If you are having difficulty getting your copy of BioShock to register, please try the following steps.
- To allow your activation to go through disable background applications.
- Please fully disable your antivirus software by using msconfig.
- Click on the Start Menu
- Click on "run"
- Type in the following MSCONFIG
- Click on the startup tab
- Deselect all the ticked boxes
- Click on "apply" and then close the window
- Restart your computer
- When your computer starts up again, please ignore any messages from msconfig (do not close these)
- Please uninstall the game and reinstall
- Run the game
- To return to the original startup sequence follow below instructions
- Click Start Menu
- Click "run"
- Type in the following MSCONFIG
- Click on "normal startup"
- Click on "apply" and then close the window
- Restart your computer
- Please ensure your Activation key is entered as it is written on the back of the manual (including the dashes, and not getting 0's and O's mixed up etc.)