2.0 as a service ???

[Dunga Bee]

Has anyone been able to get the 2.0 console to run as a service?

I tried without success. I think it may be because the client launches the Core_65.exe and I am not sure that a service can launch another program like that.

Anyone else have success or ideas?

[Dunga Bee]

Bumpity bump bump

If anyone can help on this, that would be fantastic since I have a P3 1GHz not folding until I can make it unobtrusive to my buddy that uses the server for work.

Thanks,
DB

[Ploaf]

I have to get back to work here soon, but my laptop is pretty much the same. PIII 1000 with win2k and I want to do the same thing. I will see what I can find out later if no one finds out.

[Dunga Bee]

Cool. Thanks.

I'll keep experimenting too and see if I can figure it out as well.

[Ploaf]

I'm trying right now with little success. :(

[Dunga Bee]

I think it has something to do with the Core_65.exe program being launched from the service.

I am not a service expert, but in all cases I have seen before, a service runs as 1 EXE file. It may have other services it is dependant on, but it is still only 1 individual program.

My guess it that when the service launches, it tries to run the Core_65.exe program and fails because I can see the fah client running in the task list, but doing nothing.

As a temporary workaround, I am running the text client from a terminal server session on my friend's server and then disconnecting my TS session so the program stays alive even though I am not on the machine...:D

Not the best solution, but at least it is folding again. :)

Any thoughts / ideas? Anybody else???

[Ploaf]

SUCCESS!!!! At least so far. ;)
I don't know why it didn't occur to me before but I just tried running *both* the winfah.exe and the core65 as services and whaddya know. I have 99%CPU usage from the core65 and the log showed the client starting up right where it left off. :D Nice and hidden. The way it ought to be ;)

[Dunga Bee]

Great!! Nice work.

I didn't think of that either. I just thought that the client would have to launch the Core_65.

Let me know if it successfully uploads and downloads work, and I'll make the change as well.

Thanks again,
DB

[Ploaf]

Checking right now. Will edit this message. ;)

OK. It had one more frame to go :)
ahhhh the modem just lit up and the router shows that it's my laptop. :D I'll check it again to see the status..

[Ploaf]

I checked the log and the work was returned. :D and...
it dl'd a 4000 frame trpzip_N. Sounds like a lot of frames but in the minute or so that it took me to get back over there it knocked off something like 15 frames. So it's looking good.

[_Will_]

can anyone show me how to do this in XP pro?

[Ploaf]

I don't know what everyone else does to make it run as a service but I use FireDaemon here---
http://www.firedaemon.com/
My guess is that it will work with XP since it's very similar to win2k

[Ploaf]

Then again I just did a search for Firedaemon winxp and it may not work. Does anyone know?

[Dunga Bee]

I just use the tools from the resource kit to set up the service.