Question about SETI driver.

[yakko]

In this thread I was informed about SETI driver and have loaded it on a machine. What I would like to know is if there is some way to get it to auto start when then computer was turned on?

 

[Wiz]

What I do on my dual proc NT4 machine is this:
Run seti driver with 2 instances and the checkbox for set affinity checked and 8 cached units.
(this box runs in the dark with no keybord / mouse or vid and is almost never logged on)

Then to start I use a prog like srvany that will make any process run like a service.

For Win98 I don't know if there is any such prog. I believe Win2K comes with this built in, but have not used it yet (anybody elas know about this one?)

 

[Smoke]

Wiz, your computer savvy is far superior to mine but I think all he needs to do is create a "Start Menu" program through the usual Start/Taskbar and StartMenu/ADD routine to get it to start on boot-up.

 

[Wiz]

Smokeball, yes if he logs on without user name and password that will work.
I'm so used to network environments both for home and work that I automatically assume everyone uses a user name / password to log on to their machine.

yakko, if you don't log on with a user name and password and you do use a Windows machine then just put a shortcut to seti driver in your start up folder.

If you do log on, and you want it to start whenever the machine starts, then my first reply applies. There - clear as mud yet?

 

[Sukhoi]

If you put the shortcut in the StartUp folder make sure you go into the shortcut properties and have it run minimized.

 

[Smoke]

Sukhoi, (good point about minimizing) now that you mention that I have a question myself.

I have just recently placed all of my LAN machines under one instance of SetiQueue. I am continuing to use SetiDriver. I have noticed that when a WU is now completed and uploads through the SetiQueue Machine's Proxy I end up with a minimized SetiDriver in my tray area. This is happening on all of the machines. It didn't happen prior to SetiQ.

Any idea what's going on?

 

[Sukhoi]

I dunno, you've confused me.

 

[Swanny]

Smokeball: You mean a DOS program minimized on the start bar that goes away once it's done transmiting? If that's it then uncheck display transmit in SETI driver.

 

[Smoke]

No Swanny, that's not what I'm referring. I'm trying to describe the tab that remain in your tray (not your startup tray) when you minimize a program (any program). I have a minimized SetiDriver in the tray after it uploads a completed WU. SetiDriver's property in my startup folder has been set to run "minimized".

I don't know any better way to describe what's going on. It's not that big of a deal...I just click the minimized tab of SetiDriver, SetiDriver window opens, I click the Close "x" and SetiDriver disappears back into the startup tray as the usual blue icon. It's just aggravating.:|

 

[yakko]

Forgot to update but I got it. I just put a shortcut in the startup folder. I thought it would be something a little more difficult than that. Thanks for all the help guys.

 

[ElFenix]

i'm interested in the srvany function because right now if i put one shortcut in startup it launches 2 copies of setidriver. plus the computers wait for user input if they can't connect to network drives. running win2k.

 

[Smoke]

Glad that fixed it yakko.

Yeah!, I actually helped somebody.

 

[Sukhoi]

ElFenix, I can make a SETI Driver service install for NT/2K, but I dunno how the heck you'd configure it, etc. Tell me if you want it though.

 

[Phiton]

If ya want to run a service on a win2k box, this is the cat's meow.

I use it to run seti on several boxes. You can set it up with either a command line or gui interface. It comes with both.