Thank You T-man. I registered using stardock central and it activated cleanly. sleep, I now bid you adieu.....
cerebus ardvaark
Any update on this? Two days now and no final resolution. It would be nice to play this sucker before the weekend comes and goes.
My error has now changed. using the stardock "Activation Application (w/logging)" option I now get error 5 you have projects registered under different email addresses. get your accounts merged. Of course the two email addresses listed are, to my eye, exactly the same.... please merge the two accounts.
Unfortunately I can only reiterate your problem. I purchased a copy in Europe, received the paradox collectors edition today, eventually noticed the link to generate a new serial number (make it bigger please!) which was successfully emailed to me. I proceeded to use this number to download the patches and collector edition extras. I installed the patches and tried to activate with no success, I received an invalid re