Stardock needs a cleanup / repair utility!

Just like the title, Stardock needs a cleanup / repair utility that will fix wierdness in the freeware / trialware products after purchase and then downloaded via Stardock to make it BEHAVE. The endless uninstall trialware / freeware crap needs to end.

* Removes invalid installers
* Removes invalid registry entries
* Removes non-applicable download files unique to freeware / trialware
* Updates and installs the latest HAP to fix screwyness in the OB systray
* Properly register each and every product after update with a common key (no more WB requires a special bin key that gets wipped out after uninstall and has a max limit for registration)
* Cleans out the crap in the Document & Settings & Program Files folders where ill behaved applications try to re-apply saved settings to skins, etcs.
* Fix the problem where uninstalling any single program in SD and when prompted to remove installed skins, etc pulls the rug out from under every other installed SD program.
* New! Hardware registration key that is limited to 3 PC's or combination of laptops.
* Fix the coordination of "hide the windows" task bar. OB with OD freeware = only OB hides the task bar, OD setting ignored. OB with OD+ only hides the windows task bar when both apps have the same setting to hide the task bar. Use a shared OD & OB config guys!
* OD+ Weather docklet bottom versus right have seperate save configs, update OD+ bottom with the correct zip and OD+ right doesn't get the same zip update and visa versa.
* OD+ does not center to bottom or top correctly (after install) but OD freeware does?

& Stardock should bother to install and test their software on a bootcamp MacMini under XP to realize that 3 internet connectivity icons display in the OB systray until waved over with mouse.

I am sure there are a few halleluiahs out there for this post.
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* New! Hardware registration key that is limited to 3 PC's or combination of laptops.


Why should they do that ? I think one reason SD is quite popular is their very fair dealing with licences. For me I don't need any more hardware based activation crap. I am rebuilding machines quite frequently, so...
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& Stardock should bother to install and test their software on a bootcamp MacMini under XP to realize that 3 internet connectivity icons display in the OB systray until waved over with mouse.


I have had that happen often, but not all the time on my HP PC. It does it with OD and sometimes DX. What is that about, anyway? Since it doesn't happen all the time, I never really gave it a lot of thought, but since it's been brought up...