Ok, I'll try to explain everything what I've done :) 1. Installed EBFD with generated serial 2. cracked emperor.exe 3. patched to v1.09 4. installed mini-patch 5. in hosts1 file looks like owwl posted before (also tried '127.0.0.1 localhost' and add only '64.212.211.93 servserv.westwood.com') I have NIS. I disable it before connecting.. Nothing changes.. Bad pw always :( I know that it has to be from 8 letters. I've tried different nicks (like 'aisdjj') and strong pw ('H3l%lo83'), pw which consist only of letters, letters and numbers. I also have a router, but I didn't have any problems with connectivity. I had files missing once from patch v1.09, so it downloaded automatically from the server. Now I undo (undid :)) hosts file a few minutes ago (deleted that line with RA's IP and servserv.westwood.com), and got the same result - "bad password". It seems that it doesn't matter if I change hosts file or not. Any ideas? :) P.S. OS: win xp P.P.S. I've read the topic about playing with the same serial in the server at the same time. It worked! :) If I know correctly, it doesn't work when number of players registered with the same serial reached maximum.