Hi,
I've searched a lot for a solution for this problem, but can't find
any so I put my faith in r.a.s :)
My problem is that N2002 will not run properly anymore, or rather not
at all.
When I start N2002 and after the main screen is shown I get:
"Installation appears to be incorrect, please try to reinstall..."
It worked perfectly until I installed some more memory (now 512mb) and
a larger harddrive. I copied my old "c:" to my new "c:", made that
bootable and everything works perfectly but N2002. (N2002 was/is on my
c: drive)
I tried removing the CD from the drive and start again and then it
complains about the missing CD instead. So this error message is shown
after the CD-check is done.
I can run N2002 in dedicated server mode so no vital files appears to
be corrupt.
I have not installed any third-party patches, atleast not since it
last ran great before the upgrade.
And no, I have not done what it says - try to reinstall. Because it
should not be needed to reinstall and reapply all patches. I am
stubborn when it comes to these things... :)
Any ideas how to cure it?
Only thing I can think of is that N2002 somehow remembers the label of
my previous C-drive and use that in its anti-piracy check. That is the
only thing that has changed that should even remotely affect this.
Cheers,
/Martin
One cause for that error could be a missing or invalid CD key in the
registry. Use regedit and look at
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Sierra\CDKeys" for a NR2002 binary value. I'm
not sure what could cause it to go missing, but if it is you'll need to
reinstall to correct the problem.
- Eric
"Martin Granberg" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...
>
> When I start N2002 and after the main screen is shown I get:
> "Installation appears to be incorrect, please try to reinstall..."
When you did the copy, did you do an image copy or just a straight copy of the old drive?
--
Biz
"Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand
alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and
the....." - Ash
Martin Granberg <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
> Hi,
>
> I've searched a lot for a solution for this problem, but can't find
> any so I put my faith in r.a.s :)
>
> My problem is that N2002 will not run properly anymore, or rather not
> at all.
>
> When I start N2002 and after the main screen is shown I get:
> "Installation appears to be incorrect, please try to reinstall..."
>
> It worked perfectly until I installed some more memory (now 512mb) and
> a larger harddrive. I copied my old "c:" to my new "c:", made that
> bootable and everything works perfectly but N2002. (N2002 was/is on my
> c: drive)
>
> I tried removing the CD from the drive and start again and then it
> complains about the missing CD instead. So this error message is shown
> after the CD-check is done.
>
> I can run N2002 in dedicated server mode so no vital files appears to
> be corrupt.
>
> I have not installed any third-party patches, atleast not since it
> last ran great before the upgrade.
>
> And no, I have not done what it says - try to reinstall. Because it
> should not be needed to reinstall and reapply all patches. I am
> stubborn when it comes to these things... :)
>
> Any ideas how to cure it?
>
> Only thing I can think of is that N2002 somehow remembers the label of
> my previous C-drive and use that in its anti-piracy check. That is the
> only thing that has changed that should even remotely affect this.
>
> Cheers,
>
> /Martin
>
On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 16:24:19 -0500, "Eric Busch"
<[email hidden]> wrote:
>One cause for that error could be a missing or invalid CD key in the
>registry. Use regedit and look at
>"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Sierra\CDKeys" for a NR2002 binary value. I'm
>not sure what could cause it to go missing, but if it is you'll need to
>reinstall to correct the problem.
Thanks for the suggestion. But the binary value is still there. After
my post yesterday I tried a nocd-patch but this gave me the same
error.
Cheers,
/Martin
On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 22:56:12 GMT, "Biz" <[email hidden]>
wrote:
>When you did the copy, did you do an image copy or just a straight copy of the old drive?
It was a straight copy, and after that taking care of making it
bootable and all the other things Windows (ME) requires.
Cheers,
/Martin
Replying to myleft here as I found the problem out myself.
On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 20:45:40 GMT, [email hidden] (Martin Granberg)
wrote:
>Only thing I can think of is that N2002 somehow remembers the label of
>my previous C-drive and use that in its anti-piracy check. That is the
>only thing that has changed that should even remotely affect this.
What I forgot also had changed is the Volume Serial Number of the
harddrive. This number is the "randomly" assigned number a diskette or
hardrive gets after format, such as 1234-abcd.
I found a log containing the old number and set this as the serial on
my my drive, and voila - it works again! :)
I knew there was no need for a reinstall... :)
I bet this serial number is used together with the CD key to create
the binary CD key number N2002 stores in the registry.
Cheers,
/Martin
PS. To set the volume serial number - get Sysinternal's VolumeID
program.
On Fri, 15 Nov 2002 16:58:24 GMT, [email hidden] (Martin Granberg)
wrote:
>Replying to myleft here as I found the problem out myself.
Myleft? ehhh... myself should that be.
Am I getting schizofrenic here?
Yes!
/Myright
