You want to try out Impulse?
Here it is
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 by Frogboy | Discussion: Sneak Previews
http://storage.stardock.com/files/Impulse_setup.exe
Give it a try, tell us what problems you run into here. 
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Reply #202 Monday, March 24, 2008 11:35 AM
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!
Reply #203 Tuesday, March 25, 2008 10:45 AM
While trying to start Impulse this morning:
No logs that I could find, nothing in Event viewer.
Reply #204 Tuesday, March 25, 2008 11:07 AM
Reply #205 Tuesday, March 25, 2008 10:08 AM
Reply #206 Tuesday, March 25, 2008 2:30 PM
Reply #207 Wednesday, March 26, 2008 7:16 AM
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?
Reply #208 Wednesday, March 26, 2008 7:20 AM
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.
Reply #210 Wednesday, March 26, 2008 11:12 AM
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...
Reply #211 Wednesday, March 26, 2008 11:46 AM
This has been fixed in the database. Next time a WindowBlinds update is published Impulse will allow an install on 2003 Server.
Reply #212 Wednesday, March 26, 2008 11:49 AM
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.
Reply #213 Wednesday, March 26, 2008 11:50 AM
What OS are you running? What browser?
Reply #214 Wednesday, March 26, 2008 11:51 AM
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.
Reply #215 Wednesday, March 26, 2008 11:57 AM
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.
Reply #216 Wednesday, March 26, 2008 11:57 AM
Zubaz,
Still getting this now?
Reply #217 Wednesday, March 26, 2008 12:35 PM
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.
Reply #218 Wednesday, March 26, 2008 12:39 PM
Logs and screenshot sent to t-man. Can forward to you if desired.
Reply #219 Wednesday, March 26, 2008 12:47 PM
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!
Reply #220 Wednesday, March 26, 2008 1:20 PM
Well that's discouraging to hear. Impulse is so sluggish I feel like I'm back on my old PII 450Mhz machine, with dialup...........
And what about Archiving, and the History link?
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Reply #201 Monday, March 24, 2008 10:53 AM
I unistalled and deleted the program competely and re-downloaded it (started fresh )
That's what worked for me.
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.