http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Giveaway of the Day Forums Topic: All Abyssmedia programs revert to evaluation version on update? en Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:43:40 +0000 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1065#post-7799 Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:25:49 +0000 kevinyunlai 7799@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>BuBBy,<br /> thanks for the definition! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1065#post-7777 Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:42:01 +0000 kalelin38 7777@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Same thing happened to me with mymovie(?) and I couldn't access my database of movies I spent days building. It was a version of the program with a glick that the company only used for GOTD so they didn't even have the file for me to download to gelt my database back. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1065#post-7762 Mon, 02 Jul 2007 03:13:13 +0000 BuBBy 7762@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>what does "bump" mean?<br /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bump_(Internet)">Bump: Wikipedia</a></p> <p>I'm not sure what your "second question is" - you only asked one question. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1065#post-7761 Mon, 02 Jul 2007 03:06:10 +0000 kevinyunlai 7761@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>two questions<br /> what does "bump" mean<br /> what does "Here is a bump of another thread from the same company kevinyunlai :)"<br /> I'm not joking, I'm kind of new to this country and my English is not too well<br /> anyways,<br /> Desktop Icon Toy turned back into trial to me too Swan<br /> I'm not complaining, because I did not like it that much, but the point is we are not getting full version, just extended trial<br /> I'm guessing that companies do this on purpose<br /> 1. if you are "complaining", means that you like the software and that you might buy it (they are completely wrong....)<br /> 2. if you are not "complaining", then it means you don't like/need the software so it does not matter if it works or not </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1065#post-7757 Mon, 02 Jul 2007 01:17:39 +0000 BuBBy 7757@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Please do not bump threads - post a link to them instead. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1065#post-7722 Sun, 01 Jul 2007 17:04:12 +0000 Nastajia 7722@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Here is a bump of another thread from the same company kevinyunlai :) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1065#post-6107 Thu, 24 May 2007 11:24:58 +0000 Nastajia 6107@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>It has been over 2 weeks now, guy's is there any news on wether a fix is in the works for Audio Converter Plus by Abyssmedia or not? </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1065#post-6087 Thu, 24 May 2007 06:23:02 +0000 BillW50 6087@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Well I-Sound had a bug in it which turned it back into a trial version. The version was fixed here. Thanks to abyssmedia!</p> <p><a href="http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/761?replies=24#post-4368" rel="nofollow">http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/761?replies=24#post-4368</a></p> <p>I didn't remember seeing anything about Audio Converter Plus. But I just checked mine and it switched back to a trial version too. Maybe we need to contact abyssmedia about this one too. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1065#post-6084 Thu, 24 May 2007 06:15:43 +0000 maz 6084@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>nbr,<br /> Apologies for misunderstanding you. Obviously, if a GOTD program automatically tries to update itself, that's going to be a problem with some giveaways as new versions are put on the developers' websites. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1065#post-6079 Thu, 24 May 2007 05:52:37 +0000 nbr 6079@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Sorry, I guess i wasn't clear. My point is that the program appears to attempt to update itself automatically, with no option provided to the user to abort or disable the process. (At least, if there is such an option, I couldn't find it.) In any case, I started the program, got the message "Your software is out of date," etc., closed the dialog box (there is no "cancel" button), and voila, it had crippled itself. I didn't go to the Abyssmedia website or attempt to download an update or upgrade. I just tried launching the program normally. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1065#post-6043 Wed, 23 May 2007 22:17:28 +0000 maz 6043@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>When a program is provided by GOTD, it specifies this is the version you'll get, and that no updates will be supplied. So I think, unless exemptions are made by the producers, that if you try to update it, you'll find your GOTD version will revert to a trial version. Best not to risk it, I think, if you want to continue using the program free. Otherwise, if you want upgrades, you'll probably have to buy the full version of the program. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1065#post-6028 Wed, 23 May 2007 15:43:43 +0000 nbr 6028@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I downloaded and really liked both i-Sound and Audio Converter Plus. Recently, both have reverted back to crippleware. In each case, I launched the program and it apparently checked for an update from the Abyssmedia site. I got a dialog box informing me: "Your version is outdated, please go to the abyssmedia site to update" (or something similar) with an "OK" button. On clicking OK, I got a nag screen telling me to register. On checking the registration section of the prefs, I see that the Giveawayoftheday username is still there but the registration code is gone. </p> <p>I see now that a patch for i-Sound has been made available. I wish I'd thought to check the forums earlier. I liked i-Sound so much that I actually bought a copy. So... kudos Abyssmedia for a nice piece of software. I'd rather not pay for the converter, though, given that there are so many functional alternatives out there. Is there any chance of a similar patch being made available once again? </p> <p>I know this problem was mentioned on another thread (<a href="http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/949">link</a>) but it looks like there haven't been any recent posts so I'm adding a new one. </p> <p>Thanks,<br /> Nathan </p>