OT: havent been able to install MOH:spearhead for 6 months (Reg code error)

[spin]

in all honesty, early on, no.

but currently i do. See, when i first encountered the issue, i wanted to fix it regardless, the idea of such a problem not being fixable by practical means pissed me off. After i found little help on the EA forums, i decided to see if indeed getting a legit disc really did make a difference (although no one EVER said this was a warez issue) and it didn't.

just cirous though, i thought the reg. code error, happenened to anyone though for reasons releated to conflicts with the rundll and nview applications. Where/what/why/how is it a problem that specifically a copied version would have?

edit:

i just thought of something i havent thought of doing before. Does the DEMO for spearhead require allied assault to be installed? because if it does then i could try installing that.

But if it's standalone i dont think it would be similar enough to installing the full version, and it working may not surpise me.