pirates wtf?

i just bought CoD4 for my computer (finally) lol, and i go to use the CD-key, works fine, worked last week..
well i get home today, and it said my key is in use....wtf?! are actual keys put into that pirated crap >.> cus if so, this is major bs, cant play for shit now cause of it

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (brokenfaith @ Jan 21 2009, 05:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

Could be... was the box opened when you got it? Was it in a discount bin? Did it come in a plastic bag with poorly photocopied instructions in Russian? Any of these could raise suspicions...

naw, just got it from best-buy last week

Try the solutions here:

http://tinylink.com/?oDMJwHwVzE

It's from Activision, the link was huge. If nothing works, maybe call them and the rep can do something...

Or the keygens are just too good

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Freddy @ Jan 21 2009, 08:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

well im pissed, i even tried my friends CD-key since he never plays nemore, and it's in use too, i closed my firewall, still did nothing, omfg...

and so far, (this has never happened) on any FPS game now that has PB, i always spike, i DC, then re-connect continuously with 0-12ping...

You can try downloading this and running the test to see if your PB services are running correctly.

http://www.evenbalance.com/downloads/pbsvc/pbsvc.exe

thanks, and the only way i can basically join a game, is through gametracker...

but it's so damn laggy for some reason, i run warrock perfectly and it was pretty hardcore on my sony vaio, but runs smooth on this vista, and cod4 ran smooth on my sony vaio but not this vista...wtf?!

i get poor FPS and its sad