I would like to download my updated copy of Skin Studio Pro (which I'm registered for) without installing the bloadware Impulse product? I just need a URL. Do I need to email customer support?
Thanks in advance,
MKANET
I tell you what, I'm getting tired of the "Bloatware" label. If and when you write something equally as functional with a tighter code base then and ONLY then are you justified in calling ANYTHING "Bloatware"!! Otherwise your just jumping on a bandwagon of terminology harnessed by the most uninformed and ignorant of users. Thank you, I got it off my chest! RAD
Oh....and P.S. : Really, if you can't do it, then just ask the question without adding the "Bloatware" label, Really it's ok to just ask the question without the passive aggressiveness.
Impulse only works if .NET 2.0 is installed.
For various reasons I do not want any .NET products on my winXP, hence it is impoissible to install Impulse, also support simply refuses to supply a download link to the Skin Studio update.
I suppose it is the last time that I'll buy a Stardock product ...
My system handles impulse just fine, that said, I despise it. It is an utter waste of HD space and I would prefer to not have it installed in order to get updates.
Give me a download link to an actual installer/executable for ONLY the program purchased, add a 'auto-update check' feature to your products, and end the necessity for impulse for those who never want to use it. If you like it, good for you, by all means use it, but give those of us who dont want to touch it an option. SDC, while still a fail, wasn't this bad. (I have only used either a small handfull of times in YEARS!).
1) It has the content. Impulse will have many of the major PC game publishers signed on by its launch, as well as several major PC software publishers. Many other publishers are slated to sign on after the Impulse launch as well.
2) Impulse adheres to Stardock’s well known stance against obnoxious copy protection. Impulse is designed to work seamlessly whether connected to the Internet or not.
3) Impulse doesn’t minimize to a system tray icon, instead, users can minimize it to a dock similar to what is in Stardock’s ObjectDock. In other words, it’s useful even for those who haven’t purchased anything on Impulse.
4) Impulse delivers a virtual PC platform called Impulse Reactor. This platform provides APIs that allow developers to easily make use of Impulse’s considerable back-end capabilities such as virtual storage, multiplayer matchmaking, multi-game multiplayer game finder, friends lists, virtual saved games, virtual storage, player achievements, device driver updating and more.
5) MyImpulse - a special publishing application - will enable third-party developers to submit their games or software for sale on Impulse. Developers will be able to name a price and other details of their product, then submit it to Stardock for approval. With this nearly automated process, it will lower the barrier to entry for new third-party developers to sell their software.
Of course, those are just some major points, here’s several others:
· Impulse supports localized currencies. Are you in Australia, Germany, or Russia? Would you like to buy programs in your native currency? Impulse can do it.
· Per Territory distribution. Are you a publisher who only has the rights to distribute a game in Italy but want to be able to sell your game to only people living in Italy? No problem, Impulse can do it and go one step further by only showing those customers living in the authorized territories your products.
· Impulse supports custom Impulse stores for different Impulse distributors. Are you a retailer or PC OEM who has their own specific agreements on selling certain games and applications at different (better) pricing? Impulse has you covered here as well.
· Impulse can be distributed by anyone. Do you have a website, blog, magazine or a retail store? Impulse can be custom branded and distributed by you with the distributor getting 15% of the gross revenue of all purchases made by a user who created their Impulse account from your distributed client. Put Impulse up on your website and when someone downloads it and creates an account, that user is forever affiliated with you. Hence, three years from now, when the user buys Unreal Tournament or Supreme Commander 2 or Office package X, you get 15% paid to you on that purchase.
· Impulse supports refunds. Buy a game or application and it doesn’t work on your system? Thanks to Impulse’s SSD (Secure Software Delivery) technology, Stardock can refund users and simply remove the item from their account (after the user uninstalls it, which sends a message to the server that it is gone). Impulse takes the risk out of digital distribution.
exactly. no big deal.
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