Lost your halo CD key? Here is how to get it back!

Masterz1337 · July 6th, 2006, 12:34 PM

I take no credit for this, it was on bungie.net forums

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Posted by: new420
Note: You must have Halo PC/CE already installed with a valid CD Key.

Ok so you lost your CD Key and are afraid to uninstall Halo. Just go to Start, Run, type in regedit and hit Enter.
When it opens up, go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE , SOFTWARE , Microsoft , Microsoft Games , Right click Halo, and then click Export. Save it and then open it in Notepad. Copy and Paste the DigitalProductID into a new Notepad and save it. Now backspace the slashes and make it so theres 8 hex characters per line. Meaning 8 of the 2 letter/numbers or 16 total characters in all.

Now whenever you want to install Halo or Custom Edition, type in 0's for your CD key, and go to the regedit and double click the DigitalProduct ID in there. Then just manually edit the hexes to match the Notepad ones. Voila! Multiplayer works because you edited the bad Key with a valid one!

Oh sticky mb?

Risenlord M · July 6th, 2006, 12:44 PM

Hopefully this will never be a problem but this is good just in case

Party_Grunt · July 6th, 2006, 12:44 PM

Very good find, I almost lost my CD key a few times, so this could be very helpful.

9mm-Man · July 6th, 2006, 12:54 PM

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Now whenever you want to install Halo or Custom Edition, find a CD Key on google to install it (pretty easy and it doesnt allow you to play Multiplayer, just installs it.)

That may cross the illegally thingy rule but idk.

Good find though, I dont even know where my halo case is but where ever it is, its inside it

The clogged pipes man! · July 6th, 2006, 01:22 PM

How searching for a CD key (illegally) on Google deserves a sticky is beyond me...

MereCatfish · July 6th, 2006, 01:28 PM

Didn't something like 00000-00000-00000-00000-00000 give you access, but no multiplayer?

Masterz1337 · July 6th, 2006, 01:29 PM

yeah 0's works as well.

screwy · July 6th, 2006, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Pkmnrulz240

How searching for a CD key (illegally) on Google deserves a sticky is beyond me...

Your right it doesn't....but that post only mentioned it as a side note (sorta).

It's telling you how to LEGALLY hack (sorta) your own halo install to allow multiplaying using your own bought and paid for keycode, if you are/were unfortunate enough to loose it.

And personally I wish i'd known about this eariler but hey well...

M Deluxe · July 6th, 2006, 02:19 PM

I took the stiker off and and put it on the side of my computer. I will never lose it

-Deluxe

Masterz1337 · July 6th, 2006, 02:21 PM

I don't think its that big a deal, if the mods ant bungie forums didn't care about the post, then it shouldn't be that big a deal here.

July 6th, 2006, 12:44 PM	#3
Party_Grunt Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 1,898	Re: Lost your halo CD key? Here is how to get it back! Very good find, I almost lost my CD key a few times, so this could be very helpful. __________________ *"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it."-Mark Twain*

July 6th, 2006, 01:22 PM	#5
The clogged pipes man! aka Pkmnrulz240 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Swartz Creek, Michigan Posts: 9,008	Re: Lost your halo CD key? Here is how to get it back! How searching for a CD key (illegally) on Google deserves a sticky is beyond me... __________________ Gearbox: Kept alive by troll posts and birthday threads... and Duke Nukem Forever.

July 6th, 2006, 01:28 PM	#6
MereCatfish wtc Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: South London Posts: 3,005	Re: Lost your halo CD key? Here is how to get it back! Didn't something like 00000-00000-00000-00000-00000 give you access, but no multiplayer? __________________

July 6th, 2006, 01:29 PM	#7
Masterz1337 I was cured, all right! Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: inside Dona Posts: 4,017	Re: Lost your halo CD key? Here is how to get it back! yeah 0's works as well. __________________ I knew it, I knew it was comming. but this is not he future my mother warned me about, and in this future, I don't know if we can win this war. TERMINATOR SALVATION

July 6th, 2006, 02:19 PM	#9
M Deluxe (&quot;\(.:...:.)/&quot;) mmmm roar Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Dallas,Texas Posts: 7,183	Re: Lost your halo CD key? Here is how to get it back! I took the stiker off and and put it on the side of my computer. I will never lose it -Deluxe __________________

July 6th, 2006, 02:21 PM	#10
Masterz1337 I was cured, all right! Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: inside Dona Posts: 4,017	Re: Lost your halo CD key? Here is how to get it back! I don't think its that big a deal, if the mods ant bungie forums didn't care about the post, then it shouldn't be that big a deal here. __________________ I knew it, I knew it was comming. but this is not he future my mother warned me about, and in this future, I don't know if we can win this war. TERMINATOR SALVATION

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