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Can you install SETI@home but hide it?
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Cali Send message Joined: 15 Jan 03 Posts: 121 Credit: 895,433 RAC: 0 |
Can you install seti but keep it hidden while it is running? Only way someone would notice is in taskmanager |
Wandering Willie Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 136 Credit: 2,127,073 RAC: 0 |
The way I hide BIONC on Vista is below. But again, it is who you are trying to hide it from?.{my solution no doute many more?? Close BONIC which reduces it to taskbar. Left click task bar click on properties. Notification Area click Customise. Click on BIONC dropdown menu click hide. Return to task bar. Unless the open hidden task bar is opened. No visual signs of BIONC running except in task manager. michael |
Gundolf Jahn Send message Joined: 19 Sep 00 Posts: 3184 Credit: 446,358 RAC: 0 |
SETI is only visible in task manager (and BOINC manager). So, you'll only have to quit BOINC manager without stopping the science application(s) (exit dialog). Gruß, Gundolf Computer sind nicht alles im Leben. (Kleiner Scherz) SETI@home classic workunits 3,758 SETI@home classic CPU time 66,520 hours |
Dave Send message Joined: 29 Mar 02 Posts: 778 Credit: 25,001,396 RAC: 0 |
But anyone checking the machine with a microgram of sense or intelligence would question a) what the 'rogue' process(es) was/were & b) why the machine is at 100%. 100& may also bring extra noise/heat. There should never be a reason to hide it. Think again. |
Aurora Borealis Send message Joined: 14 Jan 01 Posts: 3075 Credit: 5,631,463 RAC: 0 |
Read our rules and policies Run SETI@home only on authorized computers Boinc V7.2.42 Win7 i5 3.33G 4GB, GTX470 |
MikeC Send message Joined: 24 May 99 Posts: 5 Credit: 260,443,967 RAC: 0 |
Install it as a service then delete the icons from the all users start menu. I do this on a older version of boinc. |
Raistmer Send message Joined: 16 Jun 01 Posts: 6325 Credit: 106,370,077 RAC: 121 |
Task manager will not show all processes for regular user, but regular user can still see (at least with default config) 100% busy CPU. Usual PC will not have 100% CPU usage constantly. So this could rise some user questions anyway. |
Sutaru Tsureku Send message Joined: 6 Apr 07 Posts: 7105 Credit: 147,663,825 RAC: 5 |
Can you install seti but keep it hidden while it is running? But, why you should do this? If you think about to install BOINC/S@h on your PC/s at work, maybe one feet is already 'terminated'.. You must ask your company/chief first. Make a forum or Google search with 'NEZ'. ;-) |
Odysseus Send message Joined: 26 Jul 99 Posts: 1808 Credit: 6,701,347 RAC: 6 |
There should never be a reason to hide it. Think again. Never say never: unobtrusive ≠clandestine. Suppose you had a non-technical friend or co-worker who says “I’ll let you install SETI on my computer, but only if I can’t even tell it’s there.†|
James Sotherden Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 10436 Credit: 110,373,059 RAC: 54 |
There should never be a reason to hide it. Think again. Well, He'd better be the owner of the company then. I was going to be a wise guy when this was first posted and say, Nez must have got a new job. But Me thinks that something smells about this question. Installed on a bunch of relatives computers perhaps? [/quote] Old James |
perryjay Send message Joined: 20 Aug 02 Posts: 3377 Credit: 20,676,751 RAC: 0 |
It could be family computers where he doesn't want the kids to see it and start messing around with it. PROUD MEMBER OF Team Starfire World BOINC |
Cali Send message Joined: 15 Jan 03 Posts: 121 Credit: 895,433 RAC: 0 |
Just friend and family computers...but don't want them to see it incase they uninstall it. Most arent computer savvy |
James Sotherden Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 10436 Credit: 110,373,059 RAC: 54 |
Thats what I thought. Running SETI in secret. NOT COOL AT ALL. Ever try and ask them if you could run it? Im betting some said no. So you would hijack thier computers, use the electricty they pay for. Possibly shorten the life of said computer or componets, All for a few credits? E-mail Nez and ask him how that turned out. [/quote] Old James |
soft^spirit Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 6497 Credit: 34,134,168 RAC: 0 |
Just friend and family computers...but don't want them to see it incase they uninstall it. Most arent computer savvy Hmm if that is how you treat your family and friends, I would hate to think how you treat your enemies. Janice |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Why are you all assuming he wants to do this on the sly? Maybe he just wants to fix it so the kids don't disable it while playing pacman. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
soft^spirit Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 6497 Credit: 34,134,168 RAC: 0 |
Why are you all assuming he wants to do this on the sly? read up 3 posts. That is why. Janice |
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
Yep its already been stated you are not allowed to install the software on computers that you don't own or have the owners permission to use. By placing BOINC on a computer then hiding it so they won't uninstall means you either are trying to get around them knowing about it or you suspect they are incompetent enough to dump your BOINC work. I'm betting you are doing something your shouldn't and perhaps this thread should be locked down In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
James Sotherden Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 10436 Credit: 110,373,059 RAC: 54 |
Why are you all assuming he wants to do this on the sly? My grandkids play all sorts of crap while I run boinc. Never hurt anything yet. Im sure they might slow it down, But why would I have to hide it. [/quote] Old James |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Why are you all assuming he wants to do this on the sly? Well, only he knows his reasons and motives, but I could see somebody with limited computer skills accidentally clicking on something in Boinc whilst poking around and not knowing how to set it right again. That's all I was getting at. I certainly would not condone installing it on anybody else's computer without permission and 'hiding' it just so they didn't know it was there. I was just leaving open the possibility that there might be a valid reason for wanting to have Boinc inaccessible, especially on a computer you don't have access to all the time and is used by others. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
James Sotherden Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 10436 Credit: 110,373,059 RAC: 54 |
I would agree Mark if it was his computers. By his admission they are not. [/quote] Old James |
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