Stardock's Impulse and MyColors Software Certified for Windows 7
Tuesday, July 28, 2009 by Island Dog | Discussion: Personal Computing
Stardock (www.stardock.com) announced today that its Impulse (www.impulsedriven.com) digital download platform and the popular MyColors desktop theme software application for Windows® have been certified by Microsoft as having successfully passed the “Compatible for Windows 7” certification program.
With Impulse, users purchase their game and can then immediately download and install the game through the Impulse client which seamlessly manages updates, community features and more. Games become part of that user’s account such that when a user purchase a new machine, a user can simply re-download the Impulse client, logon to their account and re-download all their purchases, even years into the future.
MyColors desktop themes completely change the look and feel of Windows PC with just a few clicks of the mouse. Stardock’s MyColors is the exclusive licensed theming software of the NHL, the NBA, the NCAA, Harley-Davidson and others.
The “Compatible for Windows 7” certification program is designed to measure product readiness to perform on the next-generation operating system; only software products that meet or exceed Microsoft’s standards for compatibility and reliability receive this certification.
Warren Wilbee, director of ISV evangelism at Microsoft, explained what the certification means to consumers, “Applications that receive this certification have passed Microsoft designed tests to ensure that they install readily every time and that they will provide a great end-user experience. Consumers are assured the most reliable experience possible. As a longstanding Microsoft partner, we are happy to have Stardock’s various offerings certified for Windows 7.”
Brad Wardell, CEO of Stardock added, “We are excited about the new features and performance optimizations that we have seen in Windows 7. It is our expectation that Windows 7 will be adopted very quickly by consumers around the world. As consumers migrate from a prior version of the Windows operating system to Windows 7, Impulse helps them to bring all their games and utilities with them. Because Impulse is tied to a consumer’s Impulse account and not to a specific PC, it makes it very easy to move all your purchased software to a new computer.”
He continued, “Stardock’s MyColors application was designed to make desktop personalization so easy that everyone can do it. Millions of Windows users have already used Stardock software to make their PC reflect their interests and passions; we can now assure those users the same degree of personalization on Windows 7.”
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Reply #4 Tuesday, July 28, 2009 3:33 PM
Very good news Stardock and congratulations. 
Now this would really be exciting to read if you were able to pass on that a version of each were to be included with Windows 7.
Reply #6 Tuesday, July 28, 2009 4:09 PM
Congrats to Stardock on the cert.
Can say Impulse has been running great on my Win7 RC install. Ran just fine on the beta also.
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Reply #16 Thursday, July 30, 2009 9:15 PM
I wonder if Dreams were dropped for a reason, if in fact they are dropped. Anyone know for sure?
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Reply #18 Saturday, August 1, 2009 10:04 AM
You need to ensure you have show betas / prereleases in Impulse and install WindowBlinds 7.
Reply #19 Saturday, August 1, 2009 10:26 AM
My Colors Free Version still shows not compatible when I select it. I have Icon 5 and WB 7 install, I obviously have show beta selected, I have beta Impulse selected, I went into reset data to force rebuild of app list so far My Colors Free still shows 2.60 as the newest version available. Same result on two different machines running RC. And after resetting Impulse data three times each with restart of Impulse in between each reset of data.
Reply #20 Saturday, August 1, 2009 2:21 PM
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Reply #1 Tuesday, July 28, 2009 2:33 PM
YAY
