Impulse Help

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I purchased Sins of a Solar Empire, a long time ago, like a year -and used stardock central for a while - then recently upgraded my computer. <IE: replaced>

 

I decided I'd like to play Sins today, and tried to download and install Impulse so I could try downloading Sins <as I still have the CD key thing or w/e but no data disks> - The program attempts to install (Impulse) at the start then I receive an error stating "setsdaff has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience."  Then continues installing, I run Impulse and it crashes.

 

This is the only Error I'm getting, and haven't seen anything else on how to indentify the problem.  Help? I've searched high and low and nothing comes up, or should I just give up and forget I ever bought this game I can't seem to play....

Thanks in advance.

 

PS. On my 7th attempted install an error report showed up this round.

EventType: clr20r3  P1: Impulse.exe P2 1.0.0.0 P3: 4946bb0d

P4: mscorlib P5: 2.0.0.0 P6: 44d2b131 P7:1a8b P8: 10

P9: system.typeloadexception

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

i need help to i can't get a account on the game i create 1 but it dont tell me what to do to fix it and  it say disconnected from lronclad online. i look high and low and got nothing. can some 1 plz help me and if so my frend is haveing the same thing that going on with me. so can any1 help us?

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Try installing from the full client of Impulse.

http://www.impulsedriven.com/impulse_setup_full.exe

Also make sure you are running it as administrator.

 

 

Ashes of the Singularity II
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Same Issue - and I am running as admin, on Windows XP home.

 

Same exact error.

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

The "setsdaff" error typically is caused by a broken .NET install. Please make sure your machine is fully up to date via Windows Update and that you have .NET 2.0 installed. If you still have this problem, please send an email to support@stardock.com and we can dig deeper.

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello!

Impulse is not starting in my laptop (at home desktop working)...

https://stardock.cachefly.net/impulse/340/impulse_setup.exe

and full version

and nothing happend....


Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

The "setsdaff" error typically is caused by a broken .NET install. Please make sure your machine is fully up to date via Windows Update and that you have .NET 2.0 installed. If you still have this problem, please send an email to support@stardock.com and we can dig deeper.
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Am going to install this update and let you know if this fixes the same problem as above.

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Am going to install this update and let you know if this fixes the same problem as above.

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1
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This worked for me!:grin:

Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top

You can download the following utility: http://astebner.sts.winisp.net/Tools/netfx_setupverifier_new.zip
After it downloads, extract the contents of the .zip and run netfx_setupverifier.exe

When the program opens, select '.NET Framework 2.0' and then click the verify button. It will give you a result of the condition of .NET. Click in the dropdown box and select '.NET Framework 2.0 SP1' and then click the verify button.

You can also try removing and reinstalling .NET with the instructions provided in the link below:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/908077