how do i bypass steam activation?
i bought a second hand game yesterday called order of war and it requires activation using steam, when i enter the cd key on the back of the game manual it says it's a duplicate key.

does anyone know how to bypass this and make it so i can play the game without steam?
do you realize that steam keeps track of the amount of time you try to enter invalid cd-key and the combinations? could end up hurting you when you contact steam support for other issues. they check that kinda stuff as a judge of character.

anyway, the disk you bought is pretty much useless. plus that game is currently 10 bucks at steam and $6.50 at amazon. 

not all games bought directly from steam come with cd-key. but if that game happens to have a cd-key visible through steam (no way to tell before hand though, unless you ask at the steam forum or something.) then you could use that disk to install the game, after buying the game from steam. in that a valid cd-key should allow you to install from the disk, saving you about 10gb of download time. other than that small possibility, the disk is of more use as a clay pigeon or a coaster than an install disk.

you'd be better off just getting your money back, though. and/or consider it a lesson learned.
it has always been installed on my e drive with all of my games, but you gave me an idea and i might use the uninstall exe file that steam has to uninstall it, and then just reinstall it back into the drive.

so interestingly enough, apparently all it took was installing it into the same place it already was and i guess it just identified itself along with windows during the installation because now everything with it is fixed. thanks for the help! a lot of replacement phones have the sim in them. you don't need to activate it, but hang on to it in case you ever have a sim go bad, you will always have a spare. sign in? as long as you are connected to the same network there is no need to sign in. you can download the sonos app, launch it, then choose "connect to an existing system". there are certain menus in the settings area that will require the username/password of the sonos account used to setup, but you can use all the other features right away. your license should match the number of users on your system, so you may need to request a new license.

this command can be used to reset a password: <https://docs.mattermost.com/administration/command-line-tools.html#mattermost-user-password>. if you have the ticket call nintendo customer service and they will send a new code. this has happened to me in the past and that's what i did. i've been purchasing digital cards ever since. you can try a factory reset. push and hold the reset button for 15 seconds and then release. the button should be located on the back of your gateway/modem/router, and you will need a ballpoint pen or toothpick. you should then be able to access your gateway using the standard means with the passwords listed on the label on the gateway.  \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_how can you be in two places at once, when your not anywhere at all?i really want to become a procrastinator, but i keep putting it off.there are three kinds of people, those that can count, and those that can't.'our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man, and our politicians take advantage of this prejudice by pretending to be even more stupid than nature has made them.' :bertrand russell it is possible with 2 .dat's, install cm2013 as usual, it should be located in the same directory as half-life 2 insteam\steamapps\common\half-life 2 andsteam\steamapps\common\cm2013do not move any files from cm2013 in to synergy, or it could cause additional mounting issues.set up the .dats as such:cm2013.dat "cm2013"{ "tag" "cm13" "web" "" "id" "420" "path" "../cm2013/hl2/custom/1\_cm\_loosefiles" "sup" "1" "deps" "ep1 ep2 cmhl2cc" //cmep1c cmep1cc cmep2c cmep2cc "maps" {  d1\_trainstation\_01 ""  d1\_trainstation\_02 ""  d1\_trainstation\_03 ""  d1\_trainstation\_04 ""  d1\_trainstation\_05 ""  d1\_trainstation\_06 ""  d1\_canals\_01  ""  d1\_canals\_01a  ""  d1\_canals\_02  ""  d1\_canals\_03  ""  d1\_canals\_05  ""  d1\_canals\_06  ""  d1\_canals\_07  ""  d1\_canals\_08  ""  d1\_canals\_09  ""  d1\_canals\_10  ""  d1\_canals\_11  ""  d1\_canals\_12  ""  d1\_canals\_13  ""  d1\_eli\_01   ""  d1\_eli\_02   ""  d1\_town\_01   ""  d1\_town\_01a   ""  d1\_town\_02   ""  d1\_town\_02a   ""  d1\_town\_03   ""  d1\_town\_04   ""  d1\_town\_05   ""  d2\_coast\_01   ""  d2\_coast\_03   ""  d2\_coast\_04   ""  d2\_coast\_05   ""  d2\_coast\_07   ""  d2\_coast\_08   ""  d2\_coast\_09   ""  d2\_coast\_10   ""  d2\_coast\_11   ""  d2\_coast\_12   ""  d2\_prison\_01  ""  d2\_prison\_02  ""  d2\_prison\_03  ""  d2\_prison\_04  ""  d2\_prison\_05  ""  d2\_prison\_06  ""  d2\_prison\_07  ""  d2\_prison\_08  ""  d3\_c17\_01   ""  d3\_c17\_02   ""  d3\_c17\_03   ""  d3\_c17\_04   ""  d3\_c17\_05   ""  d3\_c17\_06a   ""  d3\_c17\_06b   ""  d3\_c17\_07   ""  d3\_c17\_08   ""  d3\_c17\_09   ""  d3\_c17\_10a   ""  d3\_c17\_10b   ""  d3\_c17\_11   ""  d3\_c17\_12   ""  d3\_c17\_12b   ""  d3\_c17\_13   ""  d3\_citadel\_01  ""  d3\_citadel\_02  ""  d3\_citadel\_03  ""  d3\_citadel\_04  ""  d3\_citadel\_05  ""  d3\_breen\_01   "" }  "maps\_background" {  background01  ""  background02  ""  background03  ""  background04  ""  background05  ""  background06  ""  background07  "" }}

and then:
cmhl2cc.dat
"cm2013"{ "tag" "cmhl2cc" "web" "" "id" "420" "path" "../cm2013/hl2/custom" "sup" "5"} you need to change the boot order so it checks the HDD before the floppy, cdrom etc...



btw a new pc means you will have to reinstall windows Katy.  Please try double-tapping it (that will enable it without you having to continue to hold it) and see if you're getting the same response with erasing.  The more information I can share with the team, the easier it is for them to look into it.  Sue. hey [@msriitd](/u/msriitd)! welcome to the community! :wave:

we do not rotate signing keys regularly or otherwise. you can do this manually from the dashboard, as you mentioned, or using management api:

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[auth0 management api v2](https://auth0.com/docs/api/management/v2#!/keys/post_signing_keys)

(some more info on [managing signing keys](https://auth0.com/docs/tokens/manage-signing-keys))…