How do I access my old CD key?

[Ickbarr 10]

I had arma 2: CO and a friend had gifted me the complete pack of arma which includes all the expansions, it repladed my arma 2 OA which in turn replaced the key, I log in today and I was globally banned by BE, is there any way I can get the old key back? This is all done on Steam by the way.

[purepassion 22]

Why are you globally banned by Battleye?

[Ickbarr 10]

I have no idea, I logged into a wasteland server and it said I was globally banned (#first few numbers of my BE GUID). I've looked into it and people are saying it happens when you hack, and I've never hacked nor do I have hacks on my computer, and I'm the only person who uses my computer so I'm very confused, I contacted BE but they haven't responded.

[ProfTournesol 956]

How did you buy you first OA ?

Ok, i can't read...

[purepassion 22]

Then it seems like your "friend" gave you a copy which was used already and had a banned cd key. Where did you buy Arma 2:CO which you say you had before?

Edited July 7, 2013 by PurePassion

[Ickbarr 10]

Then it seems like your "friend" gave you a copy which was used already and had a banned cd key. Where did you buy Arma 2:CO which you say you had before?

Oh no, he bought it new from steam and gifted it to me VIA their gifting system, there's no way it could have been used unless it's a problem on Steam. I got Aram 2: CO originally from Steam during one of the sales.

[purepassion 22]

You can try to uninstall the new steam game together with the regedit entries and then try to reinstall the old version you have from steam.

[tonygrunt 10]

AFAIK if you activate a pack that includes a previous owned game in steam you don't get a new key for the already owned game.

I had Arma2 + Arma2OA + BAF + PMC in my steam account and when I activated Arma X the CD keys for these remained the same.

So you are still using your 1st CD key.

[Ickbarr 10]

I forgot to say, when he gifted it I had to completely reinstall arma 2 OA and it kept giving me the message saying I have a CD key for multiplayer, so I think it was new.

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