TK,

Thank you for the awesome advice.
I value your input very much.

Regards,

consuella

Dattatraya,
Dattatraya,
Try another browser. The one you're using is probably infected. If someone like me has NEVER had an issue downloading from this website and you do all the time tells me something is wrong on your end. Generally, if you're downloading a zip file from here that has a setup.exe and a setup.gcd file inside that zip, some anti-virus programs will flag this as a virus. You need to temporarily disable you antivirus program when downloading from giveawayoftheday.com Lastly, look for a browser add-on that might be causing problems. Either way, the issue you're experiencing has to be on your end.

Robert,

Thanks. I suppose you must be right. I am not a technical expert. I have been using Chrome for decades. I have the latest version. I am getting this error only at this point and nowhere else in my work. If it is because of some blocking software, I fail to understand why am I not getting the "this site is blocked" message only for this site, which I always get if any site is blocked. And I do not see any relation between any anti-virus software and error 404. Never mind. I do not find it worth spending my time trying to figure out the reason for this unless I start getting the same error elsewhere. I have been a member of GOTD for years. I got this message for the first time, about a week ago and it a couple of times since then. Anyway thanks for the guidance.

Continued.

I received a reply suggesting me to go to GOTD home page. I did that. I went through the same loop which I have described. Unfortunately, I am not aware of anyway by which I can send screen recording of what I did. I suspect probably, in future too, I may not be able to get the benefit of GOTD. No regrets. Thanks for whatever benefits I have received so far.

Dattatraya, try temporaririly disabling all privacy addons in your browser, something may be manipulating the URL you get for the download to make it not function properly.

Dattatraya,
Also check to see if you have DNS blocking software installed. For example, if you have COMODO firewall installed, it will also install software that will block unsafe or labeled unsafe websites that you visit. To turn it off, simply open your browser, Google Chrome, for example, go to Settings, scroll down and click on "Show Advanced Settings" and click on that to open more configurations. Scroll down further until you see Network and then click on 'Change Proxy Settings' button which opens a new window. Finally, click on LAN Settings and look for a check mark in proxy server area. If you see that then you'll probably see two DNS server IPs. Delete those IP's and then where it says Automatic Configuration, click on 'Automatically detect settings' checkbox. Click OK and then OK button again. That should fix it, if you have this particular problem.
Also make sure your browser is up-to-date and check your SSL settings. If they are incorrect, that could give you a 404 error. That's all for now. I hope you find your issue.

TK,

Thanks for the help. Now the time is out. I have noted it when this happens next time.

Andy, Disable your Anti-virus while trying to install the software.

Deeg,
Possible solution to your problem can be found here: You need to install Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015
You can find that here: http://www.sts-tutorial.com/sites/downloadCenter.php?cRedistributable2015

Deeg,
Normally all files and dependencies needed by an application should come with the program. But this is not always the case. VCRUNTIME140.dll belongs to VC++ 2015 Redistributable Package. So either VC++ 2015 is not installed or damaged on your computer. (Re-)installing the VC++ 2015 package (download from Microsoft) might fix it.

JardaH,

"Windows XP, Editor_S.exe is not a valid Win32 application."

Microsoft adds core processing features to each new version of Windows, at the same time making it the default to use these newer features in each new version of their software development tools. It's a fact of life that it's often getting harder & harder for developers to add work-a-rounds for XP into their code, & many don't feel it's worth the effort for such a small portion of the overall market.

mike, so why System Requirements: Windows XP/ Vista/ 7 /8/ 10 (x32/x64).

JardaH, because the issue here is NOT about core processing or anything to do with the CPU or even resource requirements like procedures not found in system DLLs..

That error is due to the version number they chose when building the program is NT version 6.0 which is potentially executable or recognised as a valid win32 application in Vista and above. Version 2.4.9 that I still have installed here too was built to be potentially runable or accepted as a valid win32 application in NT 4.0 and above. Theoretically it could be possible to hack the executable file to pretend it was built for a different NT version number but that would invalidate the digital signature and just expose a new reason why it won't work under XP... but it might also work!

The system requirements statement including XP in the list with the build you have AND the version given away today 4.3.9 is an error and sadly for the millions of XP users out there, it is not XP compatible in its current form.

JardaH,

You need to look for version 4.2.4 or lower.

It works on Windows XP x32!

TK, just tested the hypothisis in my previous comment and hacking the PE Editor_S.exe and yes it does break the digital signature and does let the XP SP3 windows exe loader load the file but it then generates an alert box announcing an Internal Error 00000012 and the program aborts loading on dismissing it so it is definately NOT XP SP3 or earlier compatible.

TK, you are writing this unnecessarily, I understand it and it is useless to write why it does not work, so do not put it between the supported od wxp.

JardaH, you are welcome LOL

I just tried contacting them on their web site!
Surly if they cant get there message page to work they will never get a program to work?

Pete,

If you run Avast, AVG, or some other antivirus app, make sure to disable it for 10 minutes, and try to reinstall this giveaway.

This issue used to happen to me until I discovered that the culprit was Avast.

Hoping this might help you,

consuella

Pete,

"Downloaded then it tried to install some rubbish I didn’t download!
Just stated successfully activated yet No Animated Screensaver Maker 4.3.9 is installed"

The GOTD app includes an option for software, but it's just that, an option, and nothing extra is downloaded & installed unless you check the box. Once the GOTD app is started it'll verify that the offer is valid [that the GOTD offer isn't over], run the setup app for the software, and once that's completed, show a message to tell you it's done -- where you see the activated message.

Unfortunately security software may block the actual setup from running, but the GOTD app has no way of knowing that, so it'll still show the message that everything's done. You can find more info in the comments for some past GOTD offers, in their blog, & in the forum. The solution is normally to temporarily turn off active scanning or run the GOTD download in Safe Mode.

"I just tried contacting them on their web site!
Surly if they cant get there message page to work..."

Seems fine to me using Opera in win7.

Pete, try downloading the unwarapped installer from the vendors website to install the software and use the registration key from the giveaway zip bundles readme,txt
it should work just fine if your windows installation is otherwise working fine. see my earlier, than now, post https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/animated-screensaver-maker-4/#comment-553354 for some assurance. this program has been given away in several earlier versions over the years it's always worked and has been improving over the years.