Giveaway of the Day Forums

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   round2it
   Member

   For the past few days when I run setup exe. I get an error Failure to Connect Please try again later. I noticed that others are having the same problem.
   Todays giveaway Skype recorder is doing it. I could really use it.
   Does anyone have a fix or an idea as to what is causing it.
   I am using Windows 7 Ultimate. This problem just started.

   Posted 14 years ago #
2. 

   Whiterabbit-uk
   Games Guru

   Hi round2it, I've had the same problem on and off for a couple of years. I usually reboot my modem and/or router. That usually solves the problem. another fix that may help is to clear out your internet cache. This is where all your cookies are stored; including the giveawayoftheday page cookie. Cookies can become corrupted and it could be this that's causing the error you are getting. If you use internet explorer just right click on your internet explorer icon and select internet properties.

   From there you can delete your cookies, browsing history and temporary files. You can be selective in what you delete; which is useful if you don't want to have to re-input all your passwords. :)

   I hope the above helps your problem. In most cases at least one or all of the above have cured the problem for me. If they haven't I've just tried downloading several times over the day and usually the problem has cleared. Oh yeah also try just rebooting your computer. sometimes that's all that's needed. :)

   W.R.

   Posted 14 years ago #
3. 

   round2it
   Member

   Thanks for replying Whierabbit, have done in the past, just did again, uninstalled Java and Active X, and Adobe Flash, still get the same error. Any other suggestions would be appreciated.
   Thanks
   round2it

   Posted 14 years ago #
4. 

   aRenegade
   Member

   Hello round2it,

   Have you updated your browser recently or an anti-malware program on your PC? Sometimes a firewall or an updated security program will block a connection. Firewalls have a lot of ways of blocking internet access and some firewalls and other security software manage all aspects of internet connections and web traffic, including domain name service. You have to allow DNS access for normal web browsing.

   Also make sure you don't have a utility program that modified your connection settings. Even if a utility is no longer installed, sometimes the "user.js" file could still contain the modified settings. You can check by opening your profile folder and look for a “user.js” file. If you're not sure of the folders location then do a "Search" from Windows Explorer. Then try deleting it to remove any proxy settings, afterwards, reset your connection manager.

   There are other things you could try but this should keep you busy and thoroughly confused for the time being. Happy Hunting... ;)

   Posted 14 years ago #
5. 

   round2it
   Member

   Thanks aRenegade, DNS is turned on by default in W7, I did flush the DNS cache and GOTD is listed. No user.js files found in any user accounts. (only in old Mozilla backup files) Tried to install with Firewall off. Same error Give away of the day Failure to Connect. Try again later.
   No problem with my Internet Connection. I can surf to any site. No Restrictions. Maybe you could tell me some of the other things to try.
   Thanks round2it.

   Posted 14 years ago #
6. 

   GMMan, Hexadecimal Blacksmith
   Blocked

   Do you also have Windows Firewall disabled? List all your security software.

   Posted 14 years ago #
7. 

   Anonymous
   Unregistered

   Firewall did it popup & did you say it ok to go out, some info Please Windows 7 Ultimate
   windows Firewall yes or no if not firewall name !! & don't for get to clean out your internet cache.

   Posted 14 years ago #
8. 

   round2it
   Member

   Yes GMMan, Firewall completely disabled.
   hotdoge3, No firewall popup, internet cache cleaned, ran Ccleaner and ATF,
   This problem started when the wrapper was changed to check for Activation availability before installing instead of Activation after installation.
   Thanks
   Will try todays app. just to see.
   Nope, still get the error message, something is blocking. Turned off UAC, Setup ran and installed, when trying to activate the Error came up. Uninstalled and Reinstalled as Administrator, installed, ran Activate as Administrator, Error came up.

   Any help appreciated. Now to turn Security back on.

   Posted 14 years ago #
9. 

   Robert
   StrayCat

   Might be a long shot...but if you're using Firefox(or Opera,..) do make sure IE7,8 is not set to work offline.
   Do you have any other security software running ?
   (...you didn't answer GMMan's question)

   Posted 14 years ago #
10. 

    round2it
    Member

    IE8 not set to work offline, I have AVG and AdAware, when I first started having trouble I actually uninstalled both but still had the error. Actually I did answer GMMans question Firewall off and the internet cache empty.

    Posted 14 years ago #
11. 

    round2it
    Member

    OK guy's I think I found the problem. IE8 would not connect to the internet. I reset the defaults in IE8 and set Firefox as my default browser. Apparently because IE8 could not connect to the internet it was blocking Activation. My thanks to all of you suggestions. I hope this will help someone else that might be having the same sort of problems. I noticed in the past that others were having this same problem.
    Again I thank all of you.

    Posted 14 years ago #

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