http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Giveaway of the Day Forums Topic: Fatal Error: Activation Key is invalid en Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:14:41 +0000 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1922#post-15363 Sun, 20 Jan 2008 20:45:36 +0000 positivo53 15363@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>It wasn't the proxy servers, but you showed me the way to handle this, Bubby!!<br /> For two months now, I have been participating in an internet-survey that keeps tracks of all the websites I visit. It's called "netobserver". So each time I log in by IE there is a link made by that program. It is somewhat like a proxyserver, only that it doesn't serve but just passes all the data. For that, it needs to figure out each DNS... it's there that the "activate" thing goes wrong!</p> <p>Good, problem solved here! Thanks Bubby for sticking with me!</p> <p>At VampireRat: yes I did! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1922#post-15149 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:22:31 +0000 VampireRat 15149@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>You are trying to activate as a user who has Admin rights, yes? </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1922#post-15100 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:39:58 +0000 BuBBy 15100@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>First question - do you have any proxy servers defined in your internet connection options for internet explorer (or firefox - but most likely IE)? If you do - proxy settings pointing to a proxy can often confuzzle the activation process - which will give you the "key is invalid" mantra. </p> <p>Try removing any proxy settings in your internet settings (make a note of them first) and try again..</p> <p>If it still doesn't work... you've never seen me before in your life. OK?</p> <p>(nah, come back and we might come up with another reason why you are cursed and the giveaways arent working for you). Don't feel bad, you're not the first. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1922#post-15098 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:40:50 +0000 positivo53 15098@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>There seems to be something wrong in the used method...<br /> I can't activate any game, so far<br /> Every time: " Fatal Error : key is invalid "<br /> There should be a good solution to this... I've tried using Firefox, resetting and emptying all temp files and cookies, disabled the firewall (brrrrr, scary!) and shut down the virus-checker (shock!)<br /> Nothing helped so far<br /> The latest attempt was yesterday with the golf game. I can play the demo, but the activation went wrong<br /> Anybody new ideas? </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1922#post-13742 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:05:59 +0000 THKLOTTWIZ 13742@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hey I finally got my problem solved. I emptied all temporary files in my browser, and then I decided to bring up AOL browser and download from there. For first time in wellover a month I got the game to activate just fine...no more of the key invalid error. Looks like 2008 will be a great year for me now...been feeling down in the dumps lately because of this error I was receiving daily. :) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1922#post-13700 Sun, 30 Dec 2007 15:36:50 +0000 tushaun 13700@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Yesterday and today, when I try to activate, I get the error message:</p> <p>Activate.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.</p> <p>Any ideas? I have never had a problem with activation before this.</p> <p>Thanks. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1922#post-13699 Sun, 30 Dec 2007 15:28:58 +0000 THKLOTTWIZ 13699@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I'm still having this problem myself...I've changed computer settings and different things and STILL getting the fatal error, key is invalid. I want these games so bad but I still get the error. Anybody figure out a solution to this yet? Its been about a month for me now too. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1922#post-11892 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 01:57:28 +0000 RedStorm 11892@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I tried the Activate.exe file without using a zip program (UNZipMe), and after trying to activate the activation key, I still get the same notice: Fatal Error:Key is Invalid. I can't figure out why I was having no problems last month, but I am this month. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1922#post-11889 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:55:20 +0000 haalam 11889@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>RedStorm: Be sure you are using the Activate.exe file that is in the day's zipped files. If you use WinZip to unzip to the same folder (as I sometimes do), be sure to check the box "overwrite files". If not, it won't give you the current activate.exe file.</p> <p>Just an idea of what you MAY be having problems with. </p> <p>If not that, I can't help you since I have had no problems through 11/17. Today's is another story... haven't even unzipped yet since everyone is complaining about it being the trial version. Hopefully Monster House will be re-run later this week? </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1922#post-11872 Sun, 18 Nov 2007 21:05:29 +0000 Niloy 11872@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>first of all welcome to the ggotd forum RedStorm</p> <p>and i am running Vista and know that todays giveaway monster house has an activation problem other than that i have never had a problem </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1922#post-11870 Sun, 18 Nov 2007 20:58:03 +0000 RedStorm 11870@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I'm using XP Home Edition. For about a month, whenever I download any software from this site, I get the same error message, Fatal Error: Activation Key is invalid. All I can get is the trial versions. If the set up file and activation key are combined in one file, I can't even get it to set up. I tried disabling my firewall, Spyware Doctor, Avast. It doesn't help. I even tried downloading with Firefox (since I thought that it might be IE7), and I still get the Activation Key is invalid message. I know I didn't have this problem with IE6. I e-mailed the site but got no answer. The last successful activation setup was with the Halloween screensaver. Since then, it's been one failure after another. I know this has been discussed before, but I tried those suggestions and they didn't work. Any help would be appreciated. </p>