POLL: Do you run RC5 as a service?

[Krish]

I don't...I like to see my keyrate now and then...what about you guys?

 

[Viztech]

The Dnet client (RC5 or OGR) is installed as a service on almost all of my machines. I usually shut the service off on boot, and restart manually so I can watch what is going on. That way I can never forget to start it up on a reboot prior to logging on to the network.

Good Poll subject BTW

viz

 

[Adul]

if its on my machine no. otherwise its a service

 

[RaySun2Be]

I run it as a service on each and every PC that I have RC5 on, at home and at work.

If I want to see my keyrate, all I have to do is open up the log file, and there for me to peruse, is current and past keyrate, summary, and how long it has been up.

At work, if someone turns on the PC but doesn't log on, it's cracking. If they are out of town, I can turn on the PC without logging in, and it's cracking. If I have to re-boot the PC, I don't have to think about re-starting the client, or about the client appearing (and getting strange questions from users at work) that aren't needed. :Q

I've created scripts for everything I need to do with the client, from updating to installing, to uninstalling, to starting the service.

And if a cow is acting up, all I have to do is check the log file, it's all there. The only thing I don't have is an indicator on the current block being cracked, but I usually don't need that info anyway, or I can wait a few minutes to find out.

Once I switched to the installed service client, I've never looked back.

Just my 2 cents, and my own way of doing things.

 

[Pinball]

As a service, always.
To see whether they're ok i use my pproxy & nepkoe

 

[alpha7x]

I run it as a service on machines that others access; on my own machines I run it in the taskbar.

 

[Vegito]

As a service but trying to put it on the AT timesr since in day time it does interfere with SQL database... some how, query takes longer when it's running on the database... almost 5 times longer... weird, thing..

 

[SSP]

School machine's running 0as a service, home machine not running as a service.

 

[GT1999]

I run at in plain view, and in the startup folder, where it belongs

I have it running on a couple of my friend's machines with the faceless feature.

 

[dennilfloss]

I don't think so.

 

[office boy]

I only run it on others computers, so as a service.

 

[Wellcky]

my cows like to be seen

 

[Krish]

Thanks for all the replies...I was visting my sis at Carnegie Mellon, and I installed RC5 on her win98/celly500/96mb box as a service...and the stats box (before it went down) didn't report any blocks being sent. I changed the dnet ID on her box, and set it to only work on RC5, but left number of WUs, and time to crack to -1. I think I'm gonna have to ask her to send me the log file.