Scheduled Downtime

Server maintenance on Wednesday June 7th, 2006 3:00am EST

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On Wednesday June 7th, 2006 3:00am EST we will be taking most webservers off line wile we upgrade our primary database system. The outage is planned to last a minimum of 3 hours and it is possible that it could last longer.

Sites and services that will be affected are:

desktopgadgets.com
forums.stardock.com (all forum servers)
galciv1.com
galciv2.com
joeuser.com
politicalmachine.com
poweruser.tv
societygame.com
totalgaming.net
wincustomize.com (and WC Personal Pages)
xpthemes.com

Product Activation
Stardock Central
WinCustomize Browser
Blog Navigator
GalCiv 1 & 2 Metaverse Submissions

By moving the database to a new server and new software we hope to have a significant gain in performance on our websites that interact with the database (which is most sites). Where we hope to see the largest gain in performance will be with the initial page loads, logons and all forum based systems.

We apologize for the inconvenience but we hope that this update will improve your browsing experience on our websites.

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
What about for anyone who needs a Stardock or Wincustomize fix? Will IRC at irc.stardock.com still be around?

And not that anyone uses them much, but what about the newsserver at news.stardock.com?

Thanks for the heads up.

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Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Good luck with it all, and here's hoping it goes smoothly.
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
THe IRC and News server will not be affected so they will still be up and running if you need your fix
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
THe IRC and News server will not be affected so they will still be up and running if you need your fix


Do you think you'll have time to migrate the forum posts to the News server?

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Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hmmm...that's around 5pm, Wednesday for me......beer o'clock...
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Whatever it takes.....Good Luck
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Good luck with the move. I'm always scared just to system restore or reformat; this must be nerve-wracking.
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'm away on a training course Wednesday, so it aint going to make no never mind to me
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'm stocking up on popcorn for the big event!
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thanks! That's 1:00 a.m. here...
Great news. Best of luck!
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Good, I should be in classes for the duration of the work!
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
how will i possibly survive without being able to delete Zu's posts.. oops i mean checking on the sites..
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
how will i possibly survive without being able to delete Zu's posts.. oops i mean checking on the sites..


And to think I once almost said something nearly nice about one of your DX objects.

Lesson learned.

Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Ah well, as long as it's neccesary...

Thanks for telling us.
Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Alright!

Experiment time!!!

Good luck and see ya on the other side.

Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top
And to think I once almost said something nearly nice about one of your DX objects.


now was that the one I made or you made? LOL

Dude.. you know i love ya..
Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Good luck with the changes. I'm looking forward to zipping through this site again.
Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Dude.. you know i love ya..


Remember . . we only say things like that OUTSIDE of prison. OK?


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Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Been to the pharmacy...stocked up on Valium and Prozac...so go ahead, make our day

P.S. Best of luck and I hope it all goes well.
Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top
significant gain in performance




Reply #23 from WinCustomize Forums Top
one small step for man...one giant leap for our SERVER!?
So do we need to do anything with our accounts after the change over?
Good Luck
Reply #24 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Seems speedy right now..
Reply #25 from WinCustomize Forums Top
so i half to miss out WC tomorow? .A speedy recovery