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Golgo13

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Hello there,
I'm new here, but I'm at my wits end regarding how to solve a problem I've had for awhile. I'll try to make this short.

I want to run a Flash file that's about 15M continuously on a 1.5 GHz 24/7, non-stop for an art exhibit. Is there a feasible way to do this without manually rebooting every once inawhile? Any feedback (software/hardware/set-up recommendations...anything really) will be greatly appreciated. Thank you! :)
 
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have you tried a test run to see what happens if you dont reboot? also the operating system you use makes a big difference
 
Wow, that was fast :eek:
Well, no I haven't tried a test run because the target continuous-run before a manual re-boot would be about 1 month. I'm scheduled to get a computer later from my sponsor but running it for a month as a test run is kind of out of the question for me, unfortunately :( . I guess I just don't understand RAM too well. Does RAM refresh itself every once inawhile? I mean, if it runs nicely for about a week or so, is it safe to assume that it could go the whole month? o_O
 
well if it is to be completely unattended i would suggest looking for information on getting the unit to reboot every so often; like when nobody is around, you should be able to get the flash animation to start up by putting a shortcut to the flash animation in the startup folder.

however, i dont know how to go about setting the system to reboot automatically but i believe it can be done via the task scheduler :)
 
Alright, blinkin' cool!! :D
That's kinda what I had in mind, but I didn't know if you needed special software for an auto-reboot. I had read that auto-reboot has problems if there's already a program running. I guess there's only one way to find out. I'll mess with the start-up and task managed whatcha-call-its then. Thanks again :D

PS-I think my sponsor plans on getting me a Mac Mini. I dunno how I feel about this yet, but I guess I'll ultimately be dealing with Mac OS. Does that suck? :P
 
Golgo13 said:
Alright, blinkin' cool!! :D
That's kinda what I had in mind, but I didn't know if you needed special software for an auto-reboot. I had read that auto-reboot has problems if there's already a program running. I guess there's only one way to find out. I'll mess with the start-up and task managed whatcha-call-its then. Thanks again :D

PS-I think my sponsor plans on getting me a Mac Mini. I dunno how I feel about this yet, but I guess I'll ultimately be dealing with Mac OS. Does that suck? :P
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Its not the greatest for manipulating like you have described, and you'll be quite limited to the amount of members on here that can help you. I strongly advise on a windows based PC for this task.

Oh and just to push you in the right direction, you can set up timed reboots etc... look into the command prompt function of "shutdown -t x" where x is an amount of time (in seconds) until shutdown. im pretty sure that could be fiddled with to reboot etc....

or youcoudl investigate thigns like this --- http://www.dimaware.com/shutdown/shutdown.html

dragon
 
For something like that you might want linux. But if you are new to computers, linux could be a little complicated. If not, use it, it is a lot more stable.
 
For easy automatic reboots on windows (assuming no logon password and only 1 account) run "shutdown -r"

Mac minis basically run Darwin UNIX (Mac OS X)
 
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