I have finally released the long-awaited update to the Emptosoft Installer (and Uninstaller). The new installer acquires an installation ID, which is then used to report back information on the programs you install and uninstall. The licence has also been updated to the beerware licence first used recently for the Emptosoft Render Farm Manager. It should be noted that no personally identifiable installation will ever be reported - only the version numbers of the Emptosoft programs you have installed will be sent. In other words all data collected will be anonymous.

To start using the new data reporting, you will need to uninstall all of the Emptosoft programs on your computer ('Everything' in the uninstaller) and download and run the new version of the Emptosoft Installer.

An update for the Emptosoft Updater will come at some point in the next few months, as that will also need to report back data. When that happens, all people who have not used the new Emptosoft Installer will be unable to update any more, and will be given instructions similar to those above when they try to update.

The data collected will simply make me better-informed of what programs people are using, and therefore programs that I should concentrate my efforts on.