Ok this is wierd real wierd

[pimpin_228 0]

I formatted and reinstalled xp but some how someway it remembered my halflife cd key so how is it possible?

[yakkob 0]

reinstall HL too? Or were you dual booting and HL was installed in another OS already and you were just remapping the shortcuts; hmmm, but thinking about it, when you remap a shortcut to another OS, it usually re-asks you for the key anyways.

 

You will have to tell us exactly what you did etc.

 

I am intrigued

[Dirty Harry 0]

Well, one thing is sure, the key was not found from the freshly formatted partition. Here a couple of guesses in addition to Yakkobs

- you copied over some files to the fresh install

- or maybe imported some registry settings

- your Halflife CD was "fixed" before burning...

- Half-life has a malfunctioning key check

- you first installed some other game from Sierra (r another game using the Halflife engine) that took care of the key.

 

Iteresting, let us know if you find out.

[Palos 0]

Isn't that nifty, though?

You don't have to dig around looking for the the CD Case anymore, lol