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Frogboy
Jimbo9294
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Reply #201 March 24, 2008 10:53:07 AM
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The Setup Wizard for Impulse has failed: "Fatal error during installation". Please check your settings and try again."


the only thing I can think of was a corrupted download.
I unistalled and deleted the program competely and re-downloaded it (started fresh )


That's what worked for me.

I uninstalled Impulse to check something out, and now I can't reinstall......
I get 3 options when I run Impluse_setup.exe.

Modify Available Options
Repair Application
Uninstall

There's nothing to modify, repair, or uninstall...... it's already gone.
No option to Install.


I am thinking, if you are recieving this message, Impulse is not gone.
Delete that Impluse_setup.exe file and download another one.
  
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Frogboy
Koasati
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Reply #202 March 24, 2008 11:35:20 AM
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I am thinking, if you are recieving this message, Impulse is not gone.
Delete that Impluse_setup.exe file and download another one.



As I have already stated, I had downloaded the file a total of three times to no avail.....
But you are correct. Even though Impulse did not show in Add/Remove Programs, or 2 other uninstaller programs I use. Even though the Impulse folder in Program Files\Stardock was empty, and deleted. Even though I had deleted all references to Impulse from the registry, and anywhere else I could find it, Impulse was not gone.

I downloaded Revo Uninstaller, and there it was in the list of installed apps. Revo searched the registry, and hard drive for all leftover information, and found plenty. Info that I would have never found myself, because most of it was just a bunch of numbers. None of it appeared to have anything to do with Stardock.
After Revo finished cleaning up the mess, I was able to reinstall Impulse.

Revo Uninstaller gets a big THUMBS UP from me!

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Frogboy
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Reply #203 March 25, 2008 10:45:31 AM
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Ouch!

While trying to start Impulse this morning:



No logs that I could find, nothing in Event viewer.
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Frogboy
Koasati
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Reply #204 March 25, 2008 11:07:59 AM
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At least it wasn't a "FATAL" error..... I hate those.
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Reply #205 March 25, 2008 10:08:23 AM
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Impulse is running fine for me except that installed versions and available update versions don't match between SDC and Impulse. In Impulse, WB keeps showing an available update that is older than the installed version. In SDC IP shows 3.20a[RC].033 available when 3.20.137 is installed, yet in Impulse IP shows 3.20.137 installed and 3.99[b].045 available. ObjectDockPlus is likewise messed up. In SDC it shows DriveScan,Enhanced File Dialog,Object Edit,Object Zip,SpringFolders and TreeView as available new downloads, yet none of these show up in Impulse. I'm confused.  
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Frogboy
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Reply #206 March 25, 2008 2:30:30 PM
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Kosati - you might need to use MS's "Windows Installer Cleanup Utility" to remove the entry from the Add/Remove programs list and/or remove its traces so that it can be reinstalled. Search MS's site for the download for that utility.
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Frogboy
T-Man
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Reply #207 March 26, 2008 7:16:32 AM
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I've downloaded apps. that were 20 mb that installed faster than this does and it's only 1.77 mb.The status shows installing at 1% every 2 seconds. It takes almost 4 min. to install.Has to be a currupted file, I'm guessing.Oh, and still can't get past the log-in screen (see my above comment) after uninstall, clean, redownload and reinstall

Z71,  I'm wondering if you may be running into a firewall issue or something similar.  Are you running any firewalls?  And if so have you tried temparily disabling them to see if that helps?

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Reply #208 March 26, 2008 7:20:18 AM
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Ouch!While trying to start Impulse this morning:No logs that I could find, nothing in Event viewer.

Zubaz,  You should have some error logs in: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Stardock\Impulse\Temporary  could you please send those to me.

 

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Reply #209 March 26, 2008 8:33:09 AM
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t-man, sent
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Z71
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Reply #210 March 26, 2008 11:12:50 AM
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Are you running any firewalls?


Just Windows on Vista. Turned it off, no luck.
In all the years I've owned a computer, not once have I ever had to turn off or disable the firewall, to install anything.
Seems a little fishy, if I have to start now, just to use this. Hmmm...
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Frogboy
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Reply #211 March 26, 2008 11:46:33 AM
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On Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition R2 SP2 - Impulse will not install Windowblinds 6. It claims it is not compatible with this version of Windows.Stardock Central will install it just fine.Also, on the Windowblinds website it states that it IS compatible with Windows Server 2003.

This has been fixed in the database.  Next time a WindowBlinds update is published Impulse will allow an install on 2003 Server.

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Reply #212 March 26, 2008 11:49:21 AM
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Well when I open SCD I don't get any application updates only in impulse

We are making every effort to update things in SDC then Impulse which will prevent this issue.  You may see this from time to time, however updates are always safe to apply.

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Reply #213 March 26, 2008 11:50:41 AM
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Not really an Impulse error but, every time I start or restart it launches MS Script debugger for the https://store.stardock.com/js/controls.js file at line 181. The line looks fine to me.

What OS are you running?  What browser?

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Reply #214 March 26, 2008 11:51:32 AM
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Impulse is running fine for me except that installed versions and available update versions don't match between SDC and Impulse. In Impulse, WB keeps showing an available update that is older than the installed version. In SDC IP shows 3.20a[RC].033 available when 3.20.137 is installed, yet in Impulse IP shows 3.20.137 installed and 3.99[b].045 available. ObjectDockPlus is likewise messed up. In SDC it shows DriveScan,Enhanced File Dialog,Object Edit,Object Zip,SpringFolders and TreeView as available new downloads, yet none of these show up in Impulse. I'm confused.  

SDC should not be showing those applications that Impulse is not showing.  We are looking into that.

As far as the version information goes, we are making every effort to update things in SDC then Impulse which will prevent this issue.  You may see this from time to time, however updates are always safe to apply.

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Reply #215 March 26, 2008 11:57:34 AM
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Are you running any firewalls?Just Windows on Vista. Turned it off, no luck.In all the years I've owned a computer, not once have I ever had to turn off or disable the firewall, to install anything.Seems a little fishy, if I have to start now, just to use this. Hmmm...

Z71,

Impulse utilizes the Windows Update technology to do downloads (the technology is called BITS).  The way it works is that BITS is aware of bandwidth requirements of other applicaitons.  If other applications are using a lot of bandwidth, BITS will throttle to allow the bandwidth for the other applications.  Because application updates are usually something a user would like downloaded in the background, we have implemented Impulse using this technology.

Try stopping other downloads you have going and you will see BITS start to use the available bandwidth.

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Reply #216 March 26, 2008 11:57:58 AM
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Ouch!While trying to start Impulse this morning:No logs that I could find, nothing in Event viewer.

Zubaz,

Still getting this now?

 

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Z71
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Reply #217 March 26, 2008 12:35:03 PM
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Try stopping other downloads you have going and you will see BITS start to use the available bandwidth.


I noticed that. It installs in 3 phases. It downloads, downloads again and then installs. That's why the "usual" install time was way off, compared to other installers. I get that, now.

Not downloading anything. Updates and firewall are all turned off. Just trying to log-in and still can't.

I think I'll just wait for the final release, then ask questions, if need be.
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Frogboy
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Reply #218 March 26, 2008 12:39:07 PM
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Zubaz,Still getting this now?
Reinstalled, so no.  (
Logs and screenshot sent to t-man.  Can forward to you if desired.
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Reply #219 March 26, 2008 12:47:31 PM
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Try stopping other downloads you have going and you will see BITS start to use the available bandwidth.I noticed that. It installs in 3 phases. It downloads, downloads again and then installs. That's why the "usual" install time was way off, compared to other installers. I get that, now.Not downloading anything. Updates and firewall are all turned off. Just trying to log-in and still can't.I think I'll just wait for the final release, then ask questions, if need be.

What is currently available is very close to the final release.  At this time we would like to ask that users of Impulse to use Impulse exclusively going forward.  Only use SDC as a workaround if we cannot solve an issue in a timely fashion for you.  Otherwise, Impulse should be your only installer going forward.

Thank you for your time and support!

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Reply #220 March 26, 2008 1:20:17 PM
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What is currently available is very close to the final release.



Well that's discouraging to hear. Impulse is so sluggish I feel like I'm back on my old PII 450Mhz machine, with dialup...........



At this time we would like to ask that users of Impulse to use Impulse exclusively going forward. Only use SDC as a workaround if we cannot solve an issue in a timely fashion for you. Otherwise, Impulse should be your only installer going forward.



And what about Archiving, and the History link?

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Z71
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Reply #221 March 26, 2008 1:35:19 PM
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What is currently available is very close to the final release. At this time we would like to ask that users of Impulse to use Impulse exclusively going forward. Only use SDC as a workaround if we cannot solve an issue in a timely fashion for you. Otherwise, Impulse should be your only installer going forward.


If I can't get past the log-in screen, then it's no use. Guess I'm out of luck for the future.
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Frogboy
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Reply #222 March 26, 2008 1:47:30 PM
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And what about Archiving

That's a good question.
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magus
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Reply #223 March 26, 2008 4:10:19 PM
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Two things that I find myself missing are the ability to sort the window and to look at detail information. I tend to sort the main SDC window by the update date and that capability seems to be missing from Impulse.

It would also be nice if the equivalent of the SDC install date and update date information were available from the main Impulse window.

Cheers

Magus
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Reply #224 March 26, 2008 4:18:38 PM
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Are the remaining bits of ThinkDesk going to make their way onto the Impulse backend? The only programs there now are KeepSafe and Multiplicity.

Thanks

Magus
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Reply #225 March 26, 2008 4:21:28 PM
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What is currently available is very close to the final release. At this time we would like to ask that users of Impulse to use Impulse exclusively going forward. Only use SDC as a workaround if we cannot solve an issue in a timely fashion for you. Otherwise, Impulse should be your only installer going forward.


Okay, but I will still need to use SDC for IRC.  
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