EA Launches EA Link

And the moral of this story is….

Always buy the DVD.

🙂

balls!!!

i turned on the pc this morning, started up as usual a new window appeared asking me to select accept to EA’s new update so i thought nothing of it……..let it install then go and check my forums……..and find this thread!! 😯

ho hum, guess i’ll soon find out if all my game info is corrupt……..though i did get BF2142 on DVD.

Does editing the desktop shortcut to pace.exe (instead of launcher.exe) avoid launching the EAD? and therefor you wouldn’t need to update it at all?

Although I’ve read that simply launching the EAD (befor trying to run BF2142) and letting it do its ‘thing’ causes no problems.

For Battlefield 2142 DVD edition follow the steps below:

Double click on the My Computericon.
Double click on drive C:.
Next double click on Programs Files.
Double click on Electronic Arts.
Double click on Battlefield 2142.
Double click to open Support.
Double click on the Battlefield 2142_code.exefile.
Input your Battlefield 2142 Registration Code.
Note: If you are not prompted to enter your code, skip to step 11.
Click on next.
Close My Computer.
Click on the Start button.
Click on Run.
Type regedit in the text field.
Warning: Changes to the registry can cause your computer to operate improperly, so please follow these instructions exactly as they are written.

Follow these steps to back-up the registry so that should something go wrong, you can restore your system back to a working state:
Click the Start button.
Click on Run.
Type regedit into the available text field, and press OK.
If you are using Windows 2000/XP, click on File, and select Export. Note: If you are using Windows 95/98/ME, click on Registry
Then select Export Registry.
Select All under Export Range.
Type backup into the File name field, and click Save.
Click the plus sign next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
Click the plus sign next to Software.
Click the plus sign next to Electronic Arts.
Click the plus sign next to EA Games.
Click the plus sign next to Battlefield 2142.
Click on the ergc. On the right panel screen, double click on default.
You should see a code under Value Data.
Enter x9392 at left most part of the code. (eg. x9392DH34DF78WE35BV78AS69)
Click OK.
You may now start playing the game online.

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For the EA Link version follow the steps below:
Double click on the My Computericon.
Double click on drive C:.
Next double click on Programs Files.
Double click on Electronic Arts.
Double click on Battlefield 2142.
Double click to open Support.
Double click on the Battlefield 2142_code.exefile.
Input your Battlefield 2142 Registration Code.
Note: If you are not prompted to enter your code, skip to step 11.
Click on next.
Close My Computer.
Click on the Start button.
Click on Run.
Type regedit in the text field.
Warning: Changes to the registry can cause your computer to operate improperly, so please follow these instructions exactly as they are written.

Follow these steps to back-up the registry so that should something go wrong, you can restore your system back to a working state:
Click the Start button.
Click on Run.
Type regedit into the available text field, and press OK.
If you are using Windows 2000/XP, click on File, and select Export. Note: If you are using Windows 95/98/ME, lick on Registry
Then select Export Registry.
Select All under Export Range.
Type backup into the File name field, and click Save.
Click the plus sign next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
Click the plus sign next to Software.
Click the plus sign next to Electronic Arts.
Click the plus sign next to EA Games.
Click the plus sign next to Battlefield 2142.
Click on the ergc. On the right panel screen, double click on default.
You should see a code under Value Data.
Enter x9392 at left most part of the code. (eg. x9392DH34DF78WE35BV78AS69)
Click OK
You may now start playing the game online.

Does that also fix the ‘kicked by PB for duplicate CD key’ ?

Oh and I think it was due to the fact that I tried it Lammies way that this got messed up.

I have my account installed on another PC and that was left to just update to EA Link without touching anything and that works fine….

Mate just told me that when he logged into EA Link this morning it updated to a new version from last nights one. Not sure if this will fix anything, will have to wait until I get home tonight.

Think the EA Link server were all over the shop last night, my mate couldnt log into them either but as long as EA Link was running in the sys tray (connected or not) the game still worked.

Hippy’s EA fix is posted here at EA’s support site:

http://support.ea.com

Search under 2142 with ‘cd key’ as your search reference (the url was too long to display properly)

There’s also a BAT and REG file it says to use first before manualy (if req’d) editing the registery.

I’m a bit simple when it comes to registery stuff and quite scared to edit it, for fear of fecking up my PC. Are those two files likely to be an automated thing to correct the registery entry??