Thing is Moonian, you say "save locally". So did you do the test clearing cache and changing browser for a revisit, for I'm still not convinced that the profile was saved at the WCG website itself.

Now, on the global settings that may work saving it locally, but project selections wont. That part stays on the website, it was just integrated into the device profile pages, but the BOINC client itself is ignorant of the fact. It just knows WCG is attached.

Edit: Oh, I just did it myself, very weird, even sticks if exiting Firefox deleting forms history.

https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/ms/devi...nfiguration.do?name=HCMD2

Who knows did WCG decide to toss the BOINC standards and go it alone on this one and gosh it even shows up in the IE browser, which should be looking at a different cache ;>)

Actually, CREATING the profile itself doesn't need to save the config page locally. Only when APPLYING the profile to a device does (only because the dropdown box doesn't show those options).

As for that "acid test", I will post the results ASAP when I have the opportunity to reach that machine again. My current default profile is "home", which chooses to run everything but FAAH, with "send alternate work" off and "opt in new projects" on. The "test" profile (runs HCMD2 only, no alternative work) is just used for a slow machine.

Well, went to another machine and called up Device Profiles and sure it showed. It could be that lawrence, UD legacy
and as simple as changing the browser web address to create the record

[WCG needs to find a way to auto-downsize, overlarge images in the next forum software or add thumbnail feature. Text scrolls off screen]

Well that was illuminating, Moonian . If the techs see something that can be kept, maybe they make an additional change so they show in the drop down list. The preferences keep the March 29 change date in the log for now with this hack method, not exactly for the feeble for sure.

Reverting to Home started pulling that profiles projects? The last blue bordered box seems to be the same task as the shot before that.

cheers and thanks for convincing me

The Save button part gave me the most trouble.
If anyone is documenting this procedure, the line that's on is
<form name="deviceConfigurationBean" method="post" action="/ms/device/processDeviceConfiguration.do">

I had to change that to
<form name="deviceConfigurationBean" method="post" action="https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/ms/devi...onfiguration.do">

I suppose that could be different for non-windows devices?

Only a few lines below that is the code for the picklist,
where I pasted in

									
										<option value="CustomProfile1">CustomProfile1</option>
									
										<option value="CustomProfile2">CustomProfile2</option>
									
										<option value="CustomProfile3">CustomProfile3</option>
									
										<option value="CustomProfile4">CustomProfile4</option>

(et cetera, where "CustomProfile#" matched the names of the profiles I had created in the Device Profile manager.)

After the 'default' option and just prior to the /select tag.

I was hoping one of the 'experts' could tell us there was simple way to do it by just using the <host_venue> flag in the state file(s) or something, but apparently that's not possible.

It's a rather-slow process... I've only done 2 of my 7 devices, and I'm going to delay finishing as I'm about to replace the slowest device I have with a quad-core + cuda GPU. I thought naming the profiles after the tasks would be easier to keep straight than naming them after the devices which could die and be replaced tomorrow. Possibly I'll install linux on that 'slow' device (1.8GHz, 1GB, 256MB Radeon 9800) if they ever stop pushing back the release of fedora 11.

Anyway, thanks so much Moonian, for taking the time to work on this. A kludge is better than nothing.