start8srv.exe
Stardock Start8 by Stardock Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 1.1.0.0 |
| MD5: | 882e2063832aa21716d2c17f11be4079 |
| SHA1: | 959a70632f424bb88e807cb50067e998b0381bd3 |
| SHA256: | 8e2e20960b1d6a2e9c26ab1e1a7bd4571c12b04dd73bb0ba77a22111b78acd37 |
What is start8srv.exe?
Start8 adds a Start button and Start menu to Windows 8.
About start8srv.exe (from Stardock Corporation)
“Microsoft Windows® 8 is shipped without the "Start" menu. We put the "Start" menu back in Windows 8. We accurately recreated the most used desktop feature billions of users depend on every day and pac”
Overview
start8srv.exe runs as a service under the name Stardock Start8 (Start8) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). It is installed with a couple of know programs including Start8 published by Stardock Corporation, Start8 from Stardock Corporation and Start8 by Stardock Corporation. The file is digitally signed by Stardock Corporation which was issued by the COMODO CA Limited certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | start8srv.exe |
| Publisher: | Stardock Software, Inc |
| Product name: | Stardock Start8 |
| Description: | Stardock Start8 Service |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\stardock\start8\start8srv.exe |
| Original name: | Start8Srv |
| File version: | 1.1.0.0 |
| Size: | 139.61 KB (142,960 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Stardock Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | COMODO CA Limited |
| Effective date: | Monday, October 3, 2011 |
| Expiration date: | Friday, October 3, 2014 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
“We put the "Start" menu back in Windows 8. We accurately recreated the most used desktop feature billions of users depend on every day and packed it with additional functionality. Start8 returns the same Windows 7-style Start menu you have depended upon, while adding enhancements just for Windows 8. Quickly access your applications, devices, music, videos and documents the way you always have with Start 8. Features include a Windows 7-s...”
“We put the "Start" menu back in Windows 8. We accurately recreated the most used desktop feature billions of users depend on every day and packed it with additional functionality. Windows 7-style Start menu with Windows 8 enhancements.
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Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'Start8' (Stardock Start8)
- Start8
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00007490% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00006236% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00001255% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 42 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 107,443/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 1.11 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 989.67 KB | |
| Private (minimum): | 523 KB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 1.11 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 16.72 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 20.09 MB | |
| Working set: | 769.67 KB | |
| Working set (peak): | 2.86 MB | |
| Page faults: | 26,280/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 4.5 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 6/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 45 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 2/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 3 | |
| Handles: | 42 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\stardock\start8\start8srv.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | Start8 |
| Display name: | Stardock Start8 |
| Description: | “Stardock Start8 Service” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| Start8Srv.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00020427% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00019086% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00001341% | |
| CPU cycles: | 65,198/sec | |
| Memory: | 152 KB | |
| sechost.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00015967% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00015967% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 2,035/sec | |
| Memory: | 248 KB | |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 8 Pro |
34.09% |
|
| Windows 8 |
25.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
13.64% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro |
9.09% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
9.09% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro Preview |
9.09% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 56.82% of Stardock Start8.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Toshiba |
36.36% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
18.18% |
|
| Dell |
18.18% |
|
| Samsung |
9.09% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
9.09% |
|
| Acer |
9.09% |
|
