problem with my 7970

[commissar0617]

happened again. this time, I uninstalled completely, and put the data directory in my D:/ drive.
and you guys need to refresh your knowledge about the admin prompt. it prompts me for UAC BEFORE I choose any options.

[7im]

Yep, just like the install guide says. You are familiar with that document?

Prompting for the Admin password is NOT the same as logging on as Administrator.

[commissar0617]

Yep, just like the install guide says. You are familiar with that document?

Prompting for the Admin password is NOT the same as logging on as Administrator.

I didn't bother to read it. seems to be working OK now. I think something just got corrupted.

[commissar0617]

well, i still have a problem. it won't load the folding program upon boot, or the settings.xml upon program start. I have to re-enter my ident and passcode every time I start it.
it might be a bug, but it keeps opening a program called "hideconsole.exe" for the folding program... seems a little odd to me.
I checked config.xml, and it checks out OK, so the problem has to be with either my system or the program itself.

[Joe_H]

It is supposed to be opening that program, that takes the running FAHClient process and keeps it in the background. It would not be used if the client could be run as a Windows service, but due to changes in Windows security beginning with Vista GPU folding can not be run from a service.

As this is not a problem other installers have run into, I would suggest you follow previous suggestions in this thread and completely uninstall the client and its data. Then reinstall following the directions from the Windows Install Guide.

[commissar0617]

It is supposed to be opening that program, that takes the running FAHClient process and keeps it in the background. It would not be used if the client could be run as a Windows service, but due to changes in Windows security beginning with Vista GPU folding can not be run from a service.

As this is not a problem other installers have run into, I would suggest you follow previous suggestions in this thread and completely uninstall the client and its data. Then reinstall following the directions from the Windows Install Guide.

i think the problem with the config was that I had it set to run as admin in compatibility, and FaH wasn't liking it. all of the sudden, after disabling that, it manually starts fine.....

[7im]

That's why we recommend following the install guide. Admin privileges and compatibility mode are unnecessary for fah to run correctly.