Ghost001

First off, thanks for the reply. It seems to happen after the first or second time I restart the game. I wanted to try the .reg method you've described but quite sure how to do it. Would it be to much trouble to explain it to me in semi-lamen so I can give it a try? Again thank you for the response, Ghost

First off please read carefully because my problem may seem very similar to others but I have tried EVERY single fix on this forum and many many others with no success. I have had Arma 2 (CD Version) and Arma 2 OA (purchased and downloaded from Sprocket) for a very long time with no problems on my desktop, best game ever btw. I bought a new laptop recently (ASUS G53JW, Core i7 740 QM, 4GB DDR3, NVIDIA GTX 460M). A friend who owned both Arma 2 and OA on steam installed them on his steam account on my laptop so we could play together. When we finished I did a complete uninstall of the steam Arma2 and OA from steam and uninstalled steam itself so that I could install my copies of the games (remember mine are CD and download) So here is the problem... I play once or twice on the laptop and on the next attempt it starts to open then closes to the error message "Bad Serial Number Given On Setup". After getting this I check my registry files and the bohemia folder has disappeared completely. I have taken all the steps suggested to try to correct this including but no limited to... completely cleaning and reinstalling MULTIPLE times, searching registry for and old steam version (which I cannot find), starting from .exe, launcher, YOMA, etc., replacing paul.dll file (suggested somewhere in forum) I have even gone as far as reinstalling windows on the laptop. I love Arma, I am in an amazing unit with a great group of vets. I pitch the games to everyone who is interested in any type of gaming, who in turn most of the time buy it. I help with ACRE and multiple other mods on a testing level. Really the only reason I bought the laptop was so that I could have ARMA on the go, which is my only option at this time. So basically if I cannot get some help from this community or administrators, I will not be able to play anymore. So please, please help me fix this. Thank You Ghost001 jgonano@yahoo.com CSM Gonano, Task Force Blackjack Avid Arma Gamer

If it is a directtodrive download of the game there are two files on this page http://www.sprocketidea.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=checkout.download&UID=SPROCKET2ARMA2OAENG012be4d5c94a627723884ed0d0dce70a10&vmcchk=1&Itemid=2 that you need to downloaad. They are highlighted under the download section, heck even if you have the cd try it anyway. It explains under the files where you need to put them prior to startring the download.

I got a new asus g53jw laptop. I have arma 2 and OA cd versions and they run flawlessly on this machine. Problem I'm having is everytime I install steam on this computer my arma 2 and oa bohemia registry files are deleted from my registry and when I try to play arma it says "bad serial key given on setup". Now this only happens when I install steam and every couple days as long as it is installed so I am having to constantly reinstall arma. Has anyone ever had this issue and found a way to resolve it? I have contacted steam and have gotten no reply, I also tried to find a solution online but had no luck.:confused:

Hey gentlemen, the new TS3 uodate does not seem to be working with the plugin anymore, anyone have a solution, or is it in the works?