The protection on this game is RIDICULOUS.

I got this game free with a videocard purchase. I installed it with relatively no issues, but couldn't register because the game didn't come with a key... Or maybe it was on the sleeve and I lost it. When EE (enhanced edition) came out, I wasn't registered so I couldn't update. I contacted Atari, and they sent me a new key. This was about a year ago. It registered fine and I played and had fun etc.

Anyway, last march or so, I formatted my PC and put Windows 7 on there. When I tried to reinstall Witcher, it wouldn't let me update because it said I wasn't registered. So, I put in my login info that I originally registered with, and it asked me for my key, so I put in the key that Atari sent me about a year ago. Then, it says that my key is already in use by another account. WTF? I'm using the same account I originally registered with, same login and password. So, I'm stuck with vanilla Witcher, can't patch, can't upgrade to EE. I've tried contacting Atari twice about it in the past couple weeks, no response whatsoever.

I've pretty much given up on playing this game. It sucks because I legally own it.