Registration problem that hit some of Aimersoft DVD Ripper users - solution incoming

This is wonderful news, GAOTD you always know how to treat your visitors !

So will we be able to redownload the program and rerun the registration? It never launched for me, so I uninstalled it from my computer.

Me too, I don’t have the install file, or the app on my computer at all anymore. Please let us know!

ahh thank you! it was working fine yesterday, but today it asked me for registration. good to hear that a solution is coming.

It was a good program yesterday, but today, like every one else, I think it sucks. Un-installed it. Waiting until Monday to see if the next beta release is stable.

I ithink the popularity of this software is well demonstrated by our complaints about the registration issues.

I am in the same boat as comment #3. I thought that i must have stuffed up the registration somehow so i uninstalled it from my machine. Am i going to be able to reinstall it on monday. sorry for being so pushy, however i have a few disks that i want to rip, so i need to know whether to find an alternative or wait till monday.

thanks

did not even have a chance to try it - asking for registration now.

Me too - I deleted it all thinking I must’ve effed up the install.
Thanks in advance. :)

I tried to install it and activated first and OK. Then ran setup and OK. When opening it said registration code and email address needed??? OS = Vista Premium.

Regards Mike.

My problem with AimerSoft DVD Ripper Is the same as #3, so I hope we all get a chance to get the functional registration, PLEASE, Thanks

Well done.Keep it up.

If the functional version is available on Monday, I hope access to it will not be limited to the one day. Monday is a holiday, I’m sure that others, like myself, will be away from home. Please keep the fix available long enough for us to download and install it.

i had a problem with my install, but i don’t know that it was related to the registration. everytime i try to convert a dvd i get a runtime error (i had some install error, but didn’t pay attebtion to what it said. how do i resolve this?

Excellent news! Thank you very much for your diligence in following up on this. It is an easy thing to just blow it off and move on. The effort to fix this is greatly appreciated.

When mine wouldn’t register, I just deleted it!!! Is there any chance of getting another download?

Well thanks, program activated yesterday and today is no more registered…thanks for the fix !

Please make the solution convenient and easy. I really like this software and this site. Thank you

Yay! I am hoping that everything should be ready by the time they fixed the problem then we can get our full version back on the track!

oops!! i just uninstall it after seeing it as Unregistered Version.

I had the activation problem and uninstalled it and cursed. I see that there was a problem and could be fixed Monday? Can I redownload and activate it then?

The Fix would be awesome, the program looked exactly and acted exactly what I have been looking for…. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When is the fix coming? This is pretty frustrating…

Thanks looks good and wait for solution, thanks again GAOTD

I hope that people know that this problem happens in BOTH XP SP2 and Vista! This is NOT a Vista specific thing. I got the “How to Register DVD Rippper” Prompt on my XP Tablet :’(

Thanks for working on a fix GOTD.

How is it possible to finally get it registered, then the next day show that it is no longer registered. I know I am not the only person this happened to!!
Can anyone shed some light on that in a Technical sense??

Hope we get our chance on Monday!!

GAOTD - Will we have to go to this site Mon. 5/28??

Oh, good! I installed this software on both my desktop (Win2000) and my laptop (WinXP). The strange thing is that it is still registered on my laptop, but unregistered itself on my desktop! I thought that was odd.

Yeah, having the same problem, but I’m glad to know that there’s going to be a fix. Thanks GAOTD for all that you do!

Thanks. Aimersoft DVD Ripper registered immeadiatly after download. However, yesterday, it asked for registration code and e-mail address, stating software is not registered. Please, give me a solution to fix the problem. Thanks.

Good news. Iwas about to complain about this problem, but it seems that it is being resolved.

Same as everyone else. Looked great! Installed it on 3 of my computers, and it unregistered on all 3.

It had no regcode or any other form of protection just a RegKEY that stated “oneday = 1″ to enable it active for one day, I wondered about this so I backed it up and sure, enough…. it stopped.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\AIMERSOFT\DVDRipper]
“OneDay”=dword:00000001

Found your site and saw that you gave away Aimersoft DVD Ripper. Great! Downloaded the file and tried to activate it by starting activate.exe, but the programme could not reach your site and gave an error message. Tried it again later, but the same problem cropped up. Your site was `off the air’. I really wanted this program so I tried again later, but the problem persisted. Waited a few hours for your site to come back online and tried to activate again, could reach the site this time, but got the message that the time in which to activate had expired! A big disappointment, to say the least. Now I see that lots of other people had problems too, albeit a little different from mine. What gives? And is there a solution? Thanks.

Aimersoft DVD Ripper asked for registration code and e-mail address.
Please advise when fix is ready. Thanks.

I wrote to Aimersoft. They answered!

I can’t find the email at this second, but they encouraged me to get everyone I know to download the update.

I suspect that means it will be the full download and activation key again. I just hope registartion doesn’t come crashing down at a later date.

One thing about these programs on GAOTD, lots of them seem to like to phone home. I block the first few attempts to see if the program is destabilized by not phoning home, and if the program remains stable, I make the block permanent.

If the program continues to want to phone home and it destabilizes the program to block that, I write to the publisher asking why the program needs to phone home. If they can not give me a great answer - the program is gone. If it is to check for updates, that needs to be something the user can configure without destabilizing the program. There is no other legitimate reason for ANY program to phone home.

I am a video pro, so I have stuff most of you don’t know about that no DVD, tape, Blue Ray, whatever can withstand, no matter what kind of encryption they use.

While this little DVD Ripper was nowhere near that powerful, for most video beginners, and even pros who want a smaller, faster loading program, I relly like this one.

Despite the one registration faux pas (the drift of the email I got from Aimersoft indicates that they misread the GAOTD policies - they were quite apologetic), I am recommending that people actually pay for this one, to ensure they get tech service and updates and support the good work of the Aimersoft folk.

Two thumbs up for this one.

Thanks, to people from Aimersoft DVD Ripper i got my registered copy already. Great product, very efficient staff!

THANKS

Thank you.

Im now confused. can someone from GAOTD advise on what is going on. Have i missed the boat since i uninstalled it or shall i keep waiting. people seem to be indicating that they were emailed something?

lyk finally…

Hello ! I have a problem with the registration ! I don’t know what to do !
Bye

Excuse me for my english but I’m french !

Does this mean we need to uninstall and reinstall DVD Ripper? Is this going to be offered on the download main page or do I need to keep looking in here every day to find out the fix?

I already received a mail from the aimersoft company that I would be able to get the solution today, but like to thank all you guys who try to solve it for us.
I will wait and see what happens. Do however have full confidence that this will be sorted out.
Thanks again so far.
John van Lent

So you have received a fixed version and you just need to run some tests. I am a very forgetful person and I would appreciate it if you could provide a link on the main page of GAOTD to the fixed version after you are satisfied that the version is ok. A week may seem a long time, but for me time flies and I have no idea where it goes to.

am even happier to know that the problem with registration is being corrected and we will have another chance to get the program that is registerable and stays that way, thank you

Amerisoft DVD Ripper is asking to be registered again. PLease advise.

I too have problem activating this particular GAOTD offering. As usual I did the activate prior to install, but the software came up as “unregistered”.

I un-installed it as of now. Hopefully when the second offering is available I can retry.

I downloaded it and used it that day and it worked great.
I then deleted the files that I downloaded.
I tried again today with no luck, so I checked the webpage and found this stream. I would also like to know how this [fix] will be available to those that have downloaded and had issues. I’m not complaining much because it’s FREE, so I guess I’ll just keep on checking this stream until a fix is in place.

John (Not #92)

Teri,

You can use DVD Shrink for that. It’s free, and you don’t have to burn the images onto DVDs (burn them into CDs). Google it :)

Kabe

Awesome! I was really looking forward to making use of that program sometime!

How can I tell if my software is registered? I didn’t get any registration key when I installed it and I am not getting a registration pop-up when I start the software. I select “register” in the menu bar to see if it will tell me that is already registered, but it asks for e-mail and registration key. I look in “about” to see if it says anything there, but nothing. Am I registered if I don’t get any messages when I start the software?

thank!

how in the world do i do this program and get it registered, i have downloaded the rerun 3 times now and it keeps asking me for email address and registration number or something like that, what do i do so that i can get this program, it says it was activated, but its not at top it reads unregistered, could somebody please HELP ME, thank you

reloaded today still having problems registering it. I deleted it after the last time. It shouldn’t be this hard. Itseems like such a great program. was so wxcitd when I saw it. Sure hope the registration gets easier.

And I think I just found a solution for it.

If you’re running Vista, right click on the setup file and choose “Run as Administrator.”
Then do the same thing for the “Activate.exe”

Good luck!

Kabe

Thank you for getting this sorted out. I re-installed it and it works fine. Nice piece of software now that it works. Thanks again!

I couldnt download because my isp detected the word ripper in the url, and blocked me from the download link.

Dear GAOTD,

Thanks for organizing the rerun of the DVD ripper now it works fine.

Dick

Too bad =( i wasn’t able to download the re-run yesterday, is there any way i can have a copy of it? =(

I had the same problem than Chester Williams. I missed the DVD ripper rerun because I didn’t get the mail in time.

I missed it too. Can you just give us a link rather than a rerun or email us to let us know when the rerun will be available?

Same problem…checked everyday for the fix to be posted, went out of town for one day and missed the rerun. That sucks.

Used it for two days it worked great for my zune. next think you know its stops :( I missed the date of the rerun and now i cant use it..
GAOTD please post when you will give this away again ? ?

Same thing here, installed and it was working, and now I need that update which I missed. Can anyone explain how to get it now?

Oh, and just for completeness, I never received an email notification at all, even though I did leave my email. It’s required to post, after all.

i really want this software! Will it be out this week!?!?!

I just noticed that my copy became unregistered as well. what is the solution?

The re-release was handled poorly. I also checked daily and the message “please don’t worry, you WILL get your chance to receive fully functional version if you were affected by the registration problem” made me believe there would be a link that the users who initially downloaded the software could receive a patch to repair the problem. It would have been very simple to post the message that it would be available for download for 24hrs just as before and let this announcement run for a few days. It never occurred to me that my chance to get the fully fuctional software would be done like it was, and it looks like I was not the only one!

Any news on this issue? I am anxious to use the software.

Maybe it’s pointless to post to this Forum, since GAOTD doesn’t seem to be reading or answering us on how they might accomodate those of us who missed the remedy, but here goes again (one last time):

Can you please either give us sufficient advance warning of when the fix will be posted OR, since you have our email addresses, can you email us the solution or a link to a new download?

Thanks,

Tony

Hi all,
I contacted aimersoft, and they told me that there was nothing they could do about this issue of the first version not working. However, they did ask that I request from Giveawayoftheday.com to allow them to post the software for a third time. So, they are willing to do this it sounds like. If all the bugs are worked out, I know I would really enjoy a working copy of this software, or at least a different, good-working DVD ripper. I hope this gets answered.

Thanks,
Kurt

Hey I just went to go actually use this program for the first time since i downloaded it and I thought registered it, I was very disappointed to find it unregistered itself or the registration never worked. Is there anyway to atleast give those of us who downloaded already from your site an ability to register again. A third run of this great program would really be appreciated.

registration problem is not a problem for me i have always had great programs work with no problems this is just a small stumbling block in comparison to all the free software thank you so much IO !

Is a fix still expected for this, or did I miss it?

well after reading all of the above, i think i’ll join the list cos i’ve got the same problem and i really hope that GOTD sort it out soon for us all. Only got to use it briefly once (the day i installed it) LOL Oh well, fingers crossed and hope for the registration fix to come soon. But i really love this website! Its so generous of GOTD to give free software away every day to us all. I tell everyone about this site!

Can I still get to download the Aimersoft DVD ripper again?