Giveaway of the Day Forums » Topic: Activation problem (?) https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/317 Giveaway of the Day Forums » Topic: Activation problem (?) en-US Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:32:32 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.2 BillW50 on "Activation problem (?)" https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/317#post-1645 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 23:55:04 +0000 BillW50 1645@https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/

Renaming the folder the jumping to the present should be just fine. Not too worry. :)

Stacynks on "Activation problem (?)" https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/317#post-1644 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 23:47:46 +0000 Stacynks 1644@https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/

Well crap... I was hoping to get this game. I've been wanting to test out this 'giveaway a day' site, but didn't want to just grab any game to do it. Guess now maybe I should have so I could have figured out what the problem is before now - 'trying to get one I do want'. LOL

Thanks for trying to help me!

Always...Stacy

BillW50 on "Activation problem (?)" https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/317#post-1643 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 23:24:57 +0000 BillW50 1643@https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/

No I wouldn't say Norton is a problem yet. :)

Stacynks on "Activation problem (?)" https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/317#post-1642 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 23:19:58 +0000 Stacynks 1642@https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/

Okay! Yes... this was all with Norton. Is having Norton a problem?

BillW50 on "Activation problem (?)" https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/317#post-1641 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 22:09:42 +0000 BillW50 1641@https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/

Hi Stacy... those values are dependent on your hardware. And I don't know where you are at, but I don't think you should be in there. Are you doing this under Norton Firewall? If so, stop!

Stacynks on "Activation problem (?)" https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/317#post-1639 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 21:40:41 +0000 Stacynks 1639@https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/

Okay... please know that I so appreciate the help you all are trying to give me. But if you haven't noticed I'll confess I'm not that smart when it comes to computer lingo stuff. :(

Anyway... I've added game.giveawayoftheday.com to my firewall's trusted sites. Didn't make any difference.

I can't find anywhere where the port is causing a problem, so I haven't done anything with that info you've given me.

Another way of adding another computer to communicate with my computer was a little more difficult, but if any of you know the following information, maybe I can try that way.

Here's the info I have to fill in:

Adapter Name:
Subnet Address:
Subnet Mask:
Hardware Address:

Again... thank you for your time and your knowledge in helping me out with this. :)

Always... Stacy

Anonymous on "Activation problem (?)" https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/317#post-1636 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 20:45:05 +0000 Anonymous 1636@https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/

hey stacy, ask a friend that has installed it to give you the reg code, after downloading the app from the authors site.

As for your fw, allow it to connect to the giveawayoftheday server all of the time or allow this instance, you can then just remove permissions at a later date!

BillW50 on "Activation problem (?)" https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/317#post-1633 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 20:20:37 +0000 BillW50 1633@https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/

Oh that isn't good! :( The activation uses port 80 if that helps.

Stacynks on "Activation problem (?)" https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/317#post-1631 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 19:59:57 +0000 Stacynks 1631@https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/

Yes, I am connected to the Internet. I've tried this like approximately 4 different times this a.m. and get the same error message each time. :(

BillW50 on "Activation problem (?)" https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/317#post-1630 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 19:02:37 +0000 BillW50 1630@https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/

Are you connected to the Internet while trying? Also once in awhile, the server is too busy. Then you should try again later. Although if you keep trying, it should go through in a few tries, even if the server is busy.

Stacynks on "Activation problem (?)" https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/317#post-1629 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17:36:49 +0000 Stacynks 1629@https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/

In trying to install the Game-of-the-Day, I continue to get the following error message:

"Activation module failed to connect to game.giveawayoftheday.com. Software activation is not possible at the moment. Please try again later or check your firewall settings."

I've gone into my Norton Firewall and temporarily turned it off, however, I continue to get this same message.

Please advise.

Thank you!
Always...Stacy