Stardock Central Information
Stardock Central is designed to allow Stardock to enhance its customer service
abilities by combining software distribution, technical support, and community services
into a single package.
In addition, Stardock Central dramatically cuts down on piracy issues because
each user must have a valid serial number which must match with Stardock's own secure
internal database.
Figure 1:
When a user purchases a Stardock product, they receive a serial number. With
that serial number, they can enter it in and it will automatically determine which
Stardock programs they have access to.
Figure 2:
Over the years, Stardock has created a large community of users from around the
world. On-line communities have many benefits such as peer help, trouble shooting,
as well as just having other like minded people to talk to.
Figure 3:
Stardock's web based message board systems are integrated into Stardock Central
in such a way that users can quickly and painless switch between them to find conversations
that are relevant to their interests. This helps build the Stardock communities
as well as cuts dramatically down on technical support issues.
Figure 4:
The latest software news is only a click or two away.
Figure 5:
Users can easily archive their installations for later use. If a new version
of a given program doesn't meet their needs, they can instantly switch back to a
previous addition.
Figure 6:
Stardock Central is smart enough to only download the pieces that the user needs
keeping download sizes very small.
Figure 7:
Stardock Central provides a clean, consistent way of seeing what is new in a
software update. On the left side where the user downloads, a "history" link is
provided.
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