Uninstalling and the CD Key help

KozMic

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I'm sorry if this topic has been discussed many times before but, If i uninstall my games and then install them again will the CD key be accepted? or will steam think that its already in use?

please give me a definite answer as i dont wont to spend another £35 pounds on this incredible game

Thanks for the help in advance :cheers:
 
well, you can still use your old cd-key. just give it a try.
 
lol, when you uninstall, the game is still Registrated, bounded to your Account, so if you uninstall, simply install it again, and you dont need the cd-key anymore.
 
Thanks for that guys

I'm new to this pc gaming lark...as i got a pc for xmas

again cheers for the help ;)
 
Its perfectly safe to uninstall Steam, as long as you remember your user/password. Your cdkeys for all steamgames are binded to the email, you used when you created an user on steam.

Hope that helped a bit :)
And congratulation on the PC part :)
 
thanks alot :)

yeah, i was into console gaming (xbox live) before i got myself a hold of a pc, then finding out that it ran hl2 good enough was a dream come true.....lol
 
quick question I have about all this....I currently have HL2 on my pc at home....but I have a laptop I want to put it on...but it wouldn't let me register the cdkey...even though I used the same steam info (email/password) Now the question I have is, if I format my hd on my pc, will I be able to install hl2 again? Or will it say that the game is already registered again and not decrypt the files.....anyone know? thanks
 
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