I share a laptop with my friend. She's got Collector's Edition, I have the Digital Deluxe one. Her version was installed first and now when I log into my account, I cannot play or download my version. I can launch the game, but no DLC will authorize, nor I am able to connect to EA servers. Is there any fix for that? So we could have both versions installed at the same time, since we use different Origin accounts?
Collector's edition vs. Digital deluxe on same machine
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Sjrv
, nov. 02 2012 07:56
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Posté 02 novembre 2012 - 08:18
nanotm
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only if you had setup the user login system properly in the first place,
maybe if you have a secondary hdd in the machine you could install one copy per login (on seperate hdd's) as sole use only programs
but it would mean deleting the current instals of the game and when installing them the second time round make it for the user who is logged in only (dont tick the all users box)
other option would be to create a second bootable partiotion on the drive and have a bootloader so your completly seperate from each other (the best way) which would allow the use of seperate registry keys although it would mean a complete restart to switch users ...
the final option would be to get a second machine instead of both tryign ot use the one, wiht the added bonus of both being able to play at the same time
maybe if you have a secondary hdd in the machine you could install one copy per login (on seperate hdd's) as sole use only programs
but it would mean deleting the current instals of the game and when installing them the second time round make it for the user who is logged in only (dont tick the all users box)
other option would be to create a second bootable partiotion on the drive and have a bootloader so your completly seperate from each other (the best way) which would allow the use of seperate registry keys although it would mean a complete restart to switch users ...
the final option would be to get a second machine instead of both tryign ot use the one, wiht the added bonus of both being able to play at the same time
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Posté 02 novembre 2012 - 08:21
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Ok, I get it. Origin is an example of total ********** software. We use the same account, we have more machines, but this one is just an emergency one. As much as I'd like to install my ME3, I don't want to remove hers. Or maybe if I just manually copied my installation from another machine to make this CE recognized as DD and just renamed her CE to ME3.old or something...?
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Posté 03 novembre 2012 - 02:04
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its not origin though, its down to the registry key system in windows,
you need to have totally seperate reg entries for each game however both will create identical registry entries meaning your going ot have hte same problem unless your creating completly seperate login's which will create seperate registry partitions (for a multi user single os system) or completly seperate partitions each running there own version of windows (a much cleaner solution to the problem as it wont cause rergistry conflicts)
its a common problem thats been affecting buisness's for years which is why they use a multi client server solution so every desktop is a blank slate and your profile is either fixed or roaming (sometimes across multiple domains) and all registry conditions are dictated by your server side profile
its not something the average home user has to contend with because generally when you install a product you do so for all users or for a single user (depending on the licence conditions) hence why its easier to just use different machines, the problem wiht trying ot copy the install from a seperate machine and launch it under a seperate profile will run into the exact same issue.
your other option would be to investigate multiple registry entries and create a policy rule for seperate origin usernames to use different reg keys and thus load up as different versions depending on who logs in but to be honest its not something the average non corporate user would or should need to do.
you need to have totally seperate reg entries for each game however both will create identical registry entries meaning your going ot have hte same problem unless your creating completly seperate login's which will create seperate registry partitions (for a multi user single os system) or completly seperate partitions each running there own version of windows (a much cleaner solution to the problem as it wont cause rergistry conflicts)
its a common problem thats been affecting buisness's for years which is why they use a multi client server solution so every desktop is a blank slate and your profile is either fixed or roaming (sometimes across multiple domains) and all registry conditions are dictated by your server side profile
its not something the average home user has to contend with because generally when you install a product you do so for all users or for a single user (depending on the licence conditions) hence why its easier to just use different machines, the problem wiht trying ot copy the install from a seperate machine and launch it under a seperate profile will run into the exact same issue.
your other option would be to investigate multiple registry entries and create a policy rule for seperate origin usernames to use different reg keys and thus load up as different versions depending on who logs in but to be honest its not something the average non corporate user would or should need to do.
