Ila in Maine,

It sounds like your laptop is timing out from inactivity. Did your ISo go through the power settings with you...Log on to your computer and click on the "Start" button. Choose "Control Panel" from the menu.Double-click on the "Power" icon in your computer's control panel. Look at the power settings for each option. Decide what you want.

Or you could use something that keeps your laptop active. Like Caffeine...https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-keep-your-computer-awake-without-touching-the-mouse/

Or you could try a downloader. What is cool about them is they usually have a "Resume" option. So if your connection drops, when you fire the Dler back up it resumes where it left off.

Right now, Shareware On Sale Has a Pro downloader for free for the next 4 days .....
https://sharewareonsale.com/s/ant-download-manager-giveaway-coupon-sale

Since Firefox and Chrome have gotten picky about their extensions, most of the DLer extensions won't work IN the browsers anymore.. So what I do, I copy the download URL and open up the DLer and ADD the URL.

I hope this helps you...From what you said, you aren't being blocked..it's the time involved in downloading these big games..AM I correct???

Ila in Maine,

I agree with WR, that it's likely [IMHO anyway] that some, possibly security related software is effecting your attempted download. In a similar situation what I'd do myself, *if disabling my security software did not work*, is try the same download using another copy of Windows, ideally one without much if any added software installed. If it works there, I've got a problem to track down in the original copy of Windows -- if it doesn't work in that 2nd copy, then likely nothing's wrong in that original copy of Windows. It's a fairly simple A/B test, telling you where to start looking.

To get a 2nd copy of Windows to test with, one fairly easy method comes to mind... download and install the free VirtualBox software -- virtualbox[.]org -- then download & import a ready made VM to use with VirtualBox from Microsoft -- developer[.]microsoft[.]com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/vms/ . VirtualBox is a Virtual Machine Host, which uses fake hardware to run the complete copy of Windows you got from Microsoft. It'll be a little bit slower than the regular Windows on your laptop, but otherwise should work the same as any Windows PC, including downloading from GOTD.

Best Luck

Thank s to everyone for your helpful comments.

I have not installed anything from this site except for the Game Giveaways that are offered on Saturday and Sunday.

1) I also keep the laptop awake (in response to the comment below) by downloading embroidery designs, these are generally small less than 30K files, and do my weekly unzipping and deleting formats I don't need to keep the laptop awake. I have my power options set not to hibernate or sleep, even when closing the laptop lid.

2) I've checked Task Manager, and sent screen shots of what is running on all tabs to a geek friend of mine who could find nothing that is interfering. The only virus software I run when downloading the game is Windows Defender, but in case it was causing a problem, I have disabled it when trying to do the download.

3)I have whitelisted the site, and each week I whitelist the site again with the name of the game added to the link.

I will read and try the Virtual Box if I can muddle my way through it, I don't consider myself very proficient at computers, I think I know just enough to be dangerous.

I have to wonder though if this has to do with all the 'new' security measures at Facebook. I never use FB to log into anywhere, never have and never will, but looking back it seems that this all began when I would follow the link from my email to download and I was asked to log into FB and share the info about the free game. I didn't, but still I wonder if something didn't happen because I didn't. I only have a Facebook account for sewing reasons, but I'm thinking its become less and less necessary.

Thank you once again, if this doesn't get better, I am going to have to give up these games which I certainly don't want to do.

Ila in Maine

delenn13, Thank You for responding. I downloaded the Pro Downloader and I will give it a try.

You are correct, I am not blocked, it is the excessive time involved in downloading that is the issue.

Ila in Maine

mike, Thank You for taking time to reply.

I will try the Virtual Box software as you suggest.

I haven't installed anything from GGOTD except the games given on the weekend, and I've not installed anything else except embroidery files to sew out, they don't have exe files in them they are just for embroidery machines.

I appreciate your suggestion.

Ila in Maine

Ila in Maine,

If that doesn't work..I have drop box..we can work something out!

delenn13, Thank you, I also have Google Drive if that would be easier.

I can't think of anything else to try.

I have tried a pro down loader EagleGetProtable, highly recommended, I got from a site which didn't help, but on Saturday I'll try the one linked here. I'll report back and let you know.

The site I dl EagleGetProtable from has at least 520 retro games on it free. They own a repair shop, I think in Missouri, and offer many dls, free, as their way of giving back.

I love older games and the ones I've gotten from them live up to their rep - never had a problem with any of them. BTW, I had already installed the games and the pro downloaded for embroidery design long before I began having the problem with getting the games here so I'm confident they are not the problem. I have an external hard drive I keep the games on.

Wishing you a wonderful week.

Ila

Ila in Maine,

WOW! I just checked that downloader I suggested for you and it says"Full integration to most popular web browsers: Internet Explorer 8+, Mozilla Firefox 32+,Google Chrome 31+ and their clones ( Pale Moon, Opera, Vivaldi, Slimjet, ComodoDragon, etc.)." So that a good thing. I am gonna update my version and hopefully my browser will NOW like it. :)

I still have dropbox and Google Docs but i find I use this website more..You don't need emails just a PM so you can give the person the url of what you uploaded...

https://www.sendgb.com/

But what ever is easier for you.

delenn13, Thank you for that wonderful link. I just tried it out and I love it. Its the best I've used and I am very impressed. I've bookmarked it and it will be using it as my go to file sender for now on.

You rock!

Ila

Ila in Maine,

Let me know if you can't get the game...Message me over at https://community.chrono.gg/ I am a MOD there. Yes, you will have to set up an account and search for my nick. But I don't want to depend on That Wrascally Wabbit to send messages back and forth as he is busy in his own life as these giveaways are time sensitive.

If you have Steam, we have lots of Key giveaways among the users there...Plus announcements of free games all over the net...Some are even downloads from GOG and other places.

When you get this message..just go ahead and set up an account there..so we will be ready if you can't get a download...

P.S. Yes..I rock n roll..Classic Rock that is..Thanks! :)

delenn13, Can hardly get out of bed - flu I think. Got your comment saved the link. Will be over when I can. TY. Did click to download today's game - no go - hrs forecast to save it. Oh well. TY. Talk soon I hope.

Yes to Steam - I also have duplicate keys, love DRM from GOG.

TY again. Hope to connect soon - Classic rock is the best - I'm an 70's and 80's long hair rock'n roller. Bob Seger, and such.

Ila

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Same here re: 70's and 80's rock. Attended many great concerts over those years and my favorite hangouts in Manchester UK were Rock World and The Banshee where you could lose yourself in the music. Rock world had three dance floors all playing rock and the alternative scenes of the time.

Ila in Maine,
If you get up and feel like trying your luck, here is the link...

https://sendgb.com/gFqotiL??Xx

??=9G
Just substitute the ??'s with 9G.

I have a DL speed of 140. Took me 3 mins to DL and 30 mins to Upload.

60 and 70's for me..Some 80's music too...

delenn13, I also love 60's music, some of the earlier music from the early 60's reminds me of my childhood. My mother always had the radio on when she was doing housework and I can still remember being surrounded by piles of washing waiting to be ironed listening to the sounds of the Dave Clark Five, Arlo Guthrie, and early Beatles songs

My father left a large collection of vinyl and CD's of 60's music, which I've been plowing through recently. I love the psychedelic stuff. I used to work at the Glastonbury festival in the late 80's to mid 90's (until family responsibilities and work took precedence) initially with Greenpeace, then the UK Green party. My job included litter picking, recycling and steward responsibilities etc. We used to get a field located near the main festival commercial area devoted to the workers with proper toilets (instead of those awful stinky festival toilets. We also had showers and a large canteen tent. We even emulated the events at Woodstock one year re the mud baths. This was for us the hight of festival luxury as everyone else who attended the festival, (which ran into the tens of thousands) would be crammed into other fields, with hardly any room. Most nights we would get close up encounters with some of the stars that were performing on stage. One of my most memorable moments was being introduced to the original members of the 60's/early 70's band Caravan. Remember the album 'In The Land Of Grey And Pink'. They played several songs for us in the canteen tent. It was brilliant.

Whiterabbit-uk, The 60's..herman Hermits, freddie and the Dreamers, Dusty Springfield, Petula Clark, Beatles, The Associations, the Supremes, the temptations, Rolling Stones, The Who..i could go on and on..2 years ago when We had to get rid of the house and downsize, I took my Vinyl to a store on consignment. I have gotten 25 and 50 dollars for one album. I have them all digital but it just isn't the same.

I went to a lot of concerts in my day. One of my roomates was at woodstock. I was 4 yrs too young to be able to go..

Hope Ila is feeling better.

delenn13, I also checked prices of many of my vinyl records and was really shocked to see the prices people are paying for them. I have a lot of limited edition covers of some albums that are worth hundreds, but I'm loathe to sell them on, but even though I agree that vinyl recordings are better, I have read several articles that say the old reel to reel tapes are even better. Apparently, they can capture the essence of a vinyl record but have a much better audio range. I didn't fully understand the science behind it, but it seems very positive. I used to always have a reel to reel tape recorder until we had a clear out several years ago where I dumped a Sony reel to reel. They are now selling for reasonable prices. so long as you use good quality tapes, you can get really good recordings, so I'm thinking of investing in one recoding all the albums that I still like, then selling them all off. I have started to play my vinyl records again after buying a deck that also connects to the computer, so I'm able to record those, but the recording do lose something in the transfer.

Actually, I have this one on steam as part of the house of snark 6-in-1 bundle. Not a bad game.

Svante, while I totally understand that it's a bit frustrating to get so many games here that are "free" on myplaycity, frankly, I prefer them from here because of the slightly more user-friendly installation and even because I've been exposed to games here I never would have found on myplaycity. That said, my real wish is for more recent HOG/adventure games, but it doesn't sound as if that's the trend.

neme,

"... my real wish is for more recent HOG/adventure games, but it doesn't sound as if that's the trend."

If you mean trend on GOTD, IMHO you're probably right. If you mean trend as in newer HOGs, both Steam & Google's Play Store have plenty of new releases. There's still a market for HOGs, so new ones are still created. One thing that's changed however is the way that game devs sell their wares -- I think most nowadays sell via Steam, or develop for Android or iOS and sell through the Apple or Google stores. I don't think either marketing approach works that well with or for sites like MPC or GOTD, e.g. as WR posted, the Steam keys that have been available on GOTD have always been in limited numbers.

mike, you are right that some really great games are on Steam, and I'm risking a lot of hate coming my way, but I (along with quite a few folks on my security forum) am hesitant to install the required Steam stuff for privacy/security reasons, so I've always missed out on the Steam offers. Another reason I've loved GGOTD :). Plus, with 90% of my work in the last few years being devoted to probono charity work, buying games is kinda on the back burner (though yes, I know Steam often has very cheap games and even the occasional freebie from here---again, security concerns, paranoid as that may be :)).

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Hi Neme, I felt like you in that I would not install any game clients and restricted myself to disk only games. When I had my accident I could no longer get out to my local games store, so started to order games online, but found it increasingly hard to get hard copies as developers were moving to digital only. Anyway, I started to buy the odd game from a site called Direct to Drive (then owned by IGN) and ended up buying two Steamworks games back in January 2009. I didn’t realize what Steamworks meant until I’d purchased and then tried to install them. Basically, I had to install the Steam client to be able to play the games. I complained about this and was offered a refund, but I really wanted to play both games (Defense Grid: The Awakening, which is still one of the best tower defense games I’ve ever played and a bowling game called Galactic Bowling). Anyway, I decided to install the client and within weeks discovered the Steam sales and ended up buying a bundle of decent indie games for a fraction of the price I would have paid elsewhere. To cut a long story short, I’ve now got well over 11.5K games purchased via Steam and have never had any issues with the client. The great thing about the client is that you can set it to automatically update any game with new content. Many of the moddable games have a workshop tab that enables you to automatically install modifications at the click of a mouse button and uninstall them with another. There are many other benefits using the client, such as the community, game news, and store areas. Over a period of 2 years, I made over £1500 selling the Steam trading cards to other community members that you get for free. Many games now include these as automatic drops when you play the games. If you collect a full set of cards you can convert them to various things including discount vouchers for other games of up to 75% off as well as backgrounds for the client and other saleable items Every week there are hundreds of games reduced in price with as much as 90% off the usual price plus other advantages.

Seriously, I’ve never ever had a security threat with the Steam client. Over the last several years, they have put in place security measures to ensure your games are safe. All the above said it’s down to the individual whether they would install the client. I would say you are missing out big time on some amazing games that are only available via Steam, plus there are hundreds of free games, many of them excellent. They also have the occasional free AAA game given away for free. So long as you get it within a specific period, you then own the game. Many of the other big game developers such as Ubisoft and EA Games, now also have game clients (Origin and uPlay) and have over the last few years have given many great games away for example, Battlefield 3, Assassins Creed III, Beyond Good and Evil, Driver: San Francisco, Far Cry 3, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Rayman Origins/Legends, Fallout 1 and 2, The Crew, Splinter Cell: Black List, Toy Soldiers: War Chest, Mass Effect 3, Battlefield 1942, Bejewelled 3, Burnout Paradise: Ultimate Box, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Twilight, Crusader: No Remorse, Crysis 2, Dead Space, Dead in Bermuda, Darkspore, Dragon Age Origins, Gas Guzzlers: Combat Carnage, Jade Empire, Special Edition, Medal of Honor, Medal of Honor Pacific Assault, Mirrors Edge, one of the Need for Speed games (can’t remember which), Nox, Plants vs Zombies, Syberia II, Syndicate (the original one), The Sims 2 and 3, Pagan Ultima VIII, Warp, and Wing Commander III come to mid with many more titles given away free via some of the indie sites. Steam keys are everywhere now. I received Conan Exiles and Warhammer Vermintide II for free, both approaching £30 each and excellent games.

neme,
Hi, You'll find really good HOGs here: https://game-owl.com/hidden-object/
There's a choice of fast (paid) d/loads, or slow for free. I have decent speed internet so slow, or slower d/ls are not a problem.

fran, thanks for the link; I will check it out. I do know that many of the "free" game sites are vectors for infections, another reason to love this site!

neme,
Hi again, I agree with You about GGOTD, I forgot to add that 'owl' Games are clean (goes for Installer too) and that link was pointed to me by one of the trusted Mods on Forum pages here few years back (if you read Forum you know who they are), but everyone should use their own judgment when folks recommend and share various Game Sites to 'fish around' and beyond, and that's nothing new in Comments posted here.