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Quake4 banned my cd key

I played Q4 multiplayer quite alot ever since i got it a few months ago (just over a fiver, my local Game is dumping stock) until recently each time i launch it it comes up with a message "please enter cd key" and then after doing so "cd key in use" and the program would shut down. I use to have this problem in far cry when a server would not release my cd key until ages later but quake 4 has been going on for the past few days. I havnt given my cd key out to anyone. I doubt it was hijacked.

Even when i dosconnect from the internet and try to play offline, the program asks me to connect in order to verity my cd key. And then shuts down

almost as bad as starforce imho.
 
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Uninstall it, reboot and reinstall. That may not fix it and if not then you'll need to contact the games publisher. It's also possible, though I've not heard of it before, that your Firewall might be blocking traffic to the games authentication server.
 
i have the feeling its all stored on some central server rather than locally.
If it doesnt work tonight i will probably contact id software.
 
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I have'nt played Quake 4 in ages, but I think I can remember there was a file in q4base that your serial was put into, or written to and it had to be there, or at least thats what I was told. Check and see if it is there, and if not recreate it as "quake4key" with your CD in it.
 
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