Warcraft Software Problem

[idodik]

Greetings Empire,

A problem, I have.
After buying a totally new computer and installing Reign of Chaos and Frozen Throne I discovered some problems:
--Warcraft does not recognize a DirectX on my computer, preventing me from seeing the seriously cool Blizzard movies.
--A problem with Battle.Net: I discovered that somewhy, after entering my CD code that worked perfectly countless times before, somewhy it won't work now, not only preventing me from access to the Net, but also to the patches. Does that mean I will have problems with updated maps?

Please try to help me with these problems, so I can enjoy the game fully.

Thank you, Empire, and have a nice day.

 

[Samuraid]

You can download the patch to update Frozen Throne to 1.22 directly:
Blizzard Support

 

[DrazharLn]

Don't you need the CD key to install?

Or do you mean that b.net is now telling you that someone else is using your key?

 

[idodik]

Well, I installed it successfully, which means it accepted the CD key, but when I try to connect to Battle.Net it says "The given CD key is invalid."
And BTW, Blizzard site was full so I tried the Gameaholic Mirror, but the page is invalid.

 

[NatDis]

Many cdkeys accepted by the installation are actually invalid on bnet. You remember Blizzard had deleted thousands of 'valid' keys from the bnet database in a desperate attempt to curb piracy? Perhaps your key was deleted. As for War3 not recognising your DirectX, try reinstalling DirectX from a NEW game (so that your current installation of DX might be overwritten). Also run dxdiag and make sure that you do not have a problem with DX files. Of course, it's odd that you can so much as run War3 without your DX being 'unrecognised'.

 

[Gilles]

I'd suggest contacting Blizzard about the CD key. Also try just the RoC Battle.Net and see if it works, that at least narrows it down.

Or buy a new Battle-Chest, although Blizzard is lame and charges far too much for their old games.

 

[DrazharLn]

@NatDis
An easier way of obtaining a new copy of DX would be to download DX9 or 10 [depending on whether you have Vista] from the microsoft site.