Trial Serial Problem

Ok, I had to reformat my computer cause I was having some issues. Well when I finished I reinstalled rpgxp. First the RTP then the game. As soon as it was done I went to run it. It starts loading but then just says 'Failed to obtain a trial serial number from the nTitles Server.' I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling but it still says this. Anyone have any ideas how to fix this? I tried finding a way to enter my full serial I bought but it just exits when I click OK on the message.

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Just for the record, DJ990J, RMRK does not condone the illegal acquisition of any of the RPG Makers. If you want to do that, keep that information to yourself, do not go posting it around on public forums. Otherwise it's banning time. ^__^

Now then! Dragonware~Lupe, your problem is a fairly common problem with Vista, but thankfully there is a solution as mentioned before. It's stickied in the troubleshooting section, but I'll post it here for you anyway.

Spoiler for:

1. Go to your root RMXP directory. (Usually CProgram Files\Enterbrain\RPGXP)

2. Right click RPGXP.exe and choose "Properties".

3. In the "Properties" popup, go to the "Compatibility" tab.

4. Check the box that says "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" and select "Windows XP (Service Pack 2)"

5. Check the box that says "Run this program as an administrator".

6. If you cannoth check the box mentioned in step 5, follow steps 7 through 11.

7. Click on the button that says "Show settings for all users".

8. Click the "OK" button on the "Windows needs your permission to continue" button, after inputting the password of the specified administrator if necessary.

9. Check the box that says "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" and select "Windows XP (Service Pack 2)"

10. Check the box that says "Run this program as an administrator".

11. Click the "OK" button.

12. Click the "OK" button.

13. Right click PSIKey.dll and choose "Properties".

14. In the "Properties" popup, go to the "Security" tab.

15. Click on the "Advanced" button.

16. Highlight the permission entry that says "Users ([your computer's name]\Users)" where [your computer's name] is whatever you named your computer. (Mine is Media-PC)

17. Click the "Edit..." button.

18. Highlight the group "Users ([your computer's name]\Users)".

19. In the pop up that appears (It should be named "Permission Entry for PSIKey.dll", check the "Allow" box for the option "Full Control".

20. All of the "Allow" boxes below the box you just checked should now be checked as well.

21. Click the "OK" Button.

22. Check the box that says "Include inheritable permissions from this object's parents".

23. Click the "OK" button.

24. Click the "OK" Button.

25. Click the "OK" Button.

26. Run RPG Maker XP, and you should no longer get the error message!

27. If you still get the error message, log into the administrative account on the computer (With the owner's permission) and then run RPG Maker XP. It should work no matter what on that account, after you have successfully completed the above steps.

28. Have fun building games with the legal version of RPG Maker XP!