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Giveaway of the Day Forums User Favorites: BillW50 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Giveaway of the Day Forums User Favorites: BillW50 en Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:34:14 +0000 hotdoge3 on "Activation Problems - Everytime" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/92/page/5#post-42520 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:00:52 +0000 hotdoge3 42520@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ 1110 TCP AVP.EXE -R [ Firewall Port's # ] 19780 TCP AVP.EXE -R 1501 TCP AVP.EXE -R 1509 TCP AVP.EXE -R 1511 TCP AVP.EXE -R 1513 TCP AVP.EXE -R 1516 TCP AVP.EXE -R 1519 TCP AVP.EXE -R 1522 TCP AVP.EXE -R 1079 TCP System 1521 TCP System 123 UDP SVCHOST.EXE -K NETSVCS 123 UDP SVCHOST.EXE -K NETSVCS 1453 TCP FIREFOX.EXE "HTTP://WWW.GIVEAWAYOFTHEDAY.COM/PDF-2-HTML/?ACTIVATE" 1454 TCP FIREFOX.EXE "HTTP://WWW.GIVEAWAYOFTHEDAY.COM/PDF-2-HTML/?ACTIVATE" 1455 TCP FIREFOX.EXE "HTTP://WWW.GIVEAWAYOFTHEDAY.COM/PDF-2-HTML/?ACTIVATE" 1456 TCP FIREFOX.EXE "HTTP://WWW.GIVEAWAYOFTHEDAY.COM/PDF-2-HTML/?ACTIVATE" 1499 TCP FIREFOX.EXE "HTTP://WWW.GIVEAWAYOFTHEDAY.COM/PDF-2-HTML/?ACTIVATE" 1502 TCP FIREFOX.EXE "HTTP://WWW.GIVEAWAYOFTHEDAY.COM/PDF-2-HTML/?ACTIVATE" 1504 TCP FIREFOX.EXE "HTTP://WWW.GIVEAWAYOFTHEDAY.COM/PDF-2-HTML/?ACTIVATE" 1508 TCP FIREFOX.EXE "HTTP://WWW.GIVEAWAYOFTHEDAY.COM/PDF-2-HTML/?ACTIVATE" 1514 TCP FIREFOX.EXE "HTTP://WWW.GIVEAWAYOFTHEDAY.COM/PDF-2-HTML/?ACTIVATE" 1517 TCP FIREFOX.EXE "HTTP://WWW.GIVEAWAYOFTHEDAY.COM/PDF-2-HTML/?ACTIVATE" you only need one's say Firefox,I can not see port # 80 All so need to tell Kaspersky,spyware terminator firewall yes to out,on spyware terminator you need to tick show blocked alert,or you not know,and one time was failed to connect & try later & all ok. Whiterabbit-uk on "Space Shoot ‘Em ups or Shmup’s: A longish list of FREE games" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2724#post-41321 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:20:32 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 41321@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ I didn't think I'd be posting more space shooters so soon after posting the freeware games above, but I'd forgotten that Gametop had added several new shooters since I started this thread. I may have repeated a couple of the ones below, but most are new additions to their stock. all are full version commercially available games, though the original names have been chaqnged. They are all free, but as with all Gametop games, you do get your browser opened when you close the game down. Otherwise they are clean: Star Sword: <a href="http://www.gametop.com/download-free-games/star-sword/download.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.gametop.com/download-free-games/star-sword/download.html</a> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Star Gunner: <a href="http://www.gametop.com/download-free-games/star-gunner/download.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.gametop.com/download-free-games/star-gunner/download.html</a> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Star Rage: <a href="http://www.gametop.com/download-free-games/star-rage/download.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.gametop.com/download-free-games/star-rage/download.html</a> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Star Shooter: <a href="http://www.gametop.com/download-free-games/star-shooter/download.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.gametop.com/download-free-games/star-shooter/download.html</a> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Galaxy Strike: <a href="http://www.gametop.com/download-free-games/galaxy-strike/download.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.gametop.com/download-free-games/galaxy-strike/download.html</a> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Alien Wars: <a href="http://www.gametop.com/download-free-games/alien-wars/download.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.gametop.com/download-free-games/alien-wars/download.html</a> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Deadly Stars: <a href="http://www.gametop.com/download-free-games/deadly-stars/download.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.gametop.com/download-free-games/deadly-stars/download.html</a> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Galaxy Invaders: <a href="http://www.gametop.com/download-free-games/invaders/download.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.gametop.com/download-free-games/invaders/download.html</a> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RIP3: <a href="http://www.gametop.com/download-free-games/rip3/download.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.gametop.com/download-free-games/rip3/download.html</a> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crimson Road: <a href="http://www.gametop.com/download-free-games/crimson-road/download.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.gametop.com/download-free-games/crimson-road/download.html</a> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Absolute Survival: <a href="http://freegamepick.com/en/games_absolutesurvival.html" rel="nofollow">http://freegamepick.com/en/games_absolutesurvival.html</a> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forbidden Galaxy: <a href="http://freegamepick.com/en/games_forbiddengalaxy.html" rel="nofollow">http://freegamepick.com/en/games_forbiddengalaxy.html</a> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forbidden Galaxy 2: <a href="http://freegamepick.com/en/games_forbiddengalaxy2.html" rel="nofollow">http://freegamepick.com/en/games_forbiddengalaxy2.html</a> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Machine World: <a href="http://freegamepick.com/en/games_machineworld.html" rel="nofollow">http://freegamepick.com/en/games_machineworld.html</a> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ triphammer on "Space Shoot ‘Em ups or Shmup’s: A longish list of FREE games" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2724#post-41314 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:11:49 +0000 triphammer 41314@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Woah.. Nice list peeps. I found a number of them in there that are awsm. Whiterabbit-uk on "Space Shoot ‘Em ups or Shmup’s: A longish list of FREE games" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2724#post-41310 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:50:23 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 41310@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Here's a few additional freeware games to add to the ever growing space shooters list: Operation Spacehog: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/articles/download/2128272" rel="nofollow">http://www.vnunet.com/articles/download/2128272</a> UFO killer: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/downloads/2143340/ufo-killer" rel="nofollow">http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/downloads/2143340/ufo-killer</a> Invasion 3D: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/downloads/2138634/invasion-3d" rel="nofollow">http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/downloads/2138634/invasion-3d</a> jplutchok on "Activation Problems - Everytime" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/92/page/5#post-39858 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:05:31 +0000 jplutchok 39858@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Thank you for your prompt reply, BuBBy. I activated the same offering (yesterday's) with no problems on my Vista ThinkPad at home, so the GOTD end is OK. Suspicion of course falls first on the corporate firewall, but then why would other giveaway activations have worked? Here's a thought: does Avtivate.exe go to the same URL or domain every time? If it goes to different URLs or domains, perhaps some are blocked and others not? I'm clutching at straws here... Out of curiosity, I just tried to run Setup.exe for today's giveaway (Partition Recovery) on the office XP ThinkPad, and it failed to connect to giveawayoftheday.com again. This would seem to be more evidence against the firewall, right? Thanks again for your help! BuBBy on "Activation Problems - Everytime" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/92/page/5#post-39856 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:46:03 +0000 BuBBy 39856@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Is it possible there have been any changes made at all to the firewall rules? (can you connect without going via any proxy server?) Can you connect from "outside" the firewall - or your home network - if it works then it isn't your laptop. Easy Money is on the firewall as the likely culprit. (Activation worked fine for me first time - so the GOTD end of the deal looks ok). jplutchok on "Activation Problems - Everytime" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/92/page/5#post-39854 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:34:20 +0000 jplutchok 39854@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ BuBBy, thank you for your reply to my new Activation forum posting, which you then closed. Oops! I apologize for forgetting the forum rules. I am ashamed, and will try to read and remember the rules better for next time. Meanwhile, do you have any idea why I occasionally cannot activate a giveaway? I get the "failed to connect" message sometimes. This is an XP SP2 ThinkPad. It's behind a corporate firewall, which I cannot configure -- but that has not interfered with activating many other giveaways at other times. Of course, it only happens for the giveaways I want the most. :-( Any help you can offer would be very much appreciated. dug_down_deep on "Activation Problems - Everytime" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/92/page/4#post-39594 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:55:10 +0000 dug_down_deep 39594@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ I am behind a proxy and have no option to turn it off. I already understand that's the problem, so I'm not looking for advice. I just wanted to add my voice to those who would like for some alternative validation method to be employed. Thanks, HOSS, for the heads up on the free Starburn download. I was disappointed when that one didn't work. HOSS on "Activation Problems - Everytime" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/92/page/4#post-39564 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:32:06 +0000 HOSS 39564@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ KarinJ - There is also a ton of stuff in the <a href="http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/freeware/">Freeware Library</a> and in the <a href="http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/freeware/cat/Audio_Video/">Audio-Video section</a> of this site. There are a lot of items in there so you may want to look them over to find the one to best suit your needs. I hope this helps. HOSS on "Activation Problems - Everytime" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/92/page/4#post-39562 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:53:53 +0000 HOSS 39562@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ KarinJ - The general rule is that the software must be downloaded and activated within the 24 hour period. I have not heard of anyway around that but someone else may have. There is a download on Rocket Division's website that is free, it is called Starburn SDK and I think the main difference between the one offered here and the one on their website is that the one offered here has network support. The one on their website should be the same software without the extra network support (using it with a number of computers linked together). If you need it for use on a single computer it should be the one. Here is the <a href="http://www.rocketdivision.com/downloads/starburn.exe">STARBURN DOWNLOAD</a> link (if you click on it, the download will start). Paali on "Activation Problems - Everytime" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/92/page/4#post-39555 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:40:13 +0000 Paali 39555@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ If your problem occurs every time you might want to read through the suggestions in this thread to see if it solves your problem: <a href="http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2103?replies=37#post-18729" rel="nofollow">http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2103?replies=37#post-18729</a> If not, do let us know. But if you've tried to download other giveaways later, and it worked, then your problem is of another nature then mentioned in these threads. KarinJ on "Activation Problems - Everytime" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/92/page/4#post-39498 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:47:50 +0000 KarinJ 39498@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ This is a reply to my own post above. I read Bruno's solution for the same problem, which was as follows: "I've found an easy solution to this problem that has worked great in my case. I am using IE7 on a Vista machine. Apparently there was a problem with the settings for my LAN connection. What I did was open up the 'Internet Options' box under the 'Tools' menu, and then click on 'Lan Settings' under the 'Connections' tab. In the LAN settings box, I clicked on the top box to let IE7 automatically detect the correct settings to use. GOTD ctivations worked perfectly after that. HTH " Check this out, but IE7 was already set to detect correct settings. So it seems there is another problem. My question still stands. Is there a way I can still get my s/w activated? KarinJ on "Activation Problems - Everytime" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/92/page/4#post-39497 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:43:18 +0000 KarinJ 39497@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ I'm a new member (joined yesterday), and I failed at the first hurdle. Starburn was just what I wanted, so I immediately begain unzipping and installing it. Sadly, when the installation s/w connected me to Giveaway, I got the message "activation module failed to connect". Thought I would try again later, but only got back home after midnight. Now, of course, when I try to activate, I get a message that the deadline has expired. Not a very good start. What does Giveaway do in these cases? I note from this forum that so many people are having trouble, surely you must have a fallback position to help those who, despite their best efforts, are unable to activate their software? Do let me know what the official position is on this one. Thanks. lakelivin on "Activation Problems - Everytime" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/92/page/4#post-37693 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:01:39 +0000 lakelivin 37693@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ I was also getting the "Fatal Error:Key is Invalid" message (and very frustrated). Like Goldeneagle, I also have an accelerator for my dial-up account (although my isp is Earthlink). When I deactivated the accelerator everything worked ok. hotdoge3 on "Activation module failed to connect..." http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2103/page/2#post-33940 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:02:02 +0000 hotdoge3 33940@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ close IE & Firefox work OK, set DNS to Auto, then go to Command Promp > " ipconfig /flushdns " you get back it flush ok. ziwjawk on "Activation module failed to connect..." http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2103/page/2#post-33715 Sun, 08 Jun 2008 08:39:29 +0000 ziwjawk 33715@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Good day all. Here is an odd circumstance I encountered which seems, for now, to get around the registration problems. As mentioned previously I am using Vista HP, no SP it failed miserably, on a 1.6gHz with 2G ram, TB hd, slow dialup. I do not use IE rather Firefox unlezss required, IE is version 7. At first I thought this was a difference between a separate activation module and one built into setup (which actually seems to do nothing other than allow setup to continue) as that is when it started. Further experimentation showed no difference. I found by the fact that the activation passed absolutely no traffic during its attempt, that it works thru the browser, not the connection. Apparently Firefox is not an acceptable browser for this process. At a later time I accidentally had IE running, some other process had initiated it unknown to me, when I again attempted activation. Mirabile Dictu it worked. Since then I have found that having IE running in the background while trying to activate allows it to function (and also kicks you into the GOTD site). So it -must- work thru IE, not the system set default browser. Don't know how many this may help, I hope it is something taken into consideration by the GOTD developers. At least enough to make a note in the 'readme' that IE must be accessible during activation. Cordially, Mike CountryBoy on "Activation module failed to connect..." http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2103/page/2#post-33115 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:24:48 +0000 CountryBoy 33115@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Bigun: Only the ones where the activation and install are the same. I'm sure I'm getting the same message that Paali was getting. "Activation module failed to connect to giveawayoftheday.com Software activation is not possible at the moment. Please try again later or check your firewall settings." That's the complete box that comes up right after clicking the setup.exe. I haven't tried to remove realplayer or quicktime as Paali said he did, kind of dread the thought of downloading them again to reinstall. She does download games from RealArcade and activates them with no problem, but those are paid. scubaguy on "Activation module failed to connect..." http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2103/page/2#post-33089 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:35:51 +0000 scubaguy 33089@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Bigun To many posts to read what the problem is,I just saw in your last post you said,"Is there any way to post a screen shot. I would like to be able to show what I am getting?".If your OS is XP use one of the many free screencapture programs.If you have Vista you should have a program called Snippets. Snap a pic.using one of these programs and upload the pic. to a free photo sharing site such as PhotoBucket. <a href="http://tutorials.photobucket.com/" rel="nofollow">http://tutorials.photobucket.com/</a> Then post the link to the screencapture,from PhotoBucket here in this thread. It would look like this one that I had posted some time back when I had a problem to show other members. EXAMPLE <a href="http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh174/scubaguy/General-Album/Capture.gif" rel="nofollow">http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh174/scubaguy/General-Album/Capture.gif</a> Bigun on "Activation module failed to connect..." http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2103/page/2#post-33088 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:06:38 +0000 Bigun 33088@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ CountryBoy: Is the problem on your Wife's computer with all activation schemes (activation: before, during, manually adding the registration information after)? I am having several computer problems at the moment (last 2 days) so it is not fair for me to evaluate anything until it get that cleared up. I wonder if the (my activation) problem originated in my registry and disturbed some type of identification code (Microsoft Smart Card?) and that is why the the activation server fails to identify me as illegitimate. Is there any way to post a screen shot. I would like to be able to show what I am getting? CountryBoy on "Activation module failed to connect..." http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2103/page/2#post-32889 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:45:40 +0000 CountryBoy 32889@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Just tried the wifes computer and still no luck. Mine- no problem. Paali on "Activation module failed to connect..." http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2103/page/2#post-32861 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:16:14 +0000 Paali 32861@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ CountryBoy: Let us know what you discover. Paali on "Activation module failed to connect..." http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2103/page/2#post-32860 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:14:46 +0000 Paali 32860@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Bigun: Hehe, I've been monitoring this thread, and others, ever since I started it, in order to get a solution to the problem. So I guess it was just a coincidence that I saw it. I thought that it might be an external problem too, since I didn't do anything I could think of that would allow me to activate again. But I was assured that GOTD had not changed anything in their end. As for trying to come up with a solution (it might be a complete shot in the dark, but perhaps worth looking into) I did install and uninstall some softeware that are internet related, in addition to cleaning up my system. I removed Real player and quicktime player (both are used to stream media files, and might have been blocking some port. I don't think it's likely, but at least that's one thing I changed). I also installed a software that's called Hotspot shield (http://anchorfree.com/downloads/hotspot-shield/). It's a program that creates a VPN (virtual private network) when you are online. I never run it while activating, but it does have something to do with the IP and other network configurations. Also, I cleaned up files in my system and the registry with CCleaner and Revo Uninstaller. It might have been some old corrupt file belonging to a program that interfered. I would never think any of these things would affect the activation, but since they are changes I did before it worked, it might be worth looking into. At least we can confirm that it does NOT help =) CountryBoy on "Activation module failed to connect..." http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2103/page/2#post-32787 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:11:44 +0000 CountryBoy 32787@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Paali: I'll try the wifes computer again this afternoon after checking some more changes since hers is a constant problem. Bigun: Mine I'm sure is a local problem since one computer activates perfectly and the other fails everytime. Bigun on "Activation module failed to connect..." http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2103/page/2#post-32752 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:38:24 +0000 Bigun 32752@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Sorry CountryBoy. Glad that you checked in. Keep coming back. Bigun on "Activation module failed to connect..." http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2103/page/2#post-32751 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:36:30 +0000 Bigun 32751@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Paali: Thank you for checking in. I am more than just a little curious on how did you know we re-opened this old thread and that I mentioned your alias (name)in my post last night. I am delighted that you are still problem free - I am sure you are as well. Your story holds hope for the rest of us. Paali you asked several questions that I will answer. The problem that I was having connecting to the activation server quickly changed from an intermittent problem to a problem that I experienced 100% of the time. Over a long period of time I have written hundreds if not thousands or words on all of the things that I tried and why I am sure that my problem is not local but it is caused a the server level. At this point I say little and monitor the posts on the forum. This problem is big enough that it should be investigated. I can not understand why Slava and the webmaster have not investigated the activation dilemma. Paali on "Activation module failed to connect..." http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2103/page/2#post-32742 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:44:51 +0000 Paali 32742@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Hi Bigun. I am still out here, and I am still problem free =) Earlier in this thread I listed what changes I made before I was able to activate again (http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2103#post-19016). One of them was the IE7 updates, but I was never sure so I tried to get it confirmed by someone. To this point I don't see anyone else being helped by that. Although it's important to diagnose the problem itself. From what you've written earlier you experience problems now and then. Is that still the case? In my case I failed to activate EVERY SINGLE Giveaway. So this was a consistent problem. But since it worked I have never experienced any problems. Now, we might have eliminated the updates to be the solution in my case, but only if the problem occurs from the same reason. But I would suggest looking over the other things I listed and see if any of them help. Hi CountryBoy. I believe you might be right about the updates not being what solved my problem. It was just a suspicion I had, that I was trying to get confirmed. I never did any major changes in any security or proxy settings. And I eliminated the firewall, both on my computer and in the router, as causing the problem. As I said above, it might be worth wile to look into the other changes I made and see if any of them has any affect. I would love to help, I know how frustrating and time consuming this can be, so don't hesitate to ask if there is any additional information that could be of help. CountryBoy on "Activation module failed to connect..." http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2103/page/2#post-32699 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:45:34 +0000 CountryBoy 32699@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ This problem has been an issue for me also for some time now. My wife and I both run Windows XP sp2 home edition. Mine is currently working after I unticked the work offline in outlook, this was not the problem with the wifes. Still working on hers. I use Opera, she uses IE7 and we both use the same dial-up connection (all that's available out here in the country). Her IE is all upto date and still won't activate. Downloads are not a problem. We both have Norton, do the windows updates except for SP3 which is mostly the updates since SP2 was issued anyways. I've been working on hers for a month or more and still can't find a reason. Bigun, it would appear to me that Paali problem was not in the updates or at least it didn't work with the wifes computer. I've also done a lot of the other suggestions already. Shutdown Norton, disable firewall, put giveaway in favorites and allowed sites, security set to min. all to no availe. I'll check back here if I've found anything and to check if anyone else has. Bigun on "Activation module failed to connect..." http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2103/page/2#post-32557 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:33:31 +0000 Bigun 32557@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Several months ago Member Paali, claimed his activation problem was suddenly solved. He attributed the solution to a Microsoft update for IE7. I have kept IE7 updated and none of the updates have helped me. I recently updated Windows XP Pro to SP3. The activation problem continues with the occasional test runs that I make. Paali, are you out there? Are you still problem free? I hope so. Bigun on "Activation module failed to connect..." http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2103/page/2#post-32556 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:24:24 +0000 Bigun 32556@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ ziwjawk I agree on all points, When I first started having the problem many months ago the problem was intermittent. That changed to 100% when the sequence was download activate setup To the best of my knowledge I have never has a problem connecting to the GOTD or GGOTD servers nor have I ever had a problem downloading the daily offering. My problem has always been an inability to connect to the GOTD-Activation server (this may not be the correct name of the server but it is close.). When GOTD started having runs of Activation first then program setup downloads, I moved away from the GOTD website to another daily giveaway site. I check the GOTD site frequently now and rarely attempt installation of a program that has an activation module when unzipped. Most of the time I delete the folder and move on. I hope that you will post your results of any efforts you make if you continue to try to activate a download when the activation precedes the program installation. Have you tried using a packet sniffer during the activation process? When I have done so I get a long series of connections to the activation server followed by a rejection due to an "unknown name". Finally I get disconnected and the error message that you are familiar with. This tells me that the server is not too busy to accept my connection. I have checked every reasonable suggestion that others have made to try to solve the problem. I have two computers and both are blocked from establishing a connection with the activation server. I have never used a proxy connection. My ISP is Comcast.net. I do not use an anti-virus, anti-spyware, or firewall during my activation attempts. I use clean boots rather than just turning these applications off. ziwjawk on "Activation module failed to connect..." http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2103/page/2#post-32205 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 09:58:31 +0000 ziwjawk 32205@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ This is getting ridiculous and has started occurring within the last two days with absolutely no changes to my system, I have reviewed completely to assure that. I downloaded Bubble Odyssey, both from original and mirror, for twenty-three hours I got cannot connect try again later. This night I downloaded both SwiftCompare and Theseus and the Minotaur and am getting exactly the same results. Obviously I -can- connect to GOTD else how would I know what to download and how. I have seen comments from others who have installed with no problems, yet I cannot. I am running Vista HP, 2G ram, TB HD, dialup which tonight gives me 26.4 (I am in the middle of a national forest). If it is a speed requirement please let me know so I stop trying. I have connected to GOTD within seconds of getting the error message, and have been connected -while- getting the error message, so that is not the problem. It may become necessary to remove your activation module from the setup. If I do so I will not post the method. I would rather not go through the work but I am quite capable of doing so, forty years in assembler language on many machines. It's more work than I care to do now however I have kept the downloads.