Before they miss the final opportunity, don't forget to remind people that they can now download "Glarysoft Malware Hunter Pro" today and tomorrow (12/19 and 12/20) only.

Of course a killer giveaway like this happens on the day I forget to check my email. Waaah!

The registration number supplied in the read me file does not work
Says "Registration number has reached its limit"
How do I register now?

The activation key for Auslogics Windows Slimmer is not working.. Please help.

Most of these look good but RecMaster has reached the limit of the unlock key. Can you fix this for us? Thanks.

I never received any download email.... and yes I already checked spam.

Big thanks to GOTD and those who gave us programs. thanks to everyone for the whole year's work they provided us with the free programs.
I wish them and everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
p.s. complainers should keep quiet, there is no such thing as free soup, just like no one is perfect, and we are human, so everyone can make mistakes.
You know, use and enjoy the programs.

RecMaster Pro fails and says:

"Registration number has reached its limit"

How do we get a valid license?

Does AOMEI FoneTool Pro supports "Android'?

I see no where to enter the license key for Awe Eraser. I contacted the support email address yesterday - still nothing. Can anyone here tell me where you enter the key?

RecMaster Pro says that registration number has reached its limit :/
Am I too late?

Hey there,

The activation key for Auslogics Windows Slimmer did not work yesterday and today ...

Santa came early! No one should have a complaint about anything offer here. There is an app or two for everyone. If you do have a complaint, keep it to yourself and don't download it. Your looking a gift horse... you know the rest. Thanks to GOTD and all the software providers for these offers.

And Thanks To All, for what you given to us year after year!!! Even if we do bitch a little at times.
Merry Christmas and may the New Year be your best.

Shame they removed Fast Video Downloader, that's about the only program I'd have used from the package. (Used it before, it works great, but it's on a 1-year license... maybe GOTD should try to get it as a giveaway!)

Thanks to Aomei for offering though!

Thank you GOTD and AOMEITECH. So of the 15 only 12 are available and only 4 are giveaway/free, the rest are demos. Appears to be almost the same as last year. Why is Auslogics Windows Slimmer broken, see list below?

9. Auslogics Windows Slimmer; Not Available (Grayed out no smoking button)
14. iTop Screen Recorder Pro --> Really WinX HD Video Converte (Totally Different product)
15. Fast Video Downloader --> Ashampoo Photo Optimizer 9 (Totally Different product)

Button for Auslogics Windows Slimmer is grayed out with no date, what is the status on that?

No emails are received from GOTD. tried for more than 2 days.

It would be nice -before downloading any of them- to know their limitations. FREE for lifetime use? ... or which are the times limitations -if any-
Thank you.

Thankyou all. An excellent group pf programs.

Can someone provide the email address of where the GOTD is coming from as I have submitted to receive the giveaway email package but nothing has arrived in my inbox yet. I'm wondering if my email account server spam blocker is preventing me from receiving the email. Thanks for the assistance.

What happens to Backupper Professional after the one year license has expired? Can the installalled program still be used with the limitations of the free version?

Ovonello

I have requested the email link and still have not received it. This has happened before and is irritating to say the least. Con you check on the link for me?

thanks!

For those wondering, the 4 permanent ones are Wisecare 365 Pro, Ashampoo WinOptimizer, Ashampoo Uninstaller, and Ashampoo Photo Optimizer. I'm unsure if Glarysoft Malware Hunter Pro will be permanent too because it isn't available until December 19th-20th.

*To me*, the standout offers in this really great giveaway are AOMEI Backupper Pro & Partition Assistant Pro, while MyRecover Pro & Auslogics Windows Slimmer both are Very interesting. That's NOT to say that the other apps in this fantastic offer aren't worthwhile -- just that they're not something I need or use, e.g., Sticky Password has gotten rave reviews, but I don't see a need to migrate from KeePass.

Backupper is good to very good hard disk partition image backup software -- Partition Assistant lets you manage [create, delete, resize etc.] hard disk [& SSD] partitions. Both have the caveat that you need to modify the bootable USB sticks they create... with Backupper, at least through version 7.3.2, and Partition Assistant through 9.13.0, I’ve found that you need to make a copy of C:\Windows\ Boot\ EFI\ bootmgfw.efi, rename that copy bootx64.efi, and use it to replace the copy on the USB stick you create with Backupper in [X]:\EFI\BOOT\, where [X] = the drive letter for your USB stick. That way it will work with the UEFI BIOS and Secure Boot found & used in current hardware.

Not everyone needs to back up their PC, laptop, or tablet, so Backupper Pro may not be for you. If all you use are apps from Windows Store, and/or if you mainly just work online, without many [or any] apps and games installed, reinstalling everything nowadays isn’t so bad. You can also try just resetting Windows, which does sometimes work. The days of spending hours performing Windows 7 updates after reinstalling Windows are long gone, so you just need to make sure you backup *your* stuff -- not software & Windows. For everyone else however, backing up your hard disks / SSDs, while maybe a hassle, does reduce your risks, especially given today’s malware.

Backupper gives you enough control that you can do what you want/need, while having a well thought out design that doesn't make it confusing. Some, like Ashampoo's backup app, try so hard to make things easy that you find your hands are tied, and it's impossible to just do what you want. Others, like Disk Genius, pack in a ton of stuff in an interface guaranteed to confuse. Disk partition image backup software does tend to get pricey if you have more than one PC or laptop [at least with my meager budget] -- besides being very generous with their regular offers on GOTD, AOMEI's free version could be extremely helpful. Since Macrium Reflect ended their free version, I don't know of any alternative that checks all those boxes.

You won't use Partition Assistant Pro that often -- many will only use it when Windows Recovery partition gets messed up or duplicated [I had one copy of Windows 10 that added another Recovery Partition every time a version update required a reinstall, until I had 4!]. If you use Backupper you don't need it anyway. You can also use Partition Assistant to create a Windows to Go drive -- a copy of Win10 or 11 [or both] on an SSD in an external USB housing that you can use with most PCs & laptops. [In theory you can use a USB stick instead, but it will be so slow as to be unusable.]

Background...
Every hard disk, SSD, USB stick etc. has at least one partition storing the physical location of every file stored on that partition. Hard disks, SSDs, and USB sticks can have multiple partitions, though USB sticks are generally limited to two, which can help with organization and is necessary when you want to isolate the contents of one partition from another. By default, installing Windows creates four. A disk image backup app clones – makes an exact copy of – one or more hard disk partitions to usually a single file archive, usually a VHD [Virtual Hard Disk]. Disk image backup software lets you back up an individual or any combination of partitions on a hard disk / SSD, or every partition on a hard disk. Restoring a backup completely replaces anything stored on the effected partitions, creating an exact duplicate of the partition(s) that were backed up. IOW all of you GOTD stuff should be intact.

The VHD files used to archive disk/partition image backups are usually a single file that when mounted behaves like a physical hard disk in Windows. Mounting a backup archive allows you to browse and copy files and/or folders stored in that archive. Most disk / partition image backup apps, including Backupper, use their own, proprietary format for the VHDs used to store backups, though a few, e.g., O&O Disk Image, will allow you to use the .vhd format recognized natively by Windows. Usually, backups in those proprietary formats take up less disk space. Some backup software, e.g., Macrium Reflect, can enable booting [starting Windows] using a backup archive. Once you create a backup that can act as a baseline, you usually [including with Backupper] have the option to just backup anything that’s changed since that baseline backup was created. That takes up less total disk space, but depends on prior backups being available.

Because ransomware looks for backup archives, and will encrypt any that it finds, you want to store your backups on external or removable storage. It’s also insurance in case your device’s hard disk or SSD fails, so you lose access to your backups. Choose carefully, because some external USB drives are prone to failure, as are writable Blu-ray discs – the pro recommendation is to store multiple copies, including one off site in case of fire, floods, tornadoes etc. The cheapest reliable solution is often regular hard disks or SSDs that you put in a USB housing yourself or use with a USB drive dock. Note that with Windows 11 you can create a storage pool using 2 drives with data mirroring – everything’s written to both drives at the same time, so if one drive should fail, you’ve still got a copy on the 2nd.

Thank you AOMEI and GAOTD

I use several AOMEI products. They are good.

Windows slimmer will not register

A big thank you to the GOTD team for taking the time to assemble this armada of software titles. I can definitly vouch for many of these programs, some of which are well matured (version wise) and certainly worth downloading and evaluating.

Don't see iTop Screen Recorder Pro or Fast Video Downloader. It looks like they have substituted WinX HD Video Converter and Ashampoo Photo Optimizer 9. Too bad. I would rather have Fast Video Downloader.

I got the link (tiny readme only) and used it to find the full giveaway. There are 17 items in the list. I downloaded 15 of them. I did not download the cloud ones because I avoid the cloud as not-secure. Of those 15 - 11 were limited one-year licenses.

I have not yet installed the 4 permanent (no updates or support, as expected).

I did note that many of the products do not say they must be installed today. At least one is as late as the end of Feb. 2024.

I went to the down load page. "Fast Video Downloader" this wasn't in the list on the page you sent me to.

Where is it located for us to down load it?

Thank you very much.

Thank you for this annual giveaway once again!

Has anyone installed the AOMEI Backupper Pro from this package? If so, please let us know what version is included. I cannot find this information anywhere and would like to know if it is more recent than my current Pro version before risking a new installation.

Do all programs have to be installed immediately?

Thank you to all involved with this awesome giveaway.
Merry Christmas to all

Thank you!! I appreciate all the gifts!

Just wanted to make everyone aware, that if you install WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe and you already have a version that includes the YouTube download feature, it will remove it. Your new version will not include the ability to download videos from YouTube.

Unfortunately, I just found out the hard way.

Nothing is ever sent to my email address

Do any of these programs run on Windows XP or Windows 7?
The ReadMe files don't mention this.

What are the limitations for all of these? Is lifetime?

On behalf of myself and my fellow downloaders who dont have the time or whose language prevents them from writing of their appreciation to the contributors and others that run this site we all would like to thank you all for the effort you make each day also those developers who give away their programs or beta test them here we all look forward to having you back again we hope for better and cheaper programs so that we can help you all remain in the developing business for times to come .
Seasons greetings and many thanks to you all your families and loved ones too .

Most awesome Thank You Giveaway Of The Day and contributing software creators