Q: I have a lot of nodes, some not even active anymore. Can I condense multiple nodes into one, or can I delete nodes entirely?

A: No, you can not condense or delete your nodes. You can only delete nodes with no results credited to them — but if they have any work credited to them they must stay. Look at it from the point that if 1,000 users each have a node with only one result returned to it, to each user it may seem insignificant, but to the project they still equal up to 1,000 completed candidates.

Q: My computer crashed and I had to reinstall the Operating System. After reinstalling CommunityTSC I find that I have a new Node ID number. How do I get an old Node ID back?

Q: How do I restore a previously backed up Node ID to my new install of CommunityTSC?

A: This is very easy to do. In the Windows version, right after you install CommunityTSC, it will display a window asking for your e-mail address. Simply cancel this and navigate on over to C:\Program Files\CommunityTSC\TSC\res\ and paste your backed up node.prp file back into the 'res' folder. Now you can start CommunityTSC and it will use your previous Node ID.

Q: Can CommunityTSC run completely in the background, with no Task Bar icon?

A: Yes it can, but only in Windows; you can either run it as a Service with Windows NT/2000/2003/XP, or you can run the program in different controller modes. You have a choice of the Lightweight Java GUI Controller, the Command Line Interface Controller and the File Bases Controller. More information about these different modes can be found in the readme.txt file in the C:\Program Files\CommunityTSC\TSC\ folder.

Q: Can CommunityTSC run as a Windows NT/2000/2003/XP service?

A: Currently CommunityTSC does not have service capability built into the client. While future versions may have some natively supported method, many users have had great success with FireDaemon. *****FireDaemon***** is a Service Manager allows you to make any Win32 application start as a Windows NT Service when the computer starts up, allowing CommunityTSC to do it's work even when sitting at the Windows logon screen. For specific instructions on how to set up FireDaemon with CommunityTSC, please look *****here*****.

Q: Why does my client hang at certain candidates?

A: You probably have a bad candidate. The most common reason this happens is that your Internet connection hiccupped when downloading your candidates. The easiest way to solve the problem is to perform a 'Flush All Tasks' in the 'Status' option and download new candidates. Not all candidates are created equal — some DO take longer to crunch than others. Flushing will not delete completed results - only the candidate currently being docked and your queue of unprocessed tasks.

Q: Why does CommunityTSC use Java?

A: Java is only used for the front end Graphical User Interface (GUI). The docking of the candidates is done with C++. Java simply enables the client to be ported to multiple OS platforms easily.

Q: Is there a program I can use to monitor my clients' progress?

A: Yes there is, Team Frozen Yogurt member malör has kindly written a program for members named DSpy. It has real time monitoring capabilities as well as many node statistics. DSpy is a Windows-only program, but DSpython is also available for Linux (and possibly Mac OS X) users that have the Python scripting language installed on their computer; both can be found *****here*****. DSpy will also monitor CommunityTSC’s sister project, D2OL.

There is also a newer program being written by a member of Team AnandTech which will expand upon DSpy's feature set; look for it to be added to the *****Download links***** on our site soon.