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DLPCAP Send message Joined: 13 Sep 12 Posts: 3 Credit: 12,248 RAC: 0 |
Since I installed seti @ home, the daily startup system restore points discontinued on my Vista pc. When I disabled bionics/seti screen saver, the restore points resumed being generated. Got a comment on this? Help? |
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
daily restore points? why? That seems to be a bit of an overkill and a waste of resources. My PC only does restore points when I make major software updates for windows or other programs. As far as BOINC is concerned I don't see why it would or could prevent a system restore point In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
Gundolf Jahn Send message Joined: 19 Sep 00 Posts: 3184 Credit: 446,358 RAC: 0 |
When I disabled bionics/seti screen saver... Did you disable the screensaver or the BOINC client (project application)? Perhaps the restore point is only generated when the computer is idle; and with any BOINC project running, the computer is never idle - unless you set your preferences accordingly. Gruß, Gundolf Computer sind nicht alles im Leben. (Kleiner Scherz) SETI@home classic workunits 3,758 SETI@home classic CPU time 66,520 hours |
DLPCAP Send message Joined: 13 Sep 12 Posts: 3 Credit: 12,248 RAC: 0 |
Since the auto daily system restore points are generated at startup, I modified processing to only activate between 12:00 and 22:00. If I crank up the box prior to, this should allow the nominal restore point to be generated. Will see. Any other options fine-tuning you may suggest? |
John McLeod VII Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0 |
Since the auto daily system restore points are generated at startup, I modified processing to only activate between 12:00 and 22:00. If I crank up the box prior to, this should allow the nominal restore point to be generated. Will see. On this page: http://boinc.ssl.berkeley.edu/wiki/Client_configuration is a description of how to set up a cc_config.xml file. In particular, "<start_delay>nseconds</start_delay> Specify a number of seconds to delay running applications after client startup. New in 6.1.6", looks interesting. The contents of the config.xml file would look like: <cc_config> <options> <start_delay>300</start_delay> </options> </cc_config>for a 5 minute delay. IMPORTANT NOTE: the cc_config.xml file goes in the BOINC DATA directory. The location of this file is something like the second or third line in the log after a cold start. The default location for Vista and 7 is c:\ProgramData\BOINC. Note that ProgramData is by default a hidden directory. BOINC WIKI |
DLPCAP Send message Joined: 13 Sep 12 Posts: 3 Credit: 12,248 RAC: 0 |
The computing change to 12-22 hrs worked. Thanks for the config script; will keep that for later. Thanks to all on this! |
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