VX Ace REFUSES to activate! Please Help!

[MoltresRider]

I entered my email and product key only to get the following error message EVERY TIME:

 This program cannot display the webpage
 
   Most likely causes:
You are not connected to the Internet.
The website is encountering problems.
There might be a typing error in the address.
 
   What you can try:
     Check your Internet connection. Try visiting another website to make sure you are connected.
 
     Retype the address.
 
     Go back to the previous page.
 
     More information

Offline activation DOES NOT work either! It tells me to click a link to enter information on a website but the website DOES NOT open! It opens my browser but it loads my homepage, NOT the website.


I feel like the person who linked me to Komodo Plaza linked me to a scam website.

Is there anything else that I can do to get this activated?



Edit: I tried right clicking and copying the link and then pasting it into Firefox but it leads me to a 404 not found page

 

[Andar]

Ace needs an old service to activate that had been automatically disabled by modern Windows versions.

If I remember correcltly it is TLS 1.2 and can be activated inside your windows internet options

Sorry, the last time I needed to manually activate that was in Windows 7 or WinXP, and I don't know where it was moved to in modern windows versions. You can try to search for TLS 1.2 activation for your windows on the internet as well.

If you can't find it there you can also use the sales support tickets linked in the top support line of this website to get the code for an offline activation.

 

[MoltresRider]

I am on Windows 7

Edit: Thank You so much! Enabling 1.2 did the trick

Edit 2: Wow! Enabling 1.2 fixed a years old issue with another program. Anvil Studio was able to check for updates successfully for the first time since ≈2020. It would fail literally every time I opened it. I opened it up just now to make a midi for my RPG Maker game that I plan to turn MP3 via SF2 and voila!

 

[kyonides]

I went through something similar when I wanted to run it on Linux using Wine emulator. This lead me to installing IE8 and enabling that TLS stuff. Then I just needed to install all 3 RGSS based engines and use them whenever I need them. MV is just another story so it had to be "enslaved by steam." (Nothing is perfect I guess. )

Hey, it took me some time to figure it out but it surely does work as expected.

 

[nonnagreysy]

Hello! I also went through something similar and I solve it by setting up a virtual machine with a Windows operating system - I installed and ran RPG Maker XP without additional installing IE8 or enabling TLS. Ok, it required an initial setup, but after the virtual machine was up, I could easily install RPG Maker XP without any compatibility issues.