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Post by rpc180 » Thu Apr 24, 2003 7:00 am

Just switched to the Windows client version (3.24), is there a way to minimize the window without ending processing? For now it just minimizes to my taskbar, I'd rather have the window dissappear entirely and the taskbar clear?

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Post by miker » Thu Apr 24, 2003 7:01 am

Click the X in the top right corner.

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Post by miker » Thu Apr 24, 2003 7:02 am

Click the X in the top right corner.

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Post by rpc180 » Thu Apr 24, 2003 7:07 am

right, clicking on the X shut down the program, CPU usage went back to 2%. I want to keep it running without being able to see it minimized in the taskbar.

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Post by riffst3r » Thu Apr 24, 2003 7:24 am

i think he's (or she's) talking about the command line version. you'll have to run it as a service.

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Post by rpc180 » Thu Apr 24, 2003 8:32 am

heh, okay, I'm a he...

Anyway, I'm running the command line client as a WinXP scheduled task to start after I logon.

Options:

D:\Folding\FAH3Console.exe -advmethods -forceasm -verbosity 9

do I just include the -service tag? Or am I initializing the program incorrectly? Doesn't that disallow log outs due to not shutting down when logging out?

Also, the client is registering time about +4 hours beyond what my system clock is (12PM on system, 4PM on client timer), I tried rerunning -config to fix it, but it didn't change anything. It can't be counting from the stanford servers, cause those are 3 hours behind NY...

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Post by riffst3r » Thu Apr 24, 2003 9:10 am

you'll need a program called firedaemon to use it as a service. i'm a bit skeptic about this, bit i'm sure the download pages has tips on how to implement this.

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Post by rpc180 » Thu Apr 24, 2003 9:40 am

I got the client running as a service now, using Firedaemon. Its great, runs in teh background, don't even seen a SPECK of it in the system other than the 56C temp reading and the 100% usage :) And I can just check the log for progress reports!

Really nice deal!

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Post by Rusty075 » Thu Apr 24, 2003 9:49 am

There are a couple of ways of running it as a service, here are two guides:
Overclockers Australia Folding@Home Service Guide-Firedaemon
and Overclockers Australia Folding@Home Service Guide-Manually

All of my machines run it as a service. It's just more convenient that way. I think the manual way is actually easier, once you've read the instruction and done it once.

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Post by Rusty075 » Thu Apr 24, 2003 9:50 am

LOL, in the time it took me to type my responce you got it up and running! :lol:

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Electron Microscope is great!

Post by NeilBlanchard » Thu Apr 24, 2003 10:14 am

Hello:

Electron Microscope will also do this (on the local machine at least) and it also gives you a lot of info, as well.

http://home.attbi.com/~wxdude1/emsite/em3.html

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