BattleshipLorenzen Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 I have just received Skyrim as a gift. The DVD skipped after putting it in the disc drive, so it was exchanged for another (both new from Best Buy). This one skips too. We tested a DVD-R with a video on it, and that funcitoned properly. I'm not sure what to do because my DVD drive scratched the DVD (it does not skip on a Mac we tossed it in, but I'm not sure I can return it). Is there a way to download it using the CD Key that came with it? For those curious, the computer is an HP G72-B49WM notebook PC with an hp DVD RW AD-7586H drive. Drivers are up-to-date and I've tried Microsoft Fix-it. Thanks for any help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvinkun Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 I had trouble installing from dvd as well for some reason, took 15 mins of rotation to get to autorun.Either way, the serial is the same no matter whether you buy it in shop or on Steam, so I'm pretty sure you can download it, you just have to scout around steam to find out how or wait for someone more steam-clever. But just guessing, you could find Skyrim there and "buy" then some sort of "I already have a key". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecirbaf Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 (edited) Here, it seems you can register a retail game from this list with the CD Key https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7480-wusf-3601 Skyrim is included in the list. It says " No other retail games can be registered and downloaded using Steam." So I assume you can really go in, put the CD key and download a legit copy. Install Steam from the steam website, and then look in the menus of the app. EDIT: Here procedure to add your CD Key Edited December 23, 2011 by ecirbaf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BattleshipLorenzen Posted December 24, 2011 Author Share Posted December 24, 2011 Worked great, thank you! Giving Kudos if it will let me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecirbaf Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Good to hear. If you didn't use Steam before remember to go offline (main menu, top left) and/or right click your game in the library > properties > updates > "do not automatically update this game" which helps if you use mods and/or Bethesda releases a buggy update like 1.2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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