Thread 'Boinc newbie....running boinc in background'

Author	Message
johndoe79923 Send message Joined: 21 Jan 07 Posts: 3	Message 7655 - Posted: 21 Jan 2007, 1:32:37 UTC Hey....Boinc is running on startup so that it will function as a screensaver....however its processing in the background as i am working, eating up valuable system resources. I know Im donating computing time to science, but I'd like to keep it within reason!! LOL. How do I get the program to process only when the computer is inactive?? ID: 7655 ·

Jord Volunteer tester Help desk expert Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 15561	Message 7657 - Posted: 21 Jan 2007, 1:37:16 UTC Go to the project site you attached to, Your Account, General Preferences, Edit preferences, Change "Do work while computer is in use?" to No, save changes with Update preferences at the bottom. Open Boinc Manager, Projects tab, select that project, click on Update. ID: 7657 ·

Nicolas Send message Joined: 19 Jan 07 Posts: 1179	Message 7659 - Posted: 21 Jan 2007, 2:02:08 UTC - in response to Message 7655. Hey....Boinc is running on startup so that it will function as a screensaver....however its processing in the background as i am working, eating up valuable system resources. I know Im donating computing time to science, but I'd like to keep it within reason!! LOL. How do I get the program to process only when the computer is inactive?? It runs on the CPU time you aren't using. If you use 25%, BOINC will take 75% without slowing down anything. If you still don't want it to run while you're at the computer, do what Ageless said on the previous post :) ID: 7659 ·

johndoe79923 Send message Joined: 21 Jan 07 Posts: 3	Message 7664 - Posted: 21 Jan 2007, 2:27:31 UTC Thanks for your help guys....Now question #2.....the program runs when im not on the computer, however a message on the screen saver now reads that activity is suspended. Nothing is listed as suspended in the Boinc manager. Any ideas on that? ID: 7664 ·

MikeMarsUK Send message Joined: 16 Apr 06 Posts: 386	Message 7679 - Posted: 21 Jan 2007, 10:42:29 UTC The 'do work while computer is in use' sometimes interprets the screensaver as work on some PCs. As long as you're not low on memory, the CPU time by Boinc shouldn't have any effect on your use of the system (it's at 'low' priority). ID: 7679 ·

mo.v Send message Joined: 13 Aug 06 Posts: 778	Message 7685 - Posted: 21 Jan 2007, 18:07:40 UTC You could disable the screensaver. You'd still be able to view the graphics window and see what your workunit's doing by restarting theworkunit and using the View grahics button in the boinc manager. ID: 7685 ·

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