So, after deciding to wait for version 1.10 before picking up Elemental again I find myself in a bit of a perculiar situation.

I fully realise this might not be the proper forum for this. However, since Elemental is the only reason I would have to even deal with the issue at hand it's fair enough.

Anyway, this is the issue: Impulse doesn't work.

It's as simple as that. I downloaded the installation file (WinXP client) from the impulse website. Ran the installer. Agreed to the terms. Wait for the thing to run the install and then... error message before the installation program has even finished.

The pop-up-box says as follows: "Impulse has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience."

This is followed by a tick-box to allow the application to automatically restart.

Finally it says: "Please tell Stardock about this problem. We have created an error report that you can send to help us improve Impulse. We will treat this report as confidential and anonymous."

Now I usually never send in error reports. However, in this case I tried it. This is what I got - another box saying: "There was an error while submitting the error report. Please try again." (Hint: trying again doesn't help... at all.)

Fortunately I love great irony. Unfortunately, me laughing my arse off doesn't actually help to resolve the situation. Please help, I have had Impulse installed and working properly in the past on this computer.

p.s. Yes I tried uninstalling and reinstalling. I tried the repair application option as well. Doesn't work... at all.