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All sorted, refer 1st post for how i got it working.

Thankyou all for the replies. I suspect the registration of BS1 is the issue. I can't find a record of it in my "Personal Section" Looks different to what it did when i was able to get BS1 going a couple of years ago. There is a series of letters/numbers next to my order ID and the same numbers exist next to payment & shipping Paid: area. I have tried entering this thinking it might be my original BS1 key that was used to make the BS2 upgrade purchase. Seems this might not be the case, and i am without a BS1 key. Can anyone confirm this? In short, where do i found my BS1 key? Aside.... Why this even needs to be done is crazy?, one should be able to just install and activate BS2 if one has purchased the upgrade and has a key. A key is a key isn't it? Also what happens to the BS1 installation? Can it be uninstalled once activated or does it just sit there taking up 4.5 gig of space for now useful reason?

There are 2 different serial numbers listed in My Orders page... I have tried both. The error text is.. "The system requires the correct Serial Number of the application to perform this operation. The Serial Number entered is wrong or mistyped. Enter a valid Serial Number and try again." RE Activations - Activated 16.12.2012 6:06:10 BUNCHOFLETTERSNUMBERS Australia 59.999.999.999 Activated 15.07.2013 5:03:51 BUNCHOFLETTERSNUMBERSAGAINAustralia 59.999.999.999 Appears, though i can only recall getting BS1 to work a long time ago. Order: #81549 (DIFFERENT LETTERS HERE) from 16.12.2012 by virtual81 I have tried the above and also.... Serial Number: SE-SERIAL-SERIAL-SERIAL-SERIAL In both BS1 and BS2 In both steam and not steam (am not using steam for DCS anymore to be clear) With BS2 install from EXE in full BS2 mode and BS1 - > BS2 upgrade mode. ::edit:: It is an upgrade, though the original BS purchase no longer appears in "My Orders"

Resolved... Here is what happened. In my case DCS Black Shark 1 needs to be installed ** via steam! **. Steam does not show a key for BS1, thus there is no key for doing the standalone BS1 install. Then install DCS world Then BS2, in my case selecting international BS1 -> BS2 upgrade option (or similar). Then all worked, in fact not just worked but without eyefinity or similar i had it running across 3 screens with ease! So now that it is running i have completed a couple of training excercises (no stick! )and all is well. If i could provide feedback for the devs it would be - take a look at your licencing mechanisms. They are indeed clumsy, especially in this case. An alternative might to provide proof of ownership of a BS1 key to allow the purchase of a *proper* BS2 key at a reduced price, rather than the current setup that required 3 large downloads and plenty of mucking around. Last of all thankyou for the patience, replies and support everyone. Original post follows.... I have spend a week recently trying to get BS2 installed. This is after trying a year or so ago and failing. I have contacted support on this several times without a resolution and am now incredibly frustrated. I had previously tried on steam, however is seems my key can not be activated on steam. I have re-downloaded DCS and BS2 from the DCS site. have tried installing from the installers. DCS World runs, but when i log into the module manager (same user/pass as the DCS site where i can see my key) there is only a buy link that points to the DCS web page. I have also tried getting it working by downloading and installing BS1 from the archive. I have also asked what happens when i run out of activations 2 times and my question was not even acknowledged, let alone replied to. I can see my self very soon writing this off as lost money and a bad experience with software that is both poor quality and poorly supported with insane activation issues. THE GOAL Is to get DCS World and BS2 installed and working, and get my lost activations restored. Anything less than the above and i will not have gotten what i paid for. I have visions of getting a stick and pedals, and a rift or similar, and then building up a collection DCS modules. The way things are at the moment this is far from happening. Support pls refer to ticket # 33526 Apologies if i sound frustrated, but it is because i *AM* frustrated!