[Eugene Church]

Warning: If you don't like Windows 10... get it uninstalled from your computer... it certainly has caused me much time and expense and possible loss of my Islandian Pro Alliance dynasty which has been going for almost 13 years now.

To make a long story short... Windows 10 took over my computer without my permission and replaced Windows 7.

Some of my purchased software did not work on Windows 10... Mp3Pro Gain... Total Recorder... and most importantly none of the OOTPB versions 12 through 17... no data would be lost.

So I took it to the repair shop and asked if they could restore Windows 7... they assured me it was a simple operation... they had done it before... I told them I had put 12-13 years into OOTPB and didn't want it damage... no problem they said.

During the uninstallation of Windows 10 the computer froze... for a week the repair shop worked on it... they put in a new hard drive and said everything was fine... but it wasn't.

All of the game data seems to be in my new hard drive... but I couldn't activate the game... neither 12, nor 17... I put the OOTP ID/Serial Code in when the game asked for it, but a window popped up saying it "couldn't activate the game... try it again later"... later didn't work either.

Your help and knowledge would be appreciated.

I sent Andreas an private message, but haven't heard from him yet... He has always been good to reply whenever I have had any problems purchasing the game or downloading it..