activation code error please help me

[thubble9]

hi i have brought flight simulator x and put the activation code in and it just says code not vaild please can some one help me

[Miasmus]

So, looks like you have boxed edition, boxed edition and steam edition is different, (not in-game content wise) if you are trying to activate boxed edition code in steam it wont work.

But if you still cant activate game on activation screen which appears when starting FSX boxed edition first time you should check this: http://www.microsoft.com/Products/Games/FSInsider/downloads/Pages/FlightSimulatorXActivationPatch.aspx

[PTCGho5t]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย thubble9:

hi i have brought flight simulator x and put the activation code in and it just says code not vaild please can some one help me

lmfao lolololol

[thubble9]

miasmus there is no downloads

[DTG_Martin]

FSX: Steam Edition (FSX:SE) is only available to purchase on Steam. To do so you will need a Steam account and an internet connection. The Steam page for FSX:SE edition can be found here

FSX is also available in a boxed version from a number of retailers. The two version are not related and should be considered different games. You can not use the code in the boxed version to access FSX:SE on Steam.

If we can help you with anything else relating to FSX:SE please let us know.

- Martin

[thubble9]

martin i have the cd version fo the game and the code is useless

[Morag]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย thubble9:

martin i have the cd version fo the game and the code is useless

The cd version has got nothing at all to do with the Steam version with regard to codes. You can not activate the cd version of FSX on Steam and download and play FSX. The code you have will only activate the boxed version of FSX if you install it from the cds.

[DTG_Martin]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย thubble9:

martin i have the cd version fo the game and the code is useless

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Morag MacRae:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย thubble9:

martin i have the cd version fo the game and the code is useless

The cd version has got nothing at all to do with the Steam version with regard to codes. You can not activate the cd version of FSX on Steam and download and play FSX. The code you have will only activate the boxed version of FSX if you install it from the cds.

As Morag MacRae points out thubble9 the CD version of FSX is not related to the Steam Edition. You can not use your CD code to activate a copy of the game on Steam. The code supplied with the CD version is for activating FSX not FSX:Steam Edition. If you own the boxed edition of Microsoft Flight Simulator X and you need help please contact Microsoft directly. Their primary support area for FSX is here[support.microsoft.com].

- Martin

[thubble9]

i have gon through the support manny times and they said they cant do any think there support is useless

[chelmo]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย thubble9:

i have gon through the support manny times and they said they cant do any think there support is useless

Well, if MS can't do anything then you need to go back to the seller.

[thubble9]

i cant second hand from shop

[chelmo]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย thubble9:

i cant second hand from shop

Well, you are probably stuffed then. My guess is that the code has already been used and remains active and so cannot be used again which makes the disc useless, unless you want to use it as a coaster to put your drinks on.

[thubble9]

funny

[Morag]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย thubble9:

funny

and true

Look at it this way, you learned a lesson, we all got a chuckle out of it. That's a win win situation. And the guy at the second hand shop got your money so it's win win win

(put FSX on your wishlist and wait for a sale, sorry you got burned.)

[RoY]

thubble9,,,, your beating the dead horse. This here is the steam version and you have the boxed CD version. They are not the same. Your code was never meant to work with the steam version. To play the steam version you need to purchase the game through steam. Your barkng up the wrong tree if your looking for support with your boxed version.

[yellowjacket]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย thubble9:

hi i have brought flight simulator x and put the activation code in and it just says code not vaild please can some one help me

After you install the FSX box version there is a file in the root folder named

Phone Activation.xml

Locate this file and open with notepad. In the list there are 230 Phone Activation Contact Locations so find your Country and call the phone number that is listed. Be at your computer with the FSX activation window open so you can give the activation support group your code.

DO NOT call Microsoft Support since they can not access any of the activation records.

If by chance you are in Korea the phone number for Korea does not appear correctly in the Activation List. The Korean product activation number is:
Korea: Toll=1577-9700 (Nation wide local toll only); [phone]

As stated above you bought the FSX box version. The code supplied with the CD version is for activating FSX not FSX:Steam Edition.