Syrehn

Not to be a thread Necro'er but this issue is still on-going.
I got a new machine that had Win 10 on it. Affinity programs were installed fine. Had to do reformat the hard drive/re-install windows, so I installed Win11. Now I can't register the product.

I did try the "Install Beta" trick posted on the first page. I installed all current beta's, opened the programs, opened the regular versions and tried to "Sign In" and I'm still greeted with the timeout error. Trying to log in on the beta's also generates the same error.
  
 
Windows 11 Chrome Just default Windows system firewalls Downloaded/Installed from my Affinity account, not the Microsoft store. Edit: Potential Solution
I ended up having to run each Affinity program as Administrator and then it would load properly without the timeout error.
Loading the program normally = timeout when trying to sign-in.
Loading the program with "Run As Administrator" = no timeout issue, able to proceed with login.
I tried opening and closing the apps several times to confirm it wasn't a fluke. Whenever I wasn't using "Run As Administrator" the timeout error appeared.

hi,
I just installed affinity designer 1.10 on windows 10 and I also had timeout error so I landed here searching for solution.
I followed some suggestions above (thank you ) and here what I did, turned off windows firewall >> run affinity as administrator >> started registering. 
It worked fine on my device. 

Just to confirm.Today (1-21-2022), I installed Affinity Photo on a windows 11 desktop. I ran into the same registration error timing out. I solved this by right clicking on the icon and running the program "As an Administrator" which was mentioned above. Once the program opened I was able to sign in normally.

Not to be a thread Necro'er but this issue is still on-going.
I got a new machine that had Win 10 on it. Affinity programs were installed fine. Had to do reformat the hard drive/re-install windows, so I installed Win11. Now I can't register the product.

I did try the "Install Beta" trick posted on the first page. I installed all current beta's, opened the programs, opened the regular versions and tried to "Sign In" and I'm still greeted with the timeout error. Trying to log in on the beta's also generates the same error.
  
 
Windows 11 Chrome Just default Windows system firewalls Downloaded/Installed from my Affinity account, not the Microsoft store. Edit: Potential Solution
I ended up having to run each Affinity program as Administrator and then it would load properly without the timeout error.
Loading the program normally = timeout when trying to sign-in.
Loading the program with "Run As Administrator" = no timeout issue, able to proceed with login.
I tried opening and closing the apps several times to confirm it wasn't a fluke. Whenever I wasn't using "Run As Administrator" the timeout error appeared.

Thank you Syrehn for reviving this issue, since it's still present! Windows 10 here. You have found a solution that is simple. Just select "Run as administrator" in the Windows Start menu. I hope your discovery will help the Affinity programmers to find a permanent solution that requires no additional actions but to run the program normally.