[DosProbie]

Morning Tihiy!
Activation question, I do a lot of re-installs of Win8 on the same machine for testing purposes etc, So my Question is: Do you have a Activation Limit (on the Same machine) ?
I used another product Start something or nother lol.. I know my bad.. and they said I had Reached my Activitation Limit.. So Before I commit to SIB I need to know, do you
also have any kind of provision of backing up the activation so I wont have to re-activate each time (such as a .bin file or whatever)?
Thanks for the Help and a Great Product!.. DosProbie

[Tihiy]

DosProbie, on 01 March 2013 - 06:40 AM, said:

Activation question, I do a lot of re-installs of Win8 on the same machine for testing purposes etc, So my Question is: Do you have a Activation Limit (on the Same machine) ?

Q: How many times can I reinstall / reactivate StartIsBack?
A: There is no limitation on how many times you can activate an installation on same PC.

You can backup activation data from registry [SOFTWARE\StartIsBack\License] and restore it freely.

[berlen]

Hi Tihiy, I've a request for the next release! Is it possible to add a switch to disable the contextual menu option "Add to Start menu"?
Thank you a lot!

[roirraW "edor" ehT]

ender`, on 01 March 2013 - 06:19 AM, said:

roirraW"edor" ehT, on 01 March 2013 - 04:47 AM, said:

I'm looking forward to soon getting enough business that I can afford to buy a bunch of business licenses so I can start including it in every Windows 8 install I do for customers! SiB is the best!

We already did that at work - first with 10 licenses, then when these ran out, with 40 more.

Maybe someday I'll be able to buy the 300! Of course by then MS might put the Start Menu back in, although I hope they don't - SiB is better!

[DosProbie]

Tihiy, on 01 March 2013 - 06:45 AM, said:

DosProbie, on 01 March 2013 - 06:40 AM, said:

Activation question, I do a lot of re-installs of Win8 on the same machine for testing purposes etc, So my Question is: Do you have a Activation Limit (on the Same machine) ?

Q: How many times can I reinstall / reactivate StartIsBack?
A: There is no limitation on how many times you can activate an installation on same PC.

You can backup activation data from registry [SOFTWARE\StartIsBack\License] and restore it freely.

Great!! Thanks for the quick reply.. I think I saw a post on here somewhere that you can add a commandline to have it pre-activated.. Was I dreaming are do you have that option?

[Tihiy]

DosProbie, on 01 March 2013 - 09:12 AM, said:

Great!! Thanks for the quick reply.. I think I saw a post on here somewhere that you can add a commandline to have it pre-activated.. Was I dreaming are do you have that option?

StartIsBackCfg.exe /activate [/elevated] YOUR-LICENSE-KEY-NUMBER
/elevated for all users install

[DosProbie]

Do you think you could add Disk Cleanup back to the System Tools like Win7?

[ranviper]

Hey, I'll start by saying I love startisback!

Anyways, the only issue I have had is that some programs like Steam for example, when pinned to the start ment, have (2) next to it, and won't allow me to change it to just "Steam" because "a program called 'Steam' is already pinned there." But...there isn't. How do I fix that?

Thanks

[Tihiy]

ranviper, on 01 March 2013 - 08:15 PM, said:

Anyways, the only issue I have had is that some programs like Steam for example, when pinned to the start ment, have (2) next to it, and won't allow me to change it to just "Steam" because "a program called 'Steam' is already pinned there." But...there isn't. How do I fix that?

Go to %appdata%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\user pinned\StartMenu and delete existing shortcuts; then unpin and re-pin items.

[Drumbo]

Hello,

I bought my mother a new PC the other day which came pre-installed with McAfee security. I immediately went to download her a new copy of StartIsBack, and found that the McAfee firewall was blocking startisback.com. I was able to get through fine after switching the PC over to the standard Windows firewall, but I think it's something you should be aware of.

Great piece of software by the way. My PC is not a f*cking iPad, Microsoft!

[DosProbie]

Drumbo, on 02 March 2013 - 05:54 AM, said:

Hello,

I bought my mother a new PC the other day which came pre-installed with McAfee security. I immediately went to download her a new copy of StartIsBack, and found that the McAfee firewall was blocking startisback.com. I was able to get through fine after switching the PC over to the standard Windows firewall, but I think it's something you should be aware of.

Well maybe if we talk nice to tihiy he could add a firewall exception to sib under the advanced section, or just add to his installer..
With something like this firewall rule below..DosProbie ö¿ö

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;ADD STARTISBACK TO THE FIREWALL APPS LIST..REBOOT 4 CHANGES..
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache]
"LangID"=hex:09,04
"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\StartIsBack\\StartIsBackCfg.exe.FriendlyAppName"="StartIsBackCfg.exe"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache]
"LangID"=hex:09,04
"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\StartIsBack\\StartIsBackCfg.exe.FriendlyAppName"="StartIsBackCfg.exe"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules]
"TCP Query User{C4A90690-AEAC-456B-A3D4-C1BDBBE6FC90}C:\\Program Files (x86)\\StartIsBack\\StartIsBackCfg.exe"="v2.10|Action=Allow|Active=TRUE|Dir=In|Protocol=6|Profile=Private|Profile=Public|App=C:\\Program Files (x86)\\StartIsBack\\StartIsBackCfg.exe|Name=StartIsBack|Desc=StartIsBack|Defer=User|"
"UDP Query User{F87B5A70-D6C2-46E9-B258-0DEDB81DA98B}C:\\Program Files (x86)\\StartIsBack\\StartIsBackCfg.exe"="v2.10|Action=Allow|Active=TRUE|Dir=In|Protocol=17|Profile=Private|Profile=Public|App=C:\\Program Files (x86)\\StartIsBack\\StartIsBackCfg.exe|Name=StartIsBack|Desc=StartIsBack|Defer=User|"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules]
"TCP Query User{C4A90690-AEAC-456B-A3D4-C1BDBBE6FC90}C:\\Program Files (x86)\\StartIsBack\\StartIsBackCfg.exe"="v2.10|Action=Allow|Active=TRUE|Dir=In|Protocol=6|Profile=Private|Profile=Public|App=C:\\Program Files (x86)\\StartIsBack\\StartIsBackCfg.exe|Name=StartIsBack|Desc=StartIsBack|Defer=User|"
"UDP Query User{F87B5A70-D6C2-46E9-B258-0DEDB81DA98B}C:\\Program Files (x86)\\StartIsBack\\StartIsBackCfg.exe"="v2.10|Action=Allow|Active=TRUE|Dir=In|Protocol=17|Profile=Private|Profile=Public|App=C:\\Program Files (x86)\\StartIsBack\\StartIsBackCfg.exe|Name=StartIsBack|Desc=StartIsBack|Defer=User|"

This post has been edited by DosProbie: 02 March 2013 - 07:30 AM

[bapt]

Tihiy, on 26 February 2013 - 04:01 PM, said:

StartIsBack 2.0RC3
http://www.startisba...ack_setupRC.exe
This is the last RC. If no important bugs arise, that will be Release version. Just a few translations missing.

What's new:
- StartIsBack is now configurable by group policy. It was already 100% compatible with Windows 7 policy but now all StartIsBack options are fully configurable / restrictable with group policy.
Download group policy template: http://www.startisba...GroupPolicy.zip
- It also has a setting to enable StartIsBack in Safe Mode (SOFTWARE\StartIsBack\"EnableInSafeMode"=1)
- You can activate StartIsBack license online automatically from command line: StartIsBackCfg.exe /activate [/elevated] YOUR-LICENSE-KEY-NUMBER
I should write a Deployment Guide soon.

That aside, release contains few minor fixes and improvements. Just a few small steps left to 2.0 release.

Thank you for this update.
I have not seen any change with this new version, I put the file in "C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions", is this normal?

bapt, on 25 February 2013 - 06:14 AM, said:

Hello

Thank you very much for this app, and your great work

Not very important, but in the start menu options (French), it will be possible to have like that?

win7.PNG

For "Redémarrer" et "Mettre en veille"

Currently, it is like that

win8.PNG

Thanks so much

And it is possible to have a separator bar between "Redémarrer" and "Veille"?

Thanks

This post has been edited by bapt: 02 March 2013 - 08:04 AM

[pytex]

Tihiy
Thanks for the StartIsBack, I guess It's the best start-button for Win8.

I noticed a thing:
After a user logs in, first clicking on the "Start screen" - link (in Russian that link is called "Начальный экран") causes sharp appearance of the start screen (not smooth).
If U click that link second and next times, Start screen appears smoothly as it should do.
Same effect is caused by pressing Ctrl+Win.

Is it possible to fix first appearance of the start screen?

p.s.: 2.0 RC3 (Win8 x64 Pro)

[Tihiy]

Quote

And it is possible to have a separator bar between "Redémarrer" and "Veille"?

Maybe, in the future vesion.

pytex, on 02 March 2013 - 01:08 PM, said:

I noticed a thing:
After a user logs in, first clicking on the "Start screen" - link (in Russian that link is called "Начальный экран") causes sharp appearance of the start screen (not smooth).
If U click that link second and next times, Start screen appears smoothly as it should do.
Same effect is caused by pressing Ctrl+Win.

Is it possible to fix first appearance of the start screen?

Well, StartIsBack purposefully makes Start screen load after Desktop. Yet I've never noticed lag when opening it. Do you wait long enough or launch it while other things start up?

[pytex]

Tihiy
i copied the question to the ru-board forum for better understanding.

[Tihiy]

Version 2.0 Released
http://www.startisba...sBack_setup.exe

- Virtually the same as RC3.

Let's party!

[kong]

Thank you!

[ISOHaven]

Tihiy, on 02 March 2013 - 04:59 PM, said:

Version 2.0 Released
http://www.startisba...sBack_setup.exe

- Virtually the same as RC3.

Let's party!

WooHoo!!!!

[DosProbie]

Thanks for the 2.0 Update..Working Good !
Been manually adding a shortcut to Disk Cleanup to System Tools ,
how hard would it be to add this in next version?

[MagicAndre1981]

Tihiy, on 02 March 2013 - 04:59 PM, said:

Version 2.0 Released
http://www.startisba...sBack_setup.exe

- Virtually the same as RC3.

thanks