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Thread: WUs running while not logging-in to one of Windows User Accounts? |
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Tom WCG
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My Windows 7 64-bit system has serveral User Accounts (i.e., Admin, User1, User2, etc.) with BOINC 6.10.58 running on all Accounts.
1. After booting the OS and reaching the page where I have to choose which Windows User Account to go into, does BOINC start running Work Units while on this page? Or my system has to enter one of these User Accounts in order for WUs to starting running? 2. Similarly, after finishing my work in one of the User Accounts and choose Start --> Log off (Not "Shut down"), do WUs still keep running in the background? Thank you |
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Former Member
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When you installed BOINC as service [in protected application execution], you basically told it to run without anyone being logged in on whatever schedule you specified [run when system is in use or not, or whatever preference you specified]. Logging out has no effect either. If you check in Task Manager as admin, click on the service tab, you'll see a line entry with the status column showing "Running".
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Tom WCG
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Got it. Thanks.
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branjo
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Unfortunately, when I install it as service it can not find GPU (have ATI Radeon HD 7750)
----------------------------------------2. 11. 2012 23:06:49 | | No config file found - using defaults 2. 11. 2012 23:06:49 | | Starting BOINC client version 7.0.38 for windows_x86_64 2. 11. 2012 23:06:49 | | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task 2. 11. 2012 23:06:49 | | Libraries: libcurl/7.25.0 OpenSSL/1.0.1 zlib/1.2.6 2. 11. 2012 23:06:49 | | Running as a daemon 2. 11. 2012 23:06:49 | | Data directory: C:\ProgramData\BOINC 2. 11. 2012 23:06:49 | | Running under account boinc_master 2. 11. 2012 23:06:49 | | Processor: 8 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz [Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9] 2. 11. 2012 23:06:49 | | Processor: 256.00 KB cache 2. 11. 2012 23:06:49 | | Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss htt tm pni ssse3 cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 syscall nx lm vmx smx tm2 popcnt aes pbe 2. 11. 2012 23:06:49 | | OS: Microsoft Windows 7: Home Premium x64 Edition, Service Pack 1, (06.01.7601.00) 2. 11. 2012 23:06:49 | | Memory: 7.95 GB physical, 15.90 GB virtual 2. 11. 2012 23:06:49 | | Disk: 55.80 GB total, 18.06 GB free 2. 11. 2012 23:06:49 | | Local time is UTC +1 hours 2. 11. 2012 23:06:49 | | No usable GPUs found I have the same problem with 7.0.36 Edit to add: And also with 7.0.31  Crunching@Home since January 13 2000. Shrubbing@Home since January 5 2006  [Edit 2 times, last edit by branjo at Nov 2, 2012 10:21:29 PM] |
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Coleslaw
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You can't use GPU while running as a service. You have to make the choice of running only when logged in and getting GPU or running as a service independent of logging in and not having a GPU option.
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branjo
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Thanks Coleslaw for info.
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Former Member
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You can't use GPU while running as a service. You have to make the choice of running only when logged in and getting GPU or running as a service independent of logging in and not having a GPU option. To qualify, on Windows after XP it's not possible to do GPU crunching in service install. On Linux as service [daemon] it is, because that''s the only way BOINC will run. As OS-X is essentially Unix, think it's the same for this platform as Linux. The bad experience I had in first week of using W8-64 Pro in "Microsoft Account" mode adds to the issue. Hotswapping when not installed as service or locking prior to switching, did also unload the client, so developers are looking at that to fix in the v7 client. Essentially, BOINC will restart when changing user [even when having selected "allow all users", which causes lots of lost Crunch time with tasks that [can] not be checkpointing frequently. Worst is, some can not reproduce it with latest development client that were build with W8 in mind. Essentially, client is not fully W8 ready, yet. Discussion to be continued in another place at another time, when progress on the matter is recorded. |
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branjo
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[ot][src]Something is not working under Windows? Unbelievable[/scr][/ot]
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