native1
Member
The give away for today, April 10, is not actively working. It says it is not available anymore. I live in the US (-5GMT) and the giveaways have been available until 3am here. Has the time for the download window changed?
Tomorrows giveaway is available with over 24 hours to go. Any immediate response by the admins is appreciated so that people who would like to get this may still have the time to do so.
sparkymarky
Member
I am having the same problem
g@rgoyle
Moderator
Hi All,
iSpring Pro should still be available... and it is ;-)
The downloaded .zip file is the same for all countries and the download link is still available on the international sites. At the top of the download page you can see a language option... I just checked "Deutsch", "Français", "Italiano" and "Nederlands" and those downloads still work so you should be able to get it there. The 32-bit activation also still works (I can't check for 64-bit, sorry).
Regards,
Lan
spooky47
Member
I'm in the Pacfic time zone (CA). at 09:30 PM April 10. The GOTD Ispring Pro activation thingy came back with a msg stating that the software and registration expired on April 10 and was no longer available. it's still April 10 on my calendar...waz up with that. please repost the activation thing so I can activate the software.
g@rgoyle
Moderator
Hi Spooky,
The pop-up window says that the activation is no longer available, but I just checked again and the activation data for the 32-bit is still being added to the registry. Be sure to check the add-in from inside powerpoint to see whether it worked for you!
Regards,
Lan
Pamelia
Member
I was able to successfully install using Lan's instructions. The GOTD page that comes up says that it's over, not available. However, if you go into your programs and click on the iSpring Pro folder, then iSpring Pro, a pop-up will appear with the button "Launch Powerpoint." Once Poiwerpoint is opened, you should see a new tab above the ribbon, "iSpring Pro." And there you have it.
Thanks Lan :)
Pamelia
Member
One more thing. You also need to make sure that you click on Activate once you're into the iSpring tab. After your activation, click on Update. This will send you to an iSpring website that gives you more detailed information on the registration/activation specifics.
THANK YOU GOTD! THANKS AGAIN LAN!
Kite
Member
I wanted to say that I noticed a similar problem 1.5 hours before the iSpring promotion ended.
I tried posting a comment on it in the main section, and it seemed to have difficulties being accepted before being displayed a short while then disappearing.
It took some trial and error before I found the forum, even then I did not quite understand the explanation about the lack of a downloading link since I did not know that there is an international site.
I next tried to register for an account so that I could ask questions, and somehow, the account password did not appear in my gmail account until much later, so it was already a moot point.
I am now puzzled by the somewhat arrogant attitude taken by the moderator towards some of the other commentators since some of the problems were due to the malfunction of the website, it seems a bit uncalled for.
trying_in_vain
Member
I noticed the problem slightly over 3 hours before the end of the Giveaway and actually submitted two comments about it (under this username), but apparently the moderators felt that *neither* comment was helpful. But they can't say they didn't know about the problem. In one of the two comments, I also noted that the supposedly "current" Giveaway was not yet functional, and posted the message and error code that it gave.
Unfortunately, I've never been on the forums before now (just registered minutes ago to post this), so it didn't occur to me to look here last night.
Ok, so now the homepage is really weird and GOTD is telling us about their future giveaways but not allowing us to download them yet. What in the world is going on here, lol.
g@rgoyle
Moderator
Hi Chip,
The download link for today's giveaway, 3D Text Commander, is still available so it's not as bad as yesterday ;-)
I'm a bit worried though coz it says that tomorrow's giveaway, Desktop Icon Toy, will close in 9hrs 44min. I sure hope the GOTD team can fix things before then *fingers crossed*
Regards,
Lan
mekai
Member
I think the site has been hacked or something. I've been getting RRS feed spams all day announcing different giveaways each time:
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I don't know why the dates and times are all so different, those all came in one heap.
@trying_in_vain - yes I must agree - I saw not only your comment but many many others. (Naturally it seems that everyone feels like they are the ones "breaking the news" when in reality it is all anyone is talking about...
I did what I could and notified the GOTD Team - and waited for a response. I am hoping that something might be said at some point in their blog/announcements (maybe).
I guess being easter - some people (like myself) are in a chocolate coma, or involved with other easter celebrations. Need to be a little forgiving that some people might not be 100% on the ball this weekend.
Looking at the timestamps on comments etc - it appears the server clock might be about 4 hours fast (hence the early start and finish of giveaways).
hoppy
Member
i started using this site only yesterday and i think you have some major issues to sort out! it would appear impossible to download anything, my browser just stalls and when you hit the click here link you get directed to some obscure, dangerous sites. when i did manage to download a spyware remover it was a trojan that thankfully my security picked up on. my browser also got hijacked and an attempt was made to install an exe file on my pc. i take it the site has been hacked?
Likewise I've seen no problems - and to date any reports of malware have been false positives (with the obvious exception when the giveaway was an actual keylogger).
You should not be redirected to 'strange' or 'unsafe' sites when downloading - the files are usually located on GOTD servers. As you mentioned, hoppy, if you browser was hijacked with a trojan which you removed - hopefully your future experience with GOTD will be trouble free.
With many thousands of users downloading and installing giveaways in the first few hours of the giveaway being available (and assuming everyone runs some form of antivirus etc) I would see perhaps a hundred virus reports (including one for myself!).
When it is a pocket of 1 or 2 individual users who report a problem - it is more than likely the problem was a pre-existing one on their system.
hoppy
Member
i have checked my system and i can account for why i cannot download from your site. i know why my browser was nearly hijacked!! you have a program in your freeware section called windows anti spyware. this program is malicious and should be removed asap. after you download it and run a scan (which takes approx 10sec for deep scan)it activates your browser to a blank webpage and prompts you to download a exe file. this file is the malicious software program known as malware removal bot. its on every hitlist as corrupt, false and dangerous. my security has now auto blocked from your site as a result so thats why i cannot download. i will change my settings but i would be obliged if you could check this out . thanks.
Robert
StrayCat
Hoppy,yep..you've made a point there.
But remember all programs in the 'freeware section' are hosted on 3rd party sites and have nothing to do with the GOTD's giveaways.
So I 'd suggest some serious googling before using any of them.
Looks as if the freeware section needs some Spring cleaning.
Enjoy your stay in the forums.
Just quietly - I never download from private freeware libraries - like here - I'll go to the official developers website and start my investigation/research from there.
There has been trouble before with McAfee because developers can add their own software to the library here - which is good because it requires little or no effort from the GOTD team to keep it updated - but it's bad because some developers link to crap software (malware, virus, scam, spyware etc) to cause problems for users.
I'd suggest only stick to links from official/trusted developers websites or the "top shelf" freeware/software libraries. Also install WOT http://www.mywot.com/ and use it's feedback as a guide as to the trustworthiness of websites and download portals.
One site I can recommend as worthwhile (I am involved with the site - but I'm not biased) is http://techsupportalert.com and their Forums are another place you can ask for advice or suggestions on software.
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