Thanks for the help guys. It is wierd, though. I went in to do some playing while I waited for that last answer, and this time, it let me put my CD key in properly and it took it. So I'm good. Apparently when they told me to restart after installing and I said I would restart later, that must have b...

I can do that, where do I save the key file? In my C: drive or in the Q3A folder?

17 characters? Mine appears to be 16. And as I said, the field only seems to want to take 12, so character 13-16 scroll over and overwrite the first four.

I did also contact activision/id tech support to see if they could give me any help.

I bought Ultimate Quake over the weekend, and now when I've installed Q3A, it asks for my CD key, which is printed inside the case of the disc. However, the key printed in my case is 4 digits too long. So when I go to put it in, it overwrites the first 4 digits I put in. It always keeps asking for t...