game? Any advice?

Search google for cd key, but I don't know if it's legal
Title: Lost Sims 3 (GAME) product key
Post by: Houshalter on February 23, 2010, 03:55:23 PM: Well you could return it or call the company or something. I had a simmiliar problem with my age of empires 3 account. My account was either stolen or there was a glitch in their server or something. But I already had the product key. There might be a way to hack it but I'm not sure if its legal and you probably wouldn't be able to use any online features. Come to think of it, this is why I avoid PC games.
Title: Lost Sims 3 (GAME) product key
Post by: Peter on February 23, 2010, 07:28:14 PM: I've mailed EA before and just got a key mailed back.
You can easily find a no-CD crack somewhere on the internet.

The point that the user registered just now and posted this in a random section tends to let me think this is a bot.
Title: Lost Sims 3 (GAME) product key
Post by: Numsgil on February 23, 2010, 09:08:09 PM: It's not a bot. But it is a spammer. clicky (http://www.stopforumspam.com/search?q=mossrisjhons).

I've deleted the user.
Title: Lost Sims 3 (GAME) product key
Post by: Houshalter on February 23, 2010, 09:39:55 PM: Why would anyone spam about a lost product key. Its kind of random. Its not like they were asking for passwords or advertising a website.
Title: Lost Sims 3 (GAME) product key
Post by: Moonfisher on February 24, 2010, 12:22:59 PM: It gets a lot of replies, even after the user has been deleted. Hence a spam bot...
Title: Lost Sims 3 (GAME) product key
Post by: MICHAEL55 on February 24, 2010, 12:31:09 PM: If your sister has it installed still (or did a standard uninstall which tends to leave junk behind) you could try searching her registry for the key then create backup for it and restore to your system - many games store it there, not sure about Sims 3
Title: Lost Sims 3 (GAME) product key
Post by: Numsgil on February 24, 2010, 01:00:00 PM: Oh great, and now the followup spammer ^^

Not spam bots. It's someone manually spamming.
Title: Lost Sims 3 (GAME) product key
Post by: Ta-183 on February 24, 2010, 06:42:19 PM: Dont do ANYTHING to the computer.

Open the registry editor, and find the folder for the Sims 3. Look for the product key entry.

There you go. I had to do that when i found out that I must have gotten my product key for Company of Heroes; Opposing Fronts from tech support because it wasn't on the manual where it should have been. And there it was, right in the registry.
Title: Lost Sims 3 (GAME) product key
Post by: abyaly on February 25, 2010, 12:45:22 AM: But.. why? What's the spamming incentive here?
Title: Lost Sims 3 (GAME) product key
Post by: Numsgil on February 25, 2010, 12:19:12 PM: Someone just has a list of forums somewhere. Spammers go through the list and post links, sometimes quite cleverly, as in this case.