Here's what you can do to get rid of it.

Start Button, Run, type in msconfig

Uncheck the box for it (As well as the other things you don't want)

Then, I use a program called Msconfig cleanup (there are others), to remove the item from your startup list in msconfig entirely.

Yeah, this should be an option instead of mandatory in the install, but I'm more concerned about Impulse being stable first involving the registry. It's possible it might have gone over the hump, it updated smoothly this morning, but it's given me a lot of trouble from updates in the past.

I have the impression that the current plan is Impulse-only. I'm hoping that a) that plan changes, or we get a .zip as Mistralok suggests. I bought TA by spending my tokens through SDC. I should not be required to install yet another installer just to keep up with patches.

Or just right click on the dock, uncheck run at startup, and close it.

Thanks for the tip, worked perfectly!!

you will need to use impulse to get it... and impulse needs Win2K at least...

so this is the end... for me,
I have no bucks and no intention to buy a newer pc/OS.
Now I can uninstall SDC and all stardock software from my online pc, because I guess in near future SDC will be no longer supported.
Updating of GalCiv, GalCiv2 DL, DA and TA is from now on out of my range. I can forget the great GalCiv2 2.0 Update, as well as the TA 1.95 one.
Okay, I know I have no claim to these updates, they are additional gifts of stardock, and we all payed only for the original game/expansions. Nethertheless this is a bit disappointing for me.
After five years playing and modding GalCiv games, it's too bad. Okay I've learned another lesson of life.
Farewell stardock.

I should correct myself as it seems I pointed blame at the SDC incorrectly. I tested this out further, and seems to be related to the difference between what SDC and Impulse write to the registry, or I think more accurately, where Impulse is expecting TA to be.

I installed via SDC, DA and TA's registry do not contain a PATH string at all. The EXE strings respectively contain DarkAvatar\DALauncher.exe and Twilight\TALauncher.exe.

Now, in Impulse, DA reports an update to .103 instead of .100 in SDC. TA shows only as Available, even though it is installed in SDC. If I update DA in Impulse, then the PATH string is created in the registry for DA, and the EXE string is changed to just DALauncher.exe.

Installing TA via Impulse creates the PATH string, and modifies the EXE string to TALauncher.exe

This simply leads me to the conclusion that Impulse is expecting something different in the registry for TA than what it sees for DA.

Cheers,

James

Rumors are, SD is just giving a morsel to the wild animals drooling for the meal, pretending the Update already is available but actually are yet working on it.


Just kidding - take all the time you need for the update, your support is great. I can`t wait for 2.0 with the enhanced spionage system - what approximately is the expected release date?

Btw.: Just discovered the Stardock Central does not handle DA v 1.80g.103 right. It handles this version like it were older than 1.80g.100 and tries to update.

What has been changed in *.103 - any thread here with the changes?

I just found out the hard way IMPULSE is not XP64 compatable so after I uninstalled TOA it would not let me install it !!!!!! So now im reinstalling via sdc and it appears i will not be able to get the update at all To say the least I,m not happy

Lemme get this straight... i need to install Impulse to get TotA update to 1.95, right?

Seems strange that the clear cut off of the 'usual_regular_stable' SDC process would be abandonned so fast. Not that i MUST rely on that one only, since it served me quite well before.

But, if you say so; then, i'll put yet another installer interface on my PC just to stay afloat with the latest upgrades for the games i bought.
It's surprising though that SD wouldn't have kept the SDC for a good while like some six months (after Impulse official launch) or slightly less... to accomodate some people & faithful customers.

Oh, well. That's life!

Okay, i've got Impulse 'installed'...
(PS; but, not after having to unload Kerio_Firewall from memory since ngen was running a loop of multiple notification Icons. On a smoothy XPro-SP3, btw. Must be a NET-Framework issue with some Vista underlayers not recognized on my old system, anyway!)

Looks nice.
Only prob' is - there is no such 1.95 update to Twilight on it! Weird.
May be it's the afore_mentioned issue with the registry settings untagged properly. Or, cuz i did install 1.92alpha already this saturday.

And, the DA section says an update IS available; another strange result though -- i DO have 1.80g.100 installed and working on my setup. Duh.

Both lines have the same version tag number also *1.80g.100*, it seems. Since, the underneath Icon interferes with the values shown i had to use a magnifier at 8x to distinguish both numbers.

So, lemme know when the detect flaw has been adressed and if we ever need get to D/L the 1.95 instance.

I think that's because the update isn't out yet.

I would love to have 1.95 (and future versions) available as .zip files, if not on SDC. Being a primate who hasn't upgraded past 2000 Professional yet .. and I'm sure many haven't, I'm gonna be boned if that's not possible.

That would defeat the point of them not having disk-based copy protection.
SDC isn't bad at all, and while Impulse is rough right now- it will be good soon.

I'd rather deal with Impulse then CD-checks, cracks, adn SECUROM.

I second (or third?) the question.

Information about Impulse is still far too sketchy to make an informed decision about it. Terms of Service are nowhere to be found on the site. Plus, a requirement of Windows XP or Vista means that I'd need a new operating system just to patch a game.

SDC is perfectly able to handle ToA updates. I see no good reason to deprive SDC users from a patch for a product they bought and supported for years.

Twilight 1.95 should be up on both later today if all goes well.