http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/tags/installation Giveaway of the Day Forums » Tag: Installation - Recent Posts en-US Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:16:24 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/10523#post-95644 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 11:00:01 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 95644@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>No need to apologise gak, but much appreciated. I know it can be frustrating when you are trying to download and activate a program but keep getting that annoying &#39;failed to connect&#39; message. To be honest this is the only site I&#39;ve ever received that message when downloading and installing software from the internet. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/10523#post-95636 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:52:20 +0000 gak1952 95636@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Thanks for your help. The problem was Firefox with IE being offline. I was able to download Multiset through IE. It worked fine.</p> <p>Sorry for my claim it was a systemic problem. This was the impression I got from my Google search and the Giveway forum hits that came up.</p> <p>My apologies again and my thanks for the suggested solution. I very much appreciate your kind help. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/10523#post-95635 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:42:56 +0000 tinatom 95635@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I opened my firewall and it connected just fine. I&#39;m all set up now. Thanks! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/10523#post-95634 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:36:35 +0000 tinatom 95634@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I unzipped it and put it in different places and it fails to connect no matter where it is and it is the regular setup file like it always looks. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/10523#post-95633 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:39:10 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 95633@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>The message &#39;failed to connect&#39; has indeed been mentioned time and time again, and usually a moderator or admin has answered the query to the best of their knowledge. You are wrong about no one bothering to reply to queries of this nature. For example if you go to the game giveaway comments section you&#39;ll see that I answer that question time and time again virtually every week. </p> <p>We don&#39;t usually come across someone trying to install directly from the zipped file though, (which is of course possible with some programs, but the giveaways usually come wrapped with an activation module as well and should be unpacked first). Graylox is absolutely right about that; that said, there are other reasons why you may be getting the problem; for example, if you use Firefox and have I.E. in offline mode that also will cause the error message. You may also need to reboot your modem/router or configure your firewall to allow downlads from this site.</p> <p>Please do let us know whether you got the program fixed. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/10523#post-95631 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:08:56 +0000 graylox 95631@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><blockquote>Every time I try and run the setup program for Multiset using Winzip I get the message, &quot;Failed to connect, Please try again later&quot;. </blockquote></p> <p>Precisely that&#39;s your error: you run the setup through Winzip.</p> <p>You have to unpack the .zip file to the desktop or any folder first and then run setup or activate.<br /> There are several answers to this problem - again and again there are posted tips in these forums, in the comments of the games and in the comments of the main giveaway.</p> <p>Please follow and read the readme.txt and the <a href="http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/faq/">FAQ</a> or the FAQ in the forums<br /> <a href="http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6195#post-93052">4. Activate.exe or Setup.exe cannot connect to GOTD Answer.</a></p> <p>Daily tens of thousands of users download the software from GOTD since 2006, there can occur glitches or problems now and then somewhere on the long way around the world, but your problem is not <em>&quot;a systemic problem of the Giveaway site&quot;</em>.</p> <p>Please try again.</p> <p>graylox </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/10523#post-95629 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:40:24 +0000 gak1952 95629@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I&#39;m having trouble installing the current giveaway of the day, Multiset&quot;. I&#39;m getting the all too familiar &quot;Failed to connect. Please try again later&quot; error. It&#39;s about time Giveaway of the Day fixed this recurring error.</p> <p>Every time I try and run the setup program for Multiset using Winzip I get the message, &quot;Failed to connect, Please try again later&quot;. </p> <p>I&#39;ve researched the error through Google and got sixty hits. A lot of them related to Giveaway of the day. They all seemed to be requests for how to solve the problem. No answers/solutions were given.</p> <p>My impression is that it relates to the geographical location of the server/person doing the download. Seems if you&#39;re in the USA trying to access a game in Europe you might have a problem and get this error. Quite a few gamers posted this problem.</p> <p>I would much appreciate it if anyone knows how to fix this problem or suggest a solution. I do not think it is a security/firewall problem as I have turned off my anti-virus/security programs and still have a problem. Other people who complain of these problem have also turned off their security to no avail.</p> <p>More generally, since this problem has turned up on the Giveaway of the Day forum quite a few times, I think it is a systemic problem of the Giveaway site and needs to be fixed. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/8872#post-85490 Fri, 19 Nov 2010 18:14:28 +0000 Robert 85490@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Avira&#39;s antivirus definition files have been updated.<br /> :) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/8872#post-85483 Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:44:23 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 85483@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>This subject has already been broached by another giveaway member. It would have been more appropriate to post in the same post rather than create a seperate post. </p> <p><a href="http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/8871" rel="nofollow">http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/8871</a></p> <p>All giveaway programs are rigorously tested with several AV programs. The giveaway project team have never posted any software programs that contain viri. </p> <p>I would assume that your AV software has picked up a false positive, but I&#39;d wait for other comments to be sure. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/8872#post-85482 Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:39:45 +0000 pepece 85482@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I installed Quick Image Resizer, GOTD of 11-19-2010. My Avira antivirus detected file QPR.exe as dangerous, so I removed it and of course the program would not work. Any comments on this? </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7978#post-82835 Tue, 14 Sep 2010 06:55:38 +0000 hotdoge3 82835@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>so its you that put in Adobe Reader 4,5,6,7,8, and 9 not need to update like this it was in XP I got </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7978#post-82311 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:15:39 +0000 notblocklox 82311@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><strong>Hi, leeq, </strong></p> <p>I think there is no simple &quot;yes&quot; or &quot;no&quot;.</p> <p>For a slight update (from ver. 3.8.4 to 3.8.7) I usually just put the new version on top.<br /> With a step from ver. 1.01. to 3.8. I would install it from scratch.<br /> Your chosen preferences in the old version are lost when you install completely new and they could be lost when you put a new version on top; so - try to save them.</p> <p>When I have any problems with an old version, I would always delete it and all its remnants before I install the new version.</p> <p>Otherwise, like Dragonlair said, most programmes will tell you what to do.</p> <p>graylox </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7978#post-82308 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:43:37 +0000 Dragonlair 82308@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Your first thing - if you have data associated with an old version is to back up the data. That way you at least don&#39;t lose things.</p> <p>Most software is designed to upgrade OVER the existing install. In the few cases where you need to uninstall first, the install instructions usually specify this. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7978#post-82307 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:49:30 +0000 leeq 82307@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>If you aren&#39;t sure about upgrading from a previous version, should you<br /> a) always uninstall the old version first?<br /> b) try to install new version and you may or may not get a warning to uninstall the old version first. </p> <p>Can either of these methods create conflicting registry files?<br /> Which method is better if you have data files associated with the old version? </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7250#post-77240 Sat, 22 May 2010 15:26:40 +0000 Inas 77240@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hi Hotdoge3, I don&#39;t understand what you mean or are trying to say, but it is very interesting to read your posts, for sure. Hope you have a wonderful day.<br /> Inas </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7250#post-77218 Sat, 22 May 2010 07:09:59 +0000 hotdoge3 77218@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I read it as suggest like it be good it was like that one time on some all good thinks come to the end, post on the front page some time a go how to refit I not say. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7250#post-75209 Sun, 04 Apr 2010 22:07:00 +0000 Inas 75209@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I am sure that GEMWare meant well - as all of us do, and I&#39;m also sure GEMWare now knows what the official GOTD policy is, and that&#39;s the beauty of forums such as this, is that we can all express our own, unique opinions and perspectives - and, hopefully, we are willing and able to learn from one another.</p> <p>That said, every website has its own policies and rules - and it so happens that GOTD&#39;s policies and rules allow for a 24-hour timeframe to download, install, and activate the software programs. I agree with Sue that 24 hours is sufficient time for us to do so.</p> <p>Well, anyway, that&#39;s my two-cents worth. Cheers, all.</p> <p>Happy Person (Inas) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7250#post-75189 Sun, 04 Apr 2010 11:40:32 +0000 SeniorCitizen 75189@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>The original member who started this thread is &quot;new to using this site&quot;. I think he/she was suggesting, not complaining. When I download/install something obtained from GOTD it is impossible for me to comment on the software because it takes a few times to use before I get a feel for it. Just like it took me a long time after joining GOTD to post on this forum. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7250#post-75186 Sun, 04 Apr 2010 10:50:43 +0000 wizzard_of_ozz2004 75186@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>+1 for sue&#39;s suggestion. I think the developers would agree to that arrangement as well. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7250#post-75185 Sun, 04 Apr 2010 10:48:00 +0000 RosnSC 75185@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I think the current 24-hour giveaway system is fine. The only thing I would like to be able to after a particular giveaway period has elapsed, is to post comments - constructive ones, mine you - about the offering. One may not have been able to evaluate the software, the day it was given away, but sometime afterwards, has had time to give it a try. &#39;Course then I&#39;d have to remember to post it, and I haven&#39;t, yet...(chuckle). </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7250#post-75184 Sun, 04 Apr 2010 10:06:19 +0000 wizzard_of_ozz2004 75184@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I honestly don&#39;t understand what all the complaining is about. How many other websites give away a free program everyday? People aren&#39;t satisfied with daily, they want a whole buffet. Even if GOTD were to extend the time, I have a feeling we would still have this post going with people complaining that it should be longer. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7250#post-75180 Sun, 04 Apr 2010 07:34:47 +0000 goodgotd 75180@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>sorry, but as a long time user (2 years or so) I cannot agree with the proposed ideas for extending the registration period. </p> <p>It would add overhead in terms of labor keeping the site updated *and* complexity to negotiations for software releases, add an additional layer of complexity to the activation protocol and bandwidth (and plenty of people have problems with the one-day activation and *really* bitch about it), most likely remove a layer of currently optional anonymity and privacy- if you don&#39;t log in, you can download, activate, and comment without specifying anything about yourself now, but any kind of multiday registration would probably *need* a personal identifier. </p> <p>As logic suggests anonymous access with a wider window would give the inimical freetards more time (and chances) to work on getting the software cracked and released to spam/scam/warez sites.</p> <p>And graduated registration fees would add more headaches for both GAOTD *and* the software suppliers- reducing the pool of publishers that are willing to participate even farther. I can&#39;t see that any of the above would be of benefit, and can easily see plenty of negatives.</p> <p>all those would involve introducing new procedures, a longer span of &quot;I don&#39;t understand, walk me through it&quot;, changes in the software wrapper that would probably add bugs to be stomped, and drive away traffic that currently is willing to drop by *because* it&#39;s anonymous. </p> <p>I registered for conversations in the forums, not for the giveaway, and often check and either try the software or go away without logging in. less compulsion to try *every* offering whether experience says it&#39;s not worth it at first glance or not.</p> <p>conversion rate may in fact be of lesser value in some cases as feedback on what needs improved through the comment system (sometimes abused, but more often revealing overlooked errors in installers and the software itself) including what pricing is likely to *sell* software that would otherwise get a really bad rep if released commercially without some form of testing.</p> <p>As it is the model is nicely darwinian, exposing weaknesses in the software, and weaknesses in users alike. </p> <p>(as in, probably qualified to use some software, but *not* to install it- wisely or not. I&#39;ve been there myself. One oh, ****! can sure wipe out a whole *bunch* of attaboy&#39;s.) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7250#post-75175 Sat, 03 Apr 2010 23:37:11 +0000 wwcanoer 75175@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>One objective of GOTD is to bring traffic and maximize the number of registrations. If the offer is too restrictive, many people (like me) will pass on most offers. I will simply watch for software that I already know.</p> <p>The big advantage of the GOTD system is that they will almost certainly have a high percentage of installs vs do wnloads and therefore likely a lot of people who try the program, since it is installed. (Compared to a download now/install anytime offer where many people - like me - will download and register &quot;just in case I need in the future&quot;.) </p> <p>I suspect that it also means that people spend less time comparing the product, make a quick decision to simply try it, then they get to know it simply stick with it.</p> <p>However, the risk is that GOTD loses a lot of people who are not comfortable installing unknown software on their machine because the time involved in repairing the damage of a mis-step is greater than the immediate savings/benefit of a nice-to-have program that comes along.</p> <p>GOTD may be able to improve their model by allowing more time for installation. Ex. Require me to check daily (to stay involved) but give me 8 days to install it so that I can wait until I have time to install and try the software.</p> <p>I wonder what the conversion rate is from installed GOTD to purchased a later version? Could they get a better return by enticing a quick upgrade? As long as I register that day, how about:</p> <p>2 - 30 days: charge me 20% to install a restricted version or 40% to buy full version.<br /> 30 - 180 days: charge me 30% to install a restricted version or 60% to buy full version.</p> <p>But the the maintenance would be a headache...</p> <p>What do you think? Does the GOTD model work for you?</p> <p>I only learned of it 3 days ago. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7250#post-74673 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:05:21 +0000 SeniorCitizen 74673@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>This is giveaway of the DAY, as written above. I&#39;ve recommended this site to many, many people over the past year plus. What I say is this &quot;A website I visit daily gives away FREE software. A different program every day. No adware, no spyware, completely clean. Only drawback is you must download the software the day it&#39;s being given away AND install it the SAME day. Can not wait until the next day. I urge you to visit the site!&quot;</p> <p>This site delivers, they&#39;re above-board, and have rules. It works for me just fine. Have a good DAY. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7250#post-74642 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 07:20:29 +0000 goodgotd 74642@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I agree that there are too many sites giving away &#39;free&#39; software with strings far more negative than only installing once, on a given day. </p> <p>ads, spyware, toolbars you can&#39;t remove, having to create and maintain accounts (not for subscription updates, for tracking purposes), getting yanked to the publisher&#39;s site every time the software is used- all are hidden costs that generally don&#39;t apply to the GAOTD offerings. </p> <p>GAOTD&#39;s business model would not be at all practical if the software could be re-installed multiple times. I think the system is a reasonably fair one and if the software offered is often little-known, well, that&#39;s the price and reward for a publisher to give away job-lots (ranging to tens of thousands or more) of non-trial software for little (effectively, if averaged, nada) monetary return up-front.</p> <p>Exposure, word of mouth advertising, and feedback on what&#39;s good and bad to a wide spectrum of users installing *on a time limited basis* is the immediate reason publishers participate. And if the exposure brings in paid licenses that&#39;s the long-term benefit. </p> <p>the relatively few people who know how to bypass the locks and *don&#39;t* pass the details around because that *would* destroy the site&#39;s practicality are not a threat to the model- they&#39;re way outnumbered by those who simply don&#39;t have the detailed knowledge of how things work that allows for mass re-release.</p> <p>if it ain&#39;t broke, don&#39;t &#39;fix&#39; it. </p> <p>Bad enough some people are unprincipled enough to post giveaways (generally the simple-to-fake ones, and not often, thank goodness) to warez sites; it would be a complete farce if the software given away could be updated just like a regular release and had all the details up front and in the open so every not-even-wannabe script kiddie could post a release a day... that would be real bad. better to at least have a bunch of the warez downloaders get smacked when they try to treat the software like any other warez.</p> <p>&#39;buying giving rights&#39;, though- tell that to M$. Please. I wanna watch. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7250#post-74618 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:42:12 +0000 Archangel 74618@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>LOL I thought it was a new Thread. Site traffic is the name of the game. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7250#post-74588 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:23:33 +0000 2-SHEDS 74588@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Good thinking Chip. The question mark at the end of his subject would have cued me on to a discussion taking place on that particular question here in the forum, its clear others who are easily confused here may have actually stopped on the subject line and thought something was indeed wrong with the giveaway, this site, or the gotd wrapper; and simply threw a hizzy.</p> <p>It&#39;s good to see moderators who aren&#39;t afraid to step in and clear up a post or edit someone&#39;s own thoughts so everyone&#39;s on the same thought process and minimize confusion for all. It&#39;s also good to see a moderator fess up this time. &#39;Course there are always those that already were part of a discussion (including the author), and will likely come back looking to be part of that discussion, and then have to search for it because the title&#39;s changed, but as long as the greater good is realized, we should be alright. Thanks again Chip and your quest for harmony through moderator powers.</p> <p>On Topic to the Author: Giveaways have a habit of coming around again once in a while. Stick around and you may see something you like swing around again. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7250#post-74577 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:37:33 +0000 ⓒⓗⓘⓟ 74577@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Yes this site is called Giveaway of the <strong>DAY</strong> for a reason lol. GOTD and the developers would never make any money if they offered free programs for life to anyone. This is just a service to sample software and allows developers to spread the word of their product. Why would a company offer their product here if anyone could just sign-up at any point to download it for free? This would be awesome don&#39;t get me wrong but no money would be made in the process and that&#39;s kind of what this is all about. Now perhaps your suggesting a site where a user pays a monthly fee to test random softwares? Ok perhaps that could work but that isn&#39;t what this site is and it never will be that. Giveaway of the Day is only for testing various softwares and you can keep them for life as long as you don&#39;t upgrade or replace your hard-drive. Either way though welcome to the forums and thanks for sharing your input.</p> <p>Regards, Chip<br /> P.S Yes I changed the title of this thread as the term &quot;software flaw&quot; may confuse people into thinking there was a problem with a giveaway. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7250#post-74569 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:56:08 +0000 aRenegade 74569@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hello GEMWare,</p> <p>Here’s some information I’ve taken from the ‘About’ on the GOTD Homepage that might help to smooth out some of your wrinkles. ;)</p> <p>“We (as in the website owners) pay the software publisher for the Giveaway license, and our visitors will only receive those after downloading a special verification program and Agreeing to the Terms and Conditions, thus protecting software publishers’ interests and making our initiative beneficial for both clients and publishing companies.&quot;</p> <p>GEMWare when you pay for an item, whatever that item might be, don’t you feel that gives you certain inalienable rights? In a perfect world shoulda, woulda, and coulda wouldn’t have much meaning (see what I mean)... </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7250#post-74562 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:16:29 +0000 wizzard_of_ozz2004 74562@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>That would be nice to just download and use any old software you wanted anytime you wanted, but that would be going against <strong>Giveaway of the Day</strong>. It makes no sense at all (from a business standpoint) to set up the site to work that way. Besides, imagine all the rampant piracy that would follow. All you would need is the registration details that could be entered at anytime using your method. That would make the developer the real losers. </p>