So basically I am screwed until I get my cable modem back. That's nice. Well, I guess I will just have to pray the next downloads have the registration name/number in the README - at least THAT still works for me. =\

Thank you for your assistance, BuBBy. I appreciate it.

Well that's a recommendation for PeoplePC support if ever I heard it.

Not that you care anymore? I would ask them if they have worked out that the problem is either GAOTD or Wikifortio - perhaps they might share their testing results so GAOTD or Wikifortio can fix the problem.

In reality, the "standard support response" they offer, is designed to confuse and frustrate the user. I will attempt to translate into language most would be more familiar with:

"the problem is with GAOTD or the Wikifortio website".

Translation: Go away user and leave us alone. It's not our problem. Go bother somebody else.

I suppose if they won't answer your questions, you might assume they have Intercepting Proxy Servers in place and no matter what you do at your end - you will never be able to connect without problems.

I have contacted PeoplePC, and they told me the problem is with GAOTD or the Wikifortio website. *shrugs* Damn dial-up to hell! I can't wait to get my cable modem back. :'(

OKay, I use PeoplePC 6.6 (sorry I forgot to mention,) before I contact them, is there anything I can do - myself - to disable any proxy they might have set up?

Contact your ISP support and ask them if they have any sort of proxy or cache setup for dial up users.

Sometimes I have heard of proxy's being setup "silently" on the ISP's side to cache content to speed up access. If your ISP is having your connection go through proxy/cache server maybe this could be breaking the activation. (and you wouldn't see anything different from your browser settings etc)

Okay, I have read every post I could find on how to "fix" this blasted problem, but NOTHING WORKS! I am running Windows XP Pro, have more than enough ram, and room on my HDD. (And I use Firefox.) I have NEVER had a problem with activation, but as of late (the past week or so,) every time I click the activation key, I get the "invalid key" pop-up. I made sure my firewalls were off, EVERYTHING you people suggested, but NOTHING works I tell you. It seems the activation doesn't like the fact I am on Dial-up, (something I CANNOT help, as my cable modem has died,) because, as I stated before, I have NEVER had this problem! Is there ANYTHING else I could do? (Besides getting my cable modem back, har-har.) Waiting an hour for ONE download at a time is getting ridiculous, and I'm getting frustrated missing out all the time. :(

YES my firewall is off, YES my anti-virus is off, NO I do not use proxies, YES I have cleared my browser cache AND temp files etc, etc, etc, ETC!