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   GMMan, Hexadecimal Blacksmith
   Blocked

   Minor technical info: The Giveaway wrapper uses Internet Explorer settings to connect to GAOTD's server. If the settings under your Connection tab under Internet Options isn't correct, you'll have trouble activating. Also, as always, check your firewall. It may be set to block the Giveaway wrapper.

   w8tif's question: Why not just give us the serials? Well, it's mostly a matter of choice for the developers. They may want to keep everyone in the dark so that they can't upgrade to the next version (although the conditions of GAOTD are no free upgrades, some developers don't create a special GAOTD version of their software with a special key to prevent upgrades). Also, it may be because that they don't want to overload their activation servers, if applicable. However, mainly the reason is that they don't want people to know their serial numbers.

   Posted 15 years ago #
2. 

   trbl
   Member

   I've been having this problem almost constantly the last three weeks or so, enough that it finally drove me to register and make this post.

   I have no issues with the activating the games on the weekend. Works like a charm.

   But get home from work, jump on the GAOTD, download the latest, and can't get past activation. I do see activity out, I get nothing back, and then it times out.

   I see that over the years, different things have happened. If the activation server is down, isn't there a way to indicate it on the site?

   Posted 15 years ago #
3. 

   GMMan, Hexadecimal Blacksmith
   Blocked

   Actually, it seems that the activation server can't be down if the main site isn't down because the activation system is on the same www subdomain as the main site. The file server might be different because it is files.giveaway.... , so that could be down. If the site admins would let me post a link to the activation key (not useful by itself), I could describe a way to see if people can connect to the activation system.

   Posted 15 years ago #
4. 

   trbl
   Member

   Well, that sounds like a good thing. I just got the Street Racer and Audio Editor, and only Street Racer lets me activate. It's an odd thing.

   Posted 15 years ago #
5. 

   MountainLamb
   Member

   I've not been able to activate ANYTHING for around 2 months - today I found this thread and used the advice of pcbn2u - it worked. I have XP, not sure which SP, and use IE8.

   Posted 15 years ago #
6. 

   watcher13
   Member

   Thanks, MountainLamb. A lot of times we float solutions and never hear whether we gave good advice or not. I forgot about that setting, glad pcbn2u mentioned it. We'll probably have to remember next time someone gets stuck, as that's probably the safest setting in all versions of IE.

   By the way, I checked your profile to see if you were new or a vet checking in after awhile. Did you ever finish JewelCraft? I assume you did.

   Posted 15 years ago #
7. 

   Sphenoid
   Member

   Hi, had a similar problem all day long, uninstall, reinstall , clean reg etc. finally found it was my firewall (Bullguard), told BG to check and allow, all cleared, hope this helps.

   Posted 15 years ago #
8. 

   rogdias
   Member

   Hi,
   I have this problem of not succeeding in connecting for activation. I've discovered that is a problem with my firewall. To activate I have to diasble my Sunbelt firewall to pass the activation. Then I can reconnect it and the rest works good.
   What I did NOT discovered is WHY the firewall is blocking the connection, for the only programs that are blocked for connection have nothing to do with it (not systems programs, just applications that want to check upgrades). The other are set to ask for permission, but the question is never made for GAOTD.
   Cheers from Rio.

   Posted 15 years ago #
9. 

   MountainLamb
   Member

   Looks like I commented on this a few years ago. ... My computer crashed in Feb last year and I lost EVERY one of my giveaways - games and other programs.

   My problem started with leaving Netzero and getting a wireless DSL.

   But after achieving success for a while, I was back struggling to activate again. I finally gave up.

   Today, I decided to tackle it again.

   I've not downloaded anything in over 18 months form GGOTD or GOTD.

   I've been using FreeDownload Manager for over 3 years, and until we left netzero, never had a problem connecting or activating the giveaways. Downloaded the program using Chrome and then IE without success.

   Followed all of the advice that I found ... finally reset the IE to autodetect settings ... but still nothing was working.

   So I downloaded the program a third time without using FDM - just using the built in IE downloader .... and it worked.

   Kind of shocked.

   Posted 13 years ago #
10. 

    graylox
    Moderator

    Please read my advice on your first post: Failed to Connect

    graylox

    Posted 13 years ago #

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