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Former Member
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I have just installed WCG Agent on my Windows XP and it seems to be working fine. Now I want to change its device name. How can I do it? I could not find this question in FAQ.
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Former Member
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Click on My Grid - Device Manager then click on the Device Name to bring up the page for changing several settings, including the UD device name.
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
lawrencehardin, thank you for your reply.
I signed in WCG website and saw the Device Manager screen, and nothing is listed there. Device List is just blank. One thing I think funny is that when I ran the agent for the first time, I was required to sign in with a pop-up panel, and by mistake I entered different string from my user name that I registered on the website, and sign in succeeded and agent started. Is this something do with the problem? Or just I have to wait for a while for the Device List updated? |
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Former Member
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If you bring up the UD client interface (by double-clicking on the WCG icon) you can see what your member name is. You may have 2 different member names. I am uncertain, but I believe that your device should show up in Device Manager as soon as you register. Clicking on the client interface should take you to the website for that member name.
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Thank you, I think I could grasp the situation.
I visited the WCG website for the first time today, and downloaded the Agent. During the download process, I was required to register user name and password and I registered "jorakuh", The Agent was downloaded and installed successfully. Then I ran the Agent, and then Agent itself required me a registration again, and I thought the pop-up was "sign in" pop-up, not the registration. But I mistaken and entered the different user name, and as a result the Agent is now running under the second user name that is different from the first one that I registered on the website. So I could not see any Devices on the website that I signed in using the first user name. I feel that this agent's spec that requires registration -- not sign in -- when it runs first time is not sophisticated ... It is just confusing. |
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Sekerob
Ace Cruncher Joined: Jul 24, 2005 Post Count: 20043 Status: Offline |
Theoretically it can be both. Member registration than Device Registration or just Device registration.... that's why the question pops up something like a box to tick 'Existing Member?'.
----------------------------------------Of course if u choose to enter a different name during the device registration process you will in fact create a second member? If u dont tick the box, the registration will bounce you back if entering 'jorakuh' and tell that the name already exists..... a little head scratching follows  If you are 'attached' to your original name go forward as follows: 1: Go to My Grid, My Profile and rename the wanted name to something like 'jorakuhthe2nd' 2: Sign out and log in with the second name, my grid, my profile and rename to 'jorakuh' The Device will come with it to the old-new name.
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