Installing SF from Disk on Vista

[Mnamna]

<p>I have all expansions up to SF running normally.</p><p>I put in SF disk 1 and instead of the standard setup (install is running fine on my wife's XP box right now) I get Modify/Repair/Remove screen. Have tried compatibility mode, Administrator, etc...</p><p>Anyone else run into this and find a fix?</p>

[Lyssick]

<p>Same thing here.  This is what I did.</p><p>I had to uninstall EQII and removed everything I could even remotely related to it.  I then installed with the SF disks.  I had TSO running directly from the .exe so I could skip the craptastic Station Launcher bs.  Unfortunately, I am now stuck with it.  No .exe file can be found in order for me to skip using it.  Just uninstalled it completely and am searching for a way to have a full EQII install on my computer using the SF disks, and no bloody streaming client junk or station launcher.  SHould be easy to accomplish, but for some reason a solution is eluding me.</p>

[Lyssick]

<p><a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?topic_id=470289" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/...topic_id=470289</a></p><p>Read this link before you even THINK of doing what I did.</p><p>Screw the disks.. let your patcher patch after you have used the CD key to activate SF.  Saves you SOOOOO much time.</p>

[Mnamna]

<p>Thank you very much <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Shareana]

<p>It's a bit late, but I did try to get this info out yesterday in other posts....</p><p>If you had the game installed already on your PC, then all you had to do is to register your SF key to your account and the patcher will update everything that you PC is missing for the game <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />.</p>

[vochore]

<p><cite>Shareana wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>It's a bit late, but I did try to get this info out yesterday in other posts....</p><p>If you had the game installed already on your PC, then all you had to do is to register your SF key to your account and the patcher will update everything that you PC is missing for the game <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" />.</p></blockquote><p>exactly what i had to do to get my exp. working properly....just had to let it patch all night so it was ready thismorning.</p><p>also make sure you do a good defrag after installing.</p>

[Beajay]

<p>I tried to just register the SF code, and let it patch, but when I went to register I got the message:</p><p><em>You are unable to consume this Activation Code due to the status of your account. Please contact Technical Support.</em></p><p>I checked and my account is active so I don't know what the problem is. I've been at this for 6 hours now and technical support is closed. I can't believe that Sony didn't just let us know, in the booklet, that those of us with ToS only had to activate. By the time I found this post the day had come and gone.</p>

[tkia]

<p><cite>Beajay wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I tried to just register the SF code, and let it patch, but when I went to register I got the message:</p><p><em>You are unable to consume this Activation Code due to the status of your account. Please contact Technical Support.</em></p><p>I checked and my account is active so I don't know what the problem is. I've been at this for 6 hours now and technical support is closed. I can't believe that Sony didn't just let us know, in the booklet, that those of us with ToS only had to activate. By the time I found this post the day had come and gone.</p></blockquote><p>It sounds as if you're trying to enter the buddy code from the card inside the box.  Enter the game code that is on the manual.</p>

[TSR-DanielH]

<p><cite>tkia wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Beajay wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I tried to just register the SF code, and let it patch, but when I went to register I got the message:</p><p><em>You are unable to consume this Activation Code due to the status of your account. Please contact Technical Support.</em></p><p>I checked and my account is active so I don't know what the problem is. I've been at this for 6 hours now and technical support is closed. I can't believe that Sony didn't just let us know, in the booklet, that those of us with ToS only had to activate. By the time I found this post the day had come and gone.</p></blockquote><p>It sounds as if you're trying to enter the buddy code from the card inside the box.  Enter the game code that is on the manual.</p></blockquote><p>Yes, that is almost certainly the case and thank you for posting that information.</p><p>I believe most of the expansion keys start with "2E" while the buddy keys start with "RJ".  That's usually how I tell what the customer is entering when answering these types of issues.  Let us know if you have any further questions.</p>