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   nick
   Member

   I downloaded both GOTD today and again cannot get them to activate. The activation window pops up and after a long wait another window pops up stating that Activation module failed to connect to giveawayoftheday.com. Software activation is not possible at the moment. Please try again later or check your firewall settings. I have had to delete most of the programs that I downloaded because I could not get them to activate within the specified time limit. Any suggestions?

   Posted 16 years ago #
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   RunesageMagik
   Member

   The most likely culprit is your firewall. It sounds as if it is preventing the activation executable to call out to GAOTD. Have you checked for a pop UNDER hiding behind your other browser windows? There may be a box sitting there asking you for permission to allow the executable is call out. Since you don't okay it, the action dies after a minute or so. OTOH, there was a period a couple hours ago(?) when the GAOTD servers were down, both the forums and download page. It only lasted a few minutes, though.

   UPDATE: I hadn't intended to download either of today's selections, but decided what the heck. Turns out, the registration procedure is one of the odder ones, and along with a separate key pop up, at the end of install, when you click FINISH, a browser window tries to contact the developer's page but it doesn't connect. I closed it, and in rapid succession, GAOTD registration activated and allowed me to reopen the software and enter the code. It's worth the effort to try again as this is a very intuitive and easy to use program.

   Posted 16 years ago #

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