Hi Andy,

It's pequliar that those games are all giving you problems right at
the point where you have to enter the CD Key. Please ensure
that you're using an administrators account, and that your keyboard
is functioning properly. If it's a laptop, use the laptop's keyboard.

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"Andy McQ" <Andy McQ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E5FF1B46-C00B-472D-9F95-3E915CF502AC@microsoft.com...
|I have a new computer and am trying to load Simms 2 for my son
| Is their a setting that stops me from loading the serial number as it will
| not let me past this point.
| Same problem with Harry Potter Quiddick World Cup
| (The game works fine on a friends computer)