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If you are using Windows Vista and want to revoke the license from a Standard level Limited User Account, you should temporarily disable the User Access Control (UAC), otherwise the revocation tool will request elevation to administrator and may not detect the correct license to revoke.
You will need to
6.3Revocation process failed! Internal Error: a connection error occurred.
If you are not connected to the internet when you run the BioShock Revoke Tool, or your proxy settings are not setup within Internet Explorer, you may see the following error message.
In order for the revoke tool to contact the activation server, you need to be connected to the internet, please make sure that you are connected and try again.
If you are using an Internet Proxy and Internet Explorer is not your default browser, please transfer the proxy settings from your default browser to Internet Explorer. Details on how to accomplish this can be found on http://www.2kgames.com/bioshock/support under Game Installation Issues.
Note: the BioShockRevokeTool uses two standard internet protocol ports to access the activation server, these are port 80 (HTML) and port 443 (SSL).
7. Exceptional Cases - Requests for Additional Activations
If you find that you have exceeded all your activations and the revoke tool does not help, please visit http://www.2kgames.com/bioshock/support/revoketool for details of who to contact with requests to increase your activation limit.
Each request will be reviewed on an individual basis, customers may also be asked to provide proof of purchase before increasing activation limits. 2K Games reserve the right to refuse increasing activation limits if it is found that the activation key has been abused, for example has had excessive activation attempts from different IP addresses, indicating that it is widely shared.
8. Online Activation Limits Explained
The PC DVD version of BioShock requires online activation to confirm that a legitimate version of the game is being installed. Activation is currently limited to a five by five scheme.
The five by five scheme limits the number of installations to five different activations, on different hardware configurations and five activations on the same hardware configuration, where the license information has been reset, either because the hard disc drive has been formatted/replaced, the license information has become corrupt and cannot be read, or a major hardware change has been made.
As long as the license information is intact between installations on the same machine configuration, BioShock will not ask to be
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