Task is overdue

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old_user2033 Send message Joined: 27 Aug 04 Posts: 14 Credit: 763,720 RAC: 0	Message 30884 - Posted: 8 Oct 2007, 6:59:49 UTC \"... consider aborting it\". Should I really abort as BOINC suggests? I\'ve been working for a year on this one task and it\'s at 46,8% right now. The second task, which started 8 months later, is \"already\" at 20%, so this one\'s going a bit faster. ID: 30884 · Reply Quote

old_user17525 Send message Joined: 13 Sep 04 Posts: 161 Credit: 284,548 RAC: 0	Message 30887 - Posted: 8 Oct 2007, 8:57:14 UTC No, don\'t abort it. CPDN doesn\'t work to the deadlines boinc assigns. The results will still be accepted and useful whenever they\'re returned, and you\'ll still get credit for them. _________________________________ ID: 30887 · Reply Quote

old_user471469 Send message Joined: 8 Sep 07 Posts: 4 Credit: 73,810 RAC: 0	Message 32207 - Posted: 17 Jan 2008, 2:12:37 UTC That\'s good to hear. I am running three projects, SETI, Rosetta, and Climate. Right now, because of the pending due date (1/25) only Climate is running. I\'m at just under 81% but I don\'t think I\'ll make the 25th. Although I did discover something. If IE7 is left running, it sucks up all the CPU and BOINC / Climate gets nowhere fast. IE7 was connected to Compaq/AOL, FWIW. We\'ll see how well I do now that the CPU hog is penned. ID: 32207 · Reply Quote

old_user451882 Send message Joined: 17 May 07 Posts: 4 Credit: 254,324 RAC: 0	Message 32209 - Posted: 17 Jan 2008, 6:17:56 UTC - in response to Message 32207. That\'s good to hear. I am running three projects, SETI, Rosetta, and Climate. Right now, because of the pending due date (1/25) only Climate is running. I\'m at just under 81% but I don\'t think I\'ll make the 25th. Although I did discover something. If IE7 is left running, it sucks up all the CPU and BOINC / Climate gets nowhere fast. IE7 was connected to Compaq/AOL, FWIW. We\'ll see how well I do now that the CPU hog is penned. If I may? :-) IE7 is CPU hog only if one of pages contains really nasty javascript,so badly written,that it needs huge amount of proccessing.One of the more visible is \"falling snow\".If no such script runs IE7 is really inactive... ID: 32209 · Reply Quote

MikeMarsUK Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 13 Jan 06 Posts: 1498 Credit: 15,613,038 RAC: 0	Message 32210 - Posted: 17 Jan 2008, 8:06:57 UTC I used to get the same problem with Microsoft Messenger (the IM programme) - After I shut down Messenger, it often used to hang and consume all CPU. I don\'t run Messenger any more... I'm a volunteer and my views are my own. News and Announcements and FAQ ID: 32210 · Reply Quote

adrianxw Send message Joined: 31 Aug 04 Posts: 145 Credit: 2,021,020 RAC: 816	Message 32211 - Posted: 17 Jan 2008, 8:38:20 UTC Last modified: 17 Jan 2008, 8:39:24 UTC IE7 is CPU hog only if one of pages contains really nasty javascript,so badly written,that it needs huge amount of proccessing.One of the more visible is \"falling snow\".If no such script runs IE7 is really inactive... There are other reasons IE can hog resources if left running. I had found that if I used a site which required the QuickTime plugin, sometimes IE would seem to freeze but the Task Manager shows it using very lareg amounts of CPU. Whilst I appreciate this is not an IE7 problem per-se, a casual Windows user will not necessarily comprehend the plugin concept - to a casual glance, IE7 is using the CPU. Always remember that there are people out theer that just turn the machine on, press the button the usually press and wait for the result, they do not consider the machinations or consequences of their actions. * EDIT * Uninstall/Reinstall QuickTime fixed this particular issue. Wave upon wave of demented avengers march cheerfully out of obscurity into the dream. ID: 32211 · Reply Quote