Slow Computer due to SETI

[rraehal]

I am not sure how I did this, but I eneded up running six seti clients on my PC at the same time and I only have two processors!

As far as I can tell, two were started from when I converted my PC's to seti services so I did not need to stay logged on. Two were from my startup group (the seti setup in a second location from before SETI hide and 2 cpu setup). And my guess is the last two came from each time I manually started SETI hide after logging in. 2 were listed as SYSTEM services and 4 were listed under my user name.

OOOOOPPPPS! :rolleyes:

[j.m@talk]

I think ya need to remove all

& start again

Gee 6 shots at one universe is going some

:p

Good thought tho :D

[j.m@talk]

Seti does not slow ya comp @ all


Just read up !


If ya can't do it, we will help ya
:) :) :) :) :)

[rraehal]

I have the system back down to 2 clients running. I think the problem is that my original service started running the clients at normal priority and then the other four also took normal priority. The only thing that was screwed up (as far as I can tell) was playing music. The music kept breaking and since this wasn't normal, I thought I would check it out.

With the 2 clients now at low priority and the other client no longer running my system is running normally. The slowness was due to a mess up on my part. All I can say is ooops.

[j.m@talk]

Originally posted by rraehal
All I can say is ooops.

I wish I had a yen for every time I'd had to say that :p

I'd still be doing mighty fine "I can tell you" :D

[cwin]

how'dya set em up as system services anyways?
:D

[j.m@talk]

What the Sam Hill is a system service anyways :eek:

[cwin]

Yknow... Control Panel > Administrative tools > Services....
Like messenger is one (not Windows Messenger, or MSN messenger) the "Pingey one"

[j.m@talk]

You mean somthing that auto starts on boot? :confused:

[cwin]

nope.... the can, but - not always

[j.m@talk]

can? nahh thats cola mate :rolleyes:

[j.m@talk]

what is it ya want it to do?



Nice easy terms :p

[cwin]

msg me and ill tell ya.... :p
It just does wtf it wans to :D

[cwin]

http://www.theeldergeek.com/services_guide.htm
http://www.muukka.net/programming/service.html

[j.m@talk]

Originally posted by cwin
msg me and ill tell ya.... :p

Come accross guys like you before :eek:

[rraehal]

I use soem files from the Windows 2000 resource kit.

They are INSTSRV.EXE and SRVANY.EXE. With these two files, you can make any program run as a service. I did this so I did not need to be logged into the PC for SETI to process WU's.

Here are instructions from Berkeley:
http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/nt_service.html

Here are the directions I used:
http://www.littlewhitedog.com/reviews_other_00028.asp

Hope this helps.

[genesound]

Actually I find that seti does indeed slow my computers, ecpecially for progs that vie for the system idle process time like seti does. I do shut it down sometimes when I'm doin something serious.