When I activate a free downloaded program with ativate.exe, the GOTD site opens and says successfully activated, but in the program I get a message please activate/ try it. Help me, please!
Activate, the site says it worked but the program says not.
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Hi Nzn, welcome to the forums.
Please read the FAQ
to understand how GOTD works.Every Giveaway has it's own installation and registration routine.
You have to unpack the .zip-file to your desktop or a folder and then read the readme file, in which you'll find how to register the programme.
The activation only makes sure, that this programme is installed in the allowed time.
grayloxPosted 15 years ago # -
But it said.... "activation was successful"
I believe the "activation was successful" webpage at the end of setup/activation is nothing more than a message that is displayed at the end of setup/activation (provided it finishes before the end of the "day").
It doesn't actually check that the software was successfully registered, or that you ran it with the correct privileges (It doesn't even check that you installed the software - try to cancel the setup on the first "cancel" button you see - and the webpage will tell you it was successfully activated).
The web page doesn't check your registry and read back the values that should have been written, to ensure that everything is as it should be.
Generally the message on the webpage that says "activation was successful" can be completely ignored. Just because that message comes up, really doesn't mean that the product will work. (I see lots of messages with users saying "I saw the message that xyz was successfully activated, but it still says it is unlicensed (or for 30 days only)".
The best way to tell if the software activated, is after following the instructions in the readme.txt file - just run the giveaway software. Check the usual things like "Registered to Giveawayoftheday", or "Licensed to ...".
Some programs do not actually have a "Registered to" or "Licensed to" message anywhere - all they do is remove the "Please Register" or the nag screens. It's a bit harder to tell in this case if you have never seen the software running in it's "unlicensed" or "shareware" form - (i.e. how do you compare it with something you haven't seen?)
Posted 15 years ago #
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