So my hard drive crashed and i had to get a new one, the data was transferred and every thing, however, my play claw was no longer registered and because it was a give away i cant re activate it. help? or lost cause?
play claw re-activation
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jesuschristoslps
MemberPosted 12 years ago # -
To learn more about the Giveaway Project please read:
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/faq/
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6195#post-93052
You can't reactivate a GOTD. When you like and need the software, please buy it, pay the developer for his work.
graylox
Posted 12 years ago # -
Whiterabbit-uk
Games GuruHiJCoslps,
Sorry to hear you had a crash and lost all of your giveaways. You may find some are still registered especially the games. However, that said, when you install a Giveaway, it's on the understanding that it's installed and activated on the day of the giveaway, If you later want to copy that program over to another computer, legally it's not allowed and unless you know the tricks of the trade (so to speak), it's not easy to transfer without losing the registration details. You won't get any pointers as to how to accomplish that here as if we did we could lose valuable sponsors. I'm sure you can see the reasoning behind this. If you were able to reinstall the software given away ad infinitum, the developer could theoretically go out of business. They are relying on some of those that downloaded it for free to go purchase an upgradeable license.
When you had your crash all the important data written to the registry was lost and therefore even if the program survived it would only be as a demo.
The terms and conditions are set out in the read me that comes with all giveaways, and Graylox (in the post above) has directed you to the sites terms and conditions.
If you were to have a computer hard drive survive for several years you'd get several years worth of use out of the programs given away here at the giveawayoftheday project, but ultimately, if you really find a program that useful that you can't do without it it's usually a good idea to purchase a license (like I've just done for XYplorer which was given away some weeks ago and was on a half price deal over on BitsDuJour yesterday.)
You could always try contacting the developer explaining that you like the program after trying the giveaway version, but you lost it shortly after getting it due to a crash, and can't afford to purchase a license at this time. You never know, the developer may just give you a registration code for the software; (though more likely not).
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