Impulsively Tired
all I was was to be animated
Sunday, November 2, 2008 by Bichur | Discussion: Stardock Support General
So....
I made (or.. apparently tried to make) a post last night on the Impulse Forums.... can't find it anywhere.
I don't know if it's because:
1) the forums have been going 'BOOM' quite a bit this weekend (at least for me).
or
2) TrendMicro doesn't like IMPULSEivness:
Going to the Impulse forums using Impulse or any browser... I'm bombarded with warnings...
I had read for the animations on the Halloween skin I needed 6.30.100
SDC shows I have 6.30.099 with no update available
Impulse shows I have 6.30.099 with no update available
Impulse's Dock says there's an update - which is not available using the dock apparently
The question(s) I had posted included:
1) what version of netframework is needed for Impulse? Currently I have NFW 1.1 & 2.0... but I don't know if I need 3.0 or 3.5 & whether it can be installed alongside the other 2 or does one, the other or both need to be removed.
2) how can you tell if Impulse is updating itself with no status bar?
3) why does Impulse keep popping out a message telling me it's decided to work offline since it can't connect to the servers, yet I can use Impulse to go to the forums, chat, etc (at least chat doesn't give me warnings)
4) why does Impulse always say I'm not logged in?
5) how can I get it to log in? I tried to manually log in using the change my log in procedures but it can't connect to the servers
6) I have earthlink dialup w/accelerator - TrendMicro 2007 w/firewall - proxy is set to localhost 8080 which seems to work on everything else (SDC included)
7) will WB6.30.100 ever be available on SDC? I have no probs with SDC - it opens and IDs updates within a minute
I'm willing to work with Impulse, but dammit Capn uh dunna think uh ken hold er
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Reply #82 Wednesday, November 5, 2008 1:27 AM
after this one is over....
so I looked over the secret support instruction...
part of which was to go into C:\Program Files\Stardock\Impulse
and rename an exe to exe.bak and insert this other file.
so I open My Computer
cancelcancel
open C:\
open Program Files
open Stardock
what the?
Impulse(2)
and there ain't nothing in there but a bunch of folders with (2) at ends of the names - no exes
I think I hear System Restore snickering....
Hey TaskManager!!!
Reply #83 Wednesday, November 5, 2008 9:20 AM
Sorry though for all the work you have ahead for you.
Well good luck there Bichur.
Reply #84 Wednesday, November 5, 2008 4:58 PM
Now I'm wondering.....
If I restore back to before I 1st restoreed and Impulse still shows no exes inside - I can just delete the folder, clean up the reg, reboot and reinstall the full verion, right? other wise it get a clean reinstall.
Got no hopes the ELTotalAcces will come back as it was, so that will be unistalled until I get a good one to install.
and yes Duck, it's a neccesity when browsing pro umm... intensively graphic laden sites such as various gallery here a WC.
Reply #85 Sunday, November 9, 2008 8:45 PM
It sounds like your AV setup is blocking Impulse.
To the best of my knowledge you need the Net Framework through 2.0 and all updates. Net 3.0 and 3.5 aren't needed.
You may have been on to something there BDBF
Went to Giveawayoftheday today and TMicro blocked it a a file exchange service
Didn't block gamegiveaway though
I had turned on website filtering last month when I followed a google link looking for some psp and paint.net plugins - clicked on link and TMicro stopped a virus or trojan from loading from that page
Now I wonder if the log/update part of Impulse was tagged as needing web site blockage?
Once my ELink disk comes in and I get all set as it was... gonna have to test that out...
Reply #86 Thursday, May 7, 2009 9:43 PM
well, that didn't work.... 
so I reformatted in Jan.
still couldn't use impulse.
all posts and skin comments section had no comment/reply box except maybe once out of 70 pages looked at
wife couldn't get her necessary school stuff to load - 10 mile trip to the nearest wifi...
dialup suxored....
Reply #87 Thursday, May 7, 2009 9:56 PM
You and yrag both deserve Karma for this one for sure.
bestowed 
Reply #88 Thursday, May 7, 2009 10:29 PM
on the good foot:
been using an HP F50 15" (and that would be diagonal) monitor - Monday picked up an Acer 19" widescreen for $89 = I can now use IRB's skins!! whoohoo
basic dsl finally became available in my area (my road is at the end of the line so I got lucky) - got it hooked up Tues after work.. even set it up with a wireless gateway so the wife can get connected from whatever room she's in
double whoohoo
still having slight issues with Impulse whn it loads up I get "problem retrieving update data" in the bottom left corner - if I let it sit for 10 min or so it starts working..
Reply #89 Thursday, May 7, 2009 10:31 PM
It's working normally then 
Reply #90 Thursday, May 7, 2009 10:49 PM
glad to know it's not me.. 
Reply #93 Thursday, May 7, 2009 10:50 PM
Having just connected my brother up to dial-up I now know what you have been going through.The Pony Express transferred data faster. And with less horses**t involved at that. Congrats on getting a better connection.
I had DSL Lite in SC and while it wasn't nearly as fast as the cable service I have now,it was reliable for the most part and no waiting to connect. Too bad my bro can't get DSL or cable,but it's unavailable where he lives.
Reply #94 Thursday, May 7, 2009 10:58 PM
Thanks Wiz... been putting with it since 2003
SP2 full version - download and save - 33+ hrs
and I find it somewhat irritating and sad that so many people live in some imaginary world where broadband is a given everywhere... anytime someone has an issue due to dialup and downloads they all jump in shouting get a better connection...
just noticed... Impulse at this post says me karma is 117, at WC it's 120, at SDC its 66
Reply #95 Thursday, May 7, 2009 11:01 PM
yet copying the link to me karma while within impulse (showing 117) is the link to me karma at WC (showing 120)
edit - and apparently if a page is fully loaded, you get extra stuff like edit button - too cool
Reply #97 Thursday, May 7, 2009 11:08 PM
and impulse is showing 96 reply while according to FF this on I'm typing is the 96th
and the ole kick in the ass gets it going....
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Reply #81 Wednesday, November 5, 2008 1:12 AM
You tell good stories.....tell me another........please?