NO$KEY Error is ruining my life..

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While installing the game I bumped the disc drive eject button and the disc ejected, stopping the install. When I put the disk back in it went to automatically uninstall the program. However, it can never finish the uninstall, I keep getting the error "Could not access network location NO$KEY". After that it says "fatal error during installation. Please check your settings and try again" I also tried going into my Control Panel and uninstalling the program from there, but I get the same error. So I can't complete the install and I can't uninstall it to start over. I just wanna play this game and I'm out of ideas. Anyone?

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

Try Installing Impulse, www.impulsedrivenc.om i belive that is the adress , isntall taht app, then register ur game in the games tab, add your elemental war key , then right click the game in impulse games list, and hit install, maybe installing it threw there will help it work,

Also make sure you have all your windows updates installed, it sounds like there may be a small chance u have a virus i do computer repairs for a living and i belive ive seen that error msg somewere b4. if worse come to worse just reformat your system. but try the first two things b4 that. It could have something to do maybe wiht your cd-rom drive but taths not to common would usuually just be a read error not a fatal error like that.

First do the windows updates actually

then install impulse and download&install game from there.

 

Karma if it works :P

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Thanks heaps, I'll give it a go and let you know how it goes...

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Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

Not IT i just take adhd meds :D , i know i hate it when games dont work right 4 me lol

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

I'm having the same problem....I cannot reinstall the game now, i reinstalled impulse, reinstalled the game, or attempted to..I am now re-downloading it to see if it will go.

 

Also, when you install "impulse" it mestasizes into "Gamestop" but looks much like the "old Impulse".  I reinstalled that too...

 

Nothing works...it seems.

 

Ran a virus scan too, and also tried to install without antivirus on...

If any of you have any ideas further, i'd be willing to give 'em a go.  Also ran virus scan too..

 

 

 

Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

Contact [email protected] if you're unable to get the game properly uninstalled, they can get things sorted out. After that, impulse is no longer needed--you can download and install the game straight from the downloads page on the Stardock store.

Reply #7 from Elemental Forums Top

I've sent them an E-Mail...

We'll see what happens..

 

Thanks for the help!

 

I really do like the looks of the game and the game play too...