My friend - several years ago - was so into StarCraft that he wanted the expansion. With the expansion, however, he needed the code from the first StarCraft's installation, which of course he didn't have, so here was his solution:
-Buy another StarCraft, and use that one's code (on the box).
-Give the old StarCraft to me. Through the years, I kept installing/uninstalling StarCraft on my computer, depending on my mood. During installation, it asks you for the code on the box that I didn't have. Surprisingly, every time it asked for the code, I would type in random numbers... and it worked nearly every time! One time I was surprised to find that it took 123-456-7890 or something like that.
The point of this story is that - although the installation code seemed to work - it never let me play on Battle.net. It seems that was no great loss.
P.S. I have since sold the game at a yard sale. If you bought it from me and have been swearing the past couple of years because you don't have the installation code, do what I did. It should work.
-Buy another StarCraft, and use that one's code (on the box).
-Give the old StarCraft to me. Through the years, I kept installing/uninstalling StarCraft on my computer, depending on my mood. During installation, it asks you for the code on the box that I didn't have. Surprisingly, every time it asked for the code, I would type in random numbers... and it worked nearly every time! One time I was surprised to find that it took 123-456-7890 or something like that.
The point of this story is that - although the installation code seemed to work - it never let me play on Battle.net. It seems that was no great loss.
P.S. I have since sold the game at a yard sale. If you bought it from me and have been swearing the past couple of years because you don't have the installation code, do what I did. It should work.