Client submitted an invalid key

nimbulus · Post by **nimbulus** » Sun May 27, 2007 10:54 pm

I'll probably save you the trouble of reading this by saying I'm trying to run on an Intel Mac through parallels, but maybe it's something simpler than that.

Mac Pro
Windows Version (and Service Packs): XP pro SP1 via Parallels
Processor Speed: 2 x dual core Xeon 2.66
RAM: 1gb
Video Card (Make and Model#): NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
Sound Card (Make and Model#):Intel High Definition Audio
Connection Type (Dialup, Cable, DSL, other): DSL 600/600
Modem (Make and Model#): Unknown, but worked OK before
Router (Make and Model#): Linksys Wireless G, also worked OK before.
Internet Service Provider(company name): Virtua, Brazil
Location(State/Province/Locality, and Country): Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Installed Mods:

Logging it, I just get the message 'Client submitted an invalid key', and nothing happens.

It worked OK before on bootcamp, which is more of a native version of XP.

Any ideas? Thanks.

Grimmwolf_GB · Post by **Grimmwolf_GB** » Mon May 28, 2007 5:03 am

ASGS is unable to generate an identifier because of your hardware config. You will have to wait for an admin to look into it.

Gappy · Post by **Gappy** » Mon May 28, 2007 5:14 am

ASGS won't authenticate VMs (VMware / Parallels) because it looks for differences in hardware to detect people creating multiple accounts, as well as detect certain people that have, through their actions, been banned forever. The hardware in VMs is extremely easy to change, so this is a no-go, gotta go through boot camp to play right now.

nimbulus · Post by **nimbulus** » Mon May 28, 2007 11:54 am

Gappy wrote:QUOTE (Gappy @ May 27 2007, 09:14 PM) ASGS won't authenticate VMs (VMware / Parallels) because it looks for differences in hardware to detect people creating multiple accounts, as well as detect certain people that have, through their actions, been banned forever. The hardware in VMs is extremely easy to change, so this is a no-go, gotta go through boot camp to play right now.

OK, thanks. I took bootcamp off the computer, was hoping to be able to just use parallels. I'll reinstall it.

Grimmwolf_GB · Post by **Grimmwolf_GB** » Mon May 28, 2007 1:01 pm

Oh, I did not know "parallels" meant VM... /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

nimbulus · Post by **nimbulus** » Mon May 28, 2007 1:15 pm

Grimmwolf_GB wrote:QUOTE (Grimmwolf_GB @ May 28 2007, 05:01 AM) Oh, I did not know "parallels" meant VM... /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

It's not a bad piece of software most of the time - it runs XP 'in' OSX quite neatly, but it' not perfect - there's kind of a moat around it and the outside world that take some work to get over, or in this case can't be done.

Bootcamp lets you actually boot XP or Vista on the Mac. It is more or less the same thing as runnign Windows on a PC. Still a few odd problems, but it's about 99% there.

[edit] By the way, FA runs fine via bootcamp. It's just you have to reboot if you're using OSX.