I'm running BOINC 5.10.45 as a service on my XP laptop. When I boot up the laptop it takes forever to load all the services because BOINC starts running as one of the first services and it hogs all the CPU and memory time. How do I change the order that WinXP loads startup services?

I'm running BOINC 5.10.45 as a service on my XP laptop. When I boot up the laptop it takes forever to load all the services because BOINC starts running as one of the first services and it hogs all the CPU and memory time. How do I change the order that WinXP loads startup services?

I hate to say it, since I'm still running 5.10.45 (and 5.18.16) myself and I see the problems others have, but in version 6 there is (should be?) a tag for cc_config.xml named <start_delay>, which would probably solve your problem. For the use of cc_config.xml see here. If you don't have one already, yours should look like

<cc_config>
    <options>
        <start_delay>60</start_delay>
    </options>
</cc_config>

if you want a delay of one minute.

Gruß,
Gundolf

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Well, that would be nice if I were running Vista, wouldn't it. But I said in my OP that I am running XP.

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Doing a Google search, I found How to delay loading of specific services

Might be of use.

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At the time of my OP, I didn't realize than v6 had been released. So I upgraded to BOINC v6.2.18 and created the following cc_config.xml (there was none previously):

<cc_config>
<options>
<start_delay>600</start_delay>
</options>
</cc_config>

It appears to have no effect. BOINC starts as one of the very first services at bootup, causing the boot process to take over 5 minutes. Obviously this is a big problem on battery power (oh yeah, it does not respect the battery or in-use settings either-- it runs at 100% all the time)

<start_delay>600</start_delay> means that BOINC will wait 600 seconds before starting the application. It won't delay the start of the BOINC service.

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<start_delay>600</start_delay> means that BOINC will wait 600 seconds before starting the application. It won't delay the start of the BOINC service.

Ok, then. What can I do? I tried following your link to modifying the registry, but that stuff is beyond my skill level. I don't even know how to find the registry.

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(oh yeah, it does not respect the battery or in-use settings either-- it runs at 100% all the time)

What about the Activity menu in BOINC manager? It should read Run based on preferences. And did you use web based or local preferences? If you once use the local ones, they override the web based preferences. You can clear them by using the Clear button in the BOINC Manager Preferences (Advanced menu -> Preferences).

Gruß,
Gundolf

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