CD Key In Use

[Vincent]

When I try to connect to autolog using my previous EA Account info,
I get the message;
'CD Key used when the game was installed. This code is not valid
and cannot be used to activate the online features of this title.'

Well how am I supposed to log in then?
This is my first time playing Shift 2 and my first time using Autolog.

[Yagerfly]

I had a problem like this with Shift 1. When I tried to log in online the game told me that the CD-Key is already used.
I wrote a mail to the ea-customer suport with the description and a screenshot of the CD-Key report. They gave me a new Code for Shift and NfS Most Wanted. I just had to reinstall and put the new key in the windows registry. I`m playing the game with Origin but it shouldn't be different because it`s still the EA-Support. Good luck!

[Vincent]

Thanks.. So far i've only written to Steam Support,
but I'll probably write to EA too soon.

[Rodrigo Oliveira]

did you fix?same here with moh 2010 too ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ EA

[fl0ath]

This also happened to me, but luckily I found a fix myself. First, you have to go to the game's folder(I think it's around Local Disk: C/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Need For Speed Shift 2) and then once you're there, double click the "activation.exe". Once you're prompted to the Activation Manager, click "De-authorize this license". After that, open the "activation.exe." again and it will say something on the bottom of the Activation Manager like "Enter a key for this product" or something like that, you type in the CD Key that you got for your Shift 2 Unleashed here on Steam and you're finally set. Just launch the game and sign in to Autolog with your preferred EA/Origin Account and you're good to go!

[Mushroom Mike]

Originally posted by fl0ath:

This also happened to me, but luckily I found a fix myself. First, you have to go to the game's folder(I think it's around Local Disk: C/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Need For Speed Shift 2) and then once you're there, double click the "activation.exe". Once you're prompted to the Activation Manager, click "De-authorize this license". After that, open the "activation.exe." again and it will say something on the bottom of the Activation Manager like "Enter a key for this product" or something like that, you type in the CD Key that you got for your Shift 2 Unleashed here on Steam and you're finally set. Just launch the game and sign in to Autolog with your preferred EA/Origin Account and you're good to go!

Or you type in a code and then kill the activation process with the task manager. Yeah right you can just kill it and it will install. However...I reinstalled it today and I used my ancient code and I didn't need to kill anything it installed after refusing to do so for years.

[EdwardSnowden]

If the activation limit is over, download the archive, unpack it to the game folder, replace the files. Play. All functions and online work! https://1drv.ms/u/s!AiDr7GknTMeZ0CIizjNn395ntl-T?e=9GSL5E

[WeloveVodka]

Originally posted by Mandalorian:

If the activation limit is over, download the archive, unpack it to the game folder, replace the files. Play. All functions and online work! https://1drv.ms/u/s!AiDr7GknTMeZ0CIizjNn395ntl-T?e=9GSL5E

thank you, now the game is working!