PC died... installed BI4 on new PC and somehow camera's were already imported!

[OB1 KNOB]

Hey,

so my dedicated BI4 PC died, and as a back up until i get the dedicated one working again, i installed BI4 on my HTPC. After I entered my license key, it opened up and all of my cameras were there without me importing the reg file... does that make sense? Does BI make backups of the reg file in the cloud?

I'm kind of glad it happened as when I import the reg file, BI crashes.. which BTW, is very annoying. I export and immediately import, but the import crashes after it "shuts down" all of the cameras.

 

[fenderman]

Hey,

so my dedicated BI4 PC died, and as a back up until i get the dedicated one working again, i installed BI4 on my HTPC. After I entered my license key, it opened up and all of my cameras were there without me importing the reg file... does that make sense? Does BI make backups of the reg file in the cloud?

I'm kind of glad it happened as when I import the reg file, BI crashes.. which BTW, is very annoying. I export and immediately import, but the import crashes after it "shuts down" all of the cameras.

No it does not. You likely had BI installed on that htpc at some point,.

 

[OB1 KNOB]

No it does not. You likely had BI installed on that htpc at some point,.

Thanks for the quick reply. I really doubt I had it installed on the HTPC and even if I did, it would have been a year ago... somehow the camera list is updated.

oh well, given that I cannot import the reg file, i'm glad it somehow got the camera list.

 

[fenderman]

Thanks for the quick reply. I really doubt I had it installed on the HTPC and even if I did, it would have been a year ago... somehow the camera list is updated.

oh well, given that I cannot import the reg file, i'm glad it somehow got the camera list.

There is no backup to the cloud, that is for certain. You may think your import failed, but it obviously worked.

 

[OB1 KNOB]

There is no backup to the cloud, that is for certain. You may think your import failed, but it obviously worked.

Yes, i'm seeing that after BI exits, going back in, the import did work.

However, i swear i never did an import after i put in my license key after the installation. the reg file was on the desktop but i hadn't imported yet... or maybe i'm getting old and senile.

 

[fenderman]

... or maybe i'm getting old and senile.

This. Nothing is saved to the cloud, this is fact. You can test this for yourself on another clean system.

 

[IAmATeaf]

Unless there’s a new feature that detects for the presence of a backup and imports it straight after the install?

 

[fenderman]

Unless there’s a new feature that detects for the presence of a backup and imports it straight after the install?

No. And he’s using bi4

 

[OB1 KNOB]

No. And he’s using bi4

Does BI5 automatically read the reg file? I did install BI5 first but didn't go past the "enter license" screen.

 

[fenderman]

Does BI5 automatically read the reg file? I did install BI5 first but didn't go past the "enter license" screen.

It will pull the Bi 4information from the registry