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Originally Posted by seg4527
So I sent a support ticket on this yesterday but am a little impatient and was hoping someone maybe could assist.
I've been playing OOTP for many years and have never run into this problem before.
I purchased a new computer and am trying to activate my license on the new computer.
The trouble lies in the fact that I can only activate the license when running OOTP in ADMIN mode on my computer.
I typically am not logged in as an admin though - just a local user.
When I enter the license it says "the game could not be activated".
If I run it as an admin,it activates the license just fine. However, I need to run it as an admin to play the game as well. If I run it as a local user it just starts in DEMO mode.
Running Windows 10, which was the same I had on my older computer where I was able to play as a local user no problem.
My initial thought was there was something blocking the internet access for whatever activates the license, and I tried temporarily turning off my firewall and anti-virus, which did nothing to solve the problem.
Any ideas?
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try right clicking on the OOTP 19 icon. (on windows) you should get "properties" to appear at the bottom of the list. click on compatibility tab - there is a box to click - run as an administer. that way every time you open OOTP it will be in administer mode.
hope this helps.
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