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Reply to DRM problem with used copy in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

[quote who="Soduka" reply="10" id="1992080"]All I know is since I live in the United States, I am protected by the First-Sale Doctrine which allows me to transfer any copyrighted work in its entirety. Both Supreme Court cases involving almost this exact situation have found that EULAs are NOT binding contracts because they can only be agreed to after the purchase has been made or the software opened. I don't read EULAs because they don't mean a damn thing where I live. I guarantee

Reply to DRM problem with used copy in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

[quote who="epiclulz" reply="4" id="1991457"] What is the name of the store you bought it from? A small, independent game store in a city of less than 100,000 people in a European country. I can't understand what you could possibly do with this information. [/quote] I believe they may be asking this because most game stores have actually stopped accepting returns/trades of PC games, and that's all down to demon-damned Sony DADC and EA (who can't even release

Reply to Get KeepSafe for $8.95 - Holiday Special in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="7" id="1988136"] They are made when you save so the old version can be recovered if you have overwritten the old file with a damaged file, or realise you actually wanted the version you were working on at 10pm last night etc. So, this means that the person working on the document (say) or whatever has to pause every so often and "save"...how's that "Realtime" or how do you define "Realtime"? Will it backup *.odt documents (I use Open

Reply to why does it cost so much for wincustomize subbscription? in Stardock Software Stardock Forums

That's all good, but (as you can tell by how long it took me to reply to this!) I don't read the forums much. Given that, how was I to know that the price had gone up? I didn't get an email or any other form of communicae... Also, $30 a year seems a bit rough considering what it used to be, and it being nearly half the cost of renewing Object Desktop itself - wouldn't $20 still be profitable, and a decent deal still?

Reply to why does it cost so much for wincustomize subbscription? in Stardock Software Stardock Forums

Personally my only complaint is the sudden increase in price without informing current subscribers. It used to be $19.95 (or was it $29.95?) renewal for TWO years, which I forked out each time it came due. Now, it's doubled in price, or even MORE than doubled without any warning? Naff that. A bit of common courtesy goes a long way guys.

Reply to steam release? in Demigod Stardock Forums

[quote]None of the money goes to Valve from games sold over Steam, unless of course they are Valve games.[/quote] Actually, some of the money DOES go to Valve for games sold over the Steam Digital Store. However, Valve does claim you don't have to pay for the use of SteamWorks technologies (and Steam DISTRIBUTION, which isn't the same as sales!) (My reasoning that money changes hands for games sold over Steam is due to an article from 2005, and Valve's usage of the word "free"

Reply to There's another expansion coming?!? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

[quote]I think it's some extra stuff being done by I-Mod for the German release of DA/TA, though Stefan would have to provide any details.[/quote] Phew! I was worried I was going to be out another $50 or so to get another expansion!

There's another expansion coming?!? in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

Didn't you guys say that Twilight would be the last expansion for GC2, and now we're meant to pony up for a THIRD expansion? In August no less (come on, at least give us six months!)? Then again, I don't see Stardock's name anywhere in the press release - are you guys even aware that apparently you're releasing "Galactic Civilisations II: Endless Universe" in August? The battle for galactic supremacy continues in En

Reply to Impulse Advance Build Testers Needed in Stardock Support General WinCustomize Forums

Does this new build address issues with proxies which require authentication? Because that's the issue I have (then again, I shouldn't get my hopes up - even Microsoft is too lazy to support proxies with authentication in Silverlight)

ThinkSync on Vista? in ThinkDesk Stardock Forums

Sooo, I've been trying to get ThinkSync to actually work on my Vista machines. First up, it's not very UAC friendly (it would appear to save shares, but it actually wouldn't - the attempt to save shares.ini was punted to VirtualStore). Second, you can't create sync jobs. Period. Any attempt to do so results in the UI yelling that "You must enter a valid target location share to continue" (even though I DID enter one). It then saves the job to the thinksync.ini file

Reply to Object Desktop 2008 Support Thread in Object Desktop Stardock Forums

Aaaand, I just noticed that the retail disc doesn't install Impulse - regardless of what the manual says. Heck, it doesn't even install (or try to install) SDC. Um, it doesn't even add shortcuts anywhere to the game. Meh, I guess I'll just install it manually. Maybe you guys should pass along to whoever makes the SoaSE disc that if the manual says it installs Impulse, it really should do so.

Reply to Object Desktop 2008 Support Thread in Object Desktop Stardock Forums

[quote]I had to come here to get the Impulse...and I only found this by chance. well at least I have it now...maybe Stardock needs to post the link to the Impulse like Zubaz did, some place - so others, in case they have the same problem like I did...so they can find it to[/quote] Actually, you need only install the retail edition of Sins of a Solar Empire. It up and installs Impulse on you (like it or not). Actually, I'm a bit concerned - if Impulse is beta, why is it install

Reply to UNHAPPY CUSTOMER in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

[quote] [/quote] Oh I wouldn't worry. I've had issues with this very same person before, in a completely different forum. Ironically in my case it was FREE software and he was complaining it didn't work right-out-of-the-MSI (which is funny, because he just said that if it were free software he'd expect bugs).

Reply to WindowFX vs. Windowblinds in WindowFX Stardock Forums

[quote] Nice, elegant minimize animations like zoom or magic lamp...and not those chaotic transitions... You *can* make your own. (I wonder which came first WindwsFX or Compiz? - too lazy or too early to google it <IMG id=ImageResize_Image_5 src="http://images.stardock.com/smiles/Wink.gif" onload=Im

Reply to Stardock Central not running elevated in Object Desktop Stardock Forums

Just to push this to the top, as Neil replied to the other thread saying that updating will solve the problem, but based on the skewed versioning I don't think it will.

Reply to Stardock Central not running elevated in Object Desktop Stardock Forums

Interesting note, the current build of SDC is build 163. Yet the history.txt (accessed by going to Help > History in SDC) has an entry for build 164 which reads "Added manifest to make sure SDC requests admin rights when running with UAC on Vista" and "Fix for an upgrade issue with x64 Vista". The interesting part is that the major version (2.51.512) matches the current build 163 which we're using, not the build 164 that... well, we're not. Are we using the version with the manifest a

Stardock Central not running elevated in Object Desktop Stardock Forums

Back in the old days (the last SDC release) Stardock Central would demand elevation and wouldn't run without it. Now, it runs without asking for elevation, which makes it pretty pointless since it no longer is able to update or anything. Could we get a [link="http://blogs.msdn.com/nikhiln/archive/2007/04/19/embed-a-manifest-to-make-an-application-elevate-in-vista.aspx"]manifest[/link] deployed with the next release to get it to run elevated again?

Reply to Can I purchase TA with tokens? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Tokens are $70 and you buy them from the SD store or via SDC. That's $70 for 10, not for 1.

Reply to THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! in Multiplicity Stardock Forums

Beats me, I assume it's just interference with my wireless network. Which is why I didn't raise any issue with the protocol error itself. I'm just happy that I no longer get bombarded with protocol errors just because my cellphone uses 2.4GHz (well, the error still happens but it no longer tells me about it).

THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! in Multiplicity Stardock Forums

I would like to express my deepest thanks for the best feature in the new Multiplicity versions: "Do not inform me when connections are made and lost" It is beyond awesome that no longer will I have to read, day in and day out, "Multiplicity has disconnected due to a protocol error". So again, THANK YOU!

Reply to Regarding Used Copies of GalCiv II in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

[quote] In reality, this is rubbish, at least in the international context. Take Stardock to a German court (I'm German)? Even if the German court accepted my request (which is not certain), Stardock would simply ignore the court. If I were the European Community, it would be different, of course (as Microsoft found out recently). But I'm not. [/quote] Just to intercept you here - the only reason the EC is able to take action against Microsoft is because Microsoft has

Reply to Elder Scrolls: Oblivion in Multiplicity Stardock Forums

To add, Seabass is talking about a windowed mode option in Oblivion, not Multiplicity (which, obviously, doesn't have a Windowed mode).

Reply to Unusual Event in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

[quote] Mega events work exactly as planned, which is exactly what the fans requested. I love them personally, and wish that they would happen more often. [/quote] Actually, one of the very first responses in your thread way back then had a pretty good idea - modifiable difficulty setting for 'em. You know- so YOU, the player, get to decide whether you'd like your pirates to be a decent challenge or godlike. Or even better, some way of modifying the events (like you c

Reply to Limited ability of Arceans to compete in large maps in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I disagree that Arceans have trouble on Large maps. I'm currently playing a Gigantic map (as Arcean) and I control over 80% of the map, and have completed all research. No really, ALL research. I've even been at war with the Drengin for about ... um ... since two days ago (real time). The Drengin and Terrans are close (but not allied) and occupy collectively about 10% of the map, because they can't get near the rest. My ships knock any Drengin or Terran ships into the last Age if they attem

Reply to Button to disable random ethical events in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

So would it be better if Xeno Ethics was easier to get then (i.e. quicker to research, and earlier in the tree)?