Hi,
XP SP1
I have not seen any posts addressing this - please excuse me if I missed them.

I rely heavily on NET STOP and NET START commands.

These do not work on my 5.10.20 installation.

Can anybody tell me if they still do or how I can stop/start the service via a batch file please?

Many thanks,
David

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Stupid question: have you installed as a service? net stop/start is only for services.

Would it be acceptable to make BOINC stop computing but stay loaded in RAM? In that case, try 'boinc_cmd --set_run_mode always' to resume computing, and the same with 'never' to pause it.

Stupid question: have you installed as a service? net stop/start is only for services.

Would it be acceptable to make BOINC stop computing but stay loaded in RAM? In that case, try 'boinc_cmd --set_run_mode always' to resume computing, and the same with 'never' to pause it.

Not stupid - some don't understand these things :-) Yes - I always install as a service. It is listed as a service too.

I would rather not stay in RAM if possible.

David

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What error(s) do you get attempting to use net commands?

By the way, many times I paused BOINC because I needed to do a RAM-intensive operation. BOINC apps got swapped and didn't cause any problem. They did take a while to get out of swap when I resumed it, but it was less than the CPU time I would have lost (CPDN checkpoints infrequently) if I had taken it out of RAM.

What error(s) do you get attempting to use net commans?

By the way, many times I paused BOINC because I needed to do a RAM-intensive operation. BOINC apps got swapped and didn't cause any problem. They did take a while to get out of swap when I resumed it, but it was less than the CPU time I would have lost (CPDN checkpoints infrequently) if I had taken it out of RAM.

Nothing happens at all. Nudda.
Using Admin Tools>Services Stop Service doesn't work either.


The syntax for the .bat file command - presumably that is only:
boinc_cmd --set_run_mode never


I have tried that and NET boinc_cmd --set_run_mode never
but neither work also.

I'm asking because this message client seems to want to be \\ happy with posts :-)

David

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boinccmd is probably not on your PATH (by the way, it's without the underscore on Windows, I forgot that). You need "C:\\Program files\\BOINC\\boinccmd.exe" --set_run_mode never

EDIT: ARGH, imagine those are single slashes >.> Stupid forum.

boinccmd is probably not on your PATH (by the way, it's without the underscore on Windows, I forgot that). You need "C:\\Program files\\BOINC\\boinccmd.exe" --set_run_mode never

EDIT: ARGH, imagine those are single slashes >.> Stupid forum.

No luck (sigh).

Can I simply install 5.4.11 to roll back?

David

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No luck (sigh).

Can I simply install 5.4.11 to roll back?

David

Yes you can; but you should also try reinstalling 5.10.20. Net commands work for me.

No luck (sigh).

Can I simply install 5.4.11 to roll back?

David

Yes you can; but you should also try reinstalling 5.10.20. Net commands work for me.

As in
net start boinc
net stop boinc
??

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Yes you can; but you should also try reinstalling 5.10.20. Net commands work for me.

As in
net start boinc
net stop boinc
??

Yep, those work perfect for me. And also, boinccmd works under any install mode, both service and single user (and remotely too, if you set the authentication correctly).

Yes you can; but you should also try reinstalling 5.10.20. Net commands work for me.

As in
net start boinc
net stop boinc
??

Yep, those work perfect for me. And also, boinccmd works under any install mode, both service and single user (and remotely too, if you set the authentication correctly).

thanks for that link - useful.

I have net stop/start working now - oops - had not realized install had placed BOINC Manager in my startup directory which was obviously interfering. Closing it stopped processing - but - now it doesn't stop processing when I close it if I start it manually ... odd ... allowing the net command to work OK.

David

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thanks for that link - useful.

I have net stop/start working now - oops - had not realized install had placed BOINC Manager in my startup directory which was obviously interfering. Closing it stopped processing - but - now it doesn't stop processing when I close it if I start it manually ... odd ... allowing the net command to work OK.

David

I believe that is the intended behavior of the service mode install... In other words the processing is supposed to be independant of the manager.

What I think may have happened is that you stopped the service, and then opened the manager. I believe that in this case, the manager will start a new instance of the backend that is not tied to the service, thus appearing to break the net start/stop commands.

Did you by chance set the service to not start automatically?

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