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Former Member
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A coworker set his Device Profile to run only for a couple of minutes one day per week. That Profile is now active on his client. He has since changed the the Device Profile on the webpage, but the client has not gotten an update. I'm speculating that the client will not get an update until it tries to connect next time. The unit of work will most likely not complete, so I guess he will have to wait for the three-week timeout otherwise.
In any case, is there a way to force the client to get the new Device Profile? Thanks, Alex F. |
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Former Member
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 Hi AlefRight click on the Toolbar at the bottom of the screen and open Task Manager Go to the processes page and click on WCGrid_Rosetta.exe Click on End Process at the bottom of that box This will kill the program Go to Start/Programs/Startup Double click on WorldCommunityGrid and as long as you are connected to the web, you should receive a new work unit Your profile should update on receipt of this new Work Unit Regards [Edit 2 times, last edit by Former Member at Jan 13, 2005 10:50:36 PM] |
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Former Member
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The only process he has with 'w' is "winlogon".
It DOES show on my computer, which means the procedure we are following somewhat correct. We tried it while the client window was open (by double-clicking the taskbar icon). I do not understand how the process may not be there. Is there another name under which the process may be running? Any other way to force an update of Device Profile on the client? Thank you very much for your reply, Alex F. |
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Former Member
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Hi AlefDo you have UD.exe running in processes Regards |
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Former Member
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Yes. :)
We just killed all the ud* processes. If I don't post back, it means it worked. Thank you very much, Alex F. |
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Alther
Former World Community Grid Tech United States of America Joined: Sep 30, 2004 Post Count: 414 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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The only process he has with 'w' is "winlogon". It DOES show on my computer, which means the procedure we are following somewhat correct. We tried it while the client window was open (by double-clicking the taskbar icon). I do not understand how the process may not be there. Is there another name under which the process may be running? Any other way to force an update of Device Profile on the client? Thank you very much for your reply, Alex F. The profile is only updatd on the client when it communicates with the server, which only happens when it returns a result. Killing WCGrid_Rosetta.exe will work, as the Agent will assume it crashed and report an error. In your case, WCGrid_Rosetta.exe will not be running, and thus not in your process list, if you look when your profile says not to run it.
Rick Alther
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joatmon
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so will killing the UD.exe work the same as killing the WCG_Rosetta?
----------------------------------------Can you also set the PC system clock to be the time specified in the profile to get rosetta to run? [Edit 1 times, last edit by joatmon at Jan 16, 2005 3:11:33 PM] |
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Former Member
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Sorry for the delayed report: killing ud*.exe did NOT work.
The times it ran were almost nonexistent, and changing the system clock was too intrusive for other applications running. He uninstalled the program and reinstalled it. That worked. If there is an enhancement wishlist: "Add 'Update Profile Now' button." Thanks, Alex F. |
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