NinthProphet

So, getting this wonderful serial number issue after downloading the game for the first time on this new rig. I've tried the most basic solutions, but I've noticed some issues in the registry that I haven't been able to resolve through these steps: 1, Run REGEDIT 2, Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE 3, Expand Software 4, Expand Wow6432Node 5, Expand Bohemia Interactive Studio Not Bohemia Interactive 6, Click ArmA 2 OA, If you only see 1 file named "(Default)" And type REG_SZ then, 7, Right click the ArmA 2 OA file and go to Permissions 8, Left click YOUR USER, NOT! Users 9, After selecting your user click on Advanced 10, Yet Again click on your username for your pc and click on edit 11, In the drop down menu select This Key and Subkeys 12, You will see allow and deny make sure all allow boxes are ticked then click ok 13, you will be taken back one Dialogue box, Click Apply and OK and the same again on the next dialogue box. 14, Now you should see 4 files sat in your ArmA 2 OA folder, Names, "(Default)" "Data" "Key" & "main" 15, Now play your game hassle free My problems start at step 8. The only groups/users I have are CREATOR OWNER SYSTEM Administrators Users And, for the most part, I'm unable to change permissions settings even though I should have full access with admin. So is one of the groups listed in fact the user account on my computer, but named differently? Or is it for some reason missing entirely? Another odd bit is that I can already see all 4 files in the OA folder, but still get the bad serial number, even when running steam as admin and after starting up either Arma 2 or OA as administrator straight from the Steamapps/common directories. I poked around on the forums quite a bit and haven't been able to find anything quite as unique as my particular problem, unless I'm missing something incredibly simple. In any case, I'd really like some help with this - I did pay for the game and the hurdle seem quite high with me unsuccessfully mucking around in my computer's registry.