I've wrote a little batch program to check the state of the Gridcoin client.
If Windows reports that it's not running, it terminates the client, and restarts it. It makes a log file of these events. First you should download the NIRCMD utility from here (x64), or here (x86, for 32 bit OS). Make a folder for the batch file, copy and paste it to notepad, and save it named chk_grc.bat, put the contents of the nircmd zip file into the same folder. You should start this batch file with administrative privileges.

SET cnt=0
:repeat
TASKLIST /NH /FI "imagename EQ gridcoinresearch.exe" /FO csv /V >tasklist.txt 
FIND /i "gridcoinresearch.exe" <tasklist.txt
IF errorlevel 1 GOTO notfound
FIND /i "running" <tasklist.txt
IF errorlevel 1 GOTO notrunning
NIRCMD wait 60000
GOTO repeat
:notfound
TASKLIST | FIND /i "grcrestarter.exe"
IF errorlevel 1 GOTO restart
NIRCMD waitprocess "grcrestarter.exe"
NIRCMD wait 60000
GOTO repeat
:notrunning
TASKLIST | FIND /i "grcrestarter.exe"
IF errorlevel 1 GOTO killgrc
NIRCMD waitprocess "grcrestarter.exe"
NIRCMD wait 60000
GOTO repeat
:killgrc
ECHO %cnt% %date% %time% GridcoinResearch.exe is not responding, terminating it. >>chk_grc.log
TASKKILL /f /im gridcoinresearch.exe
NIRCMD wait 1000
:restart
NIRCMD exec show "c:\Program Files (x86)\GridcoinResearch\gridcoinresearch.exe" 
SET /a cnt+=1
ECHO %cnt% %date% %time% >>chk_grc.log
GOTO repeat
:end

I have had H E L L trying to get grcpool to work with my boinc farm. Not getting much help in their forum. I see my systems make a contact but hosts show no sync occurred. It looks like I got to uninstall boinc on all system and reinstall after removing the ProjectData\Boinc diretory manually (GUI win10 does not delete it but rmdir/s works usually)

BeemerBiker:

Did you ask BGB (creator of the pool) directly for help: admin@grcpool.com? I thought BGB would be quite helpful. You can also find him under https://steemd.com/@bgb.

I have never used a pool, so I am not the right person to help you, but I do not think that you have to reinstall BOIN to join the pool: Might you have missed this step on the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=jm2E6pQ-Ifw, around minute 4?

If your wallet is operational and you like to go solo, I might as well send you some coins over, although not thousands to stake regularly.

Merry Christmas,
klepel

didn't want to bother anyone. i did not get any feedback here as of yet.

did find out by trial and error that if I:
1. Disconnect from grcpool manager
2. Detach all "I MEAN ALL" projects
3. re-connect with grcpool

The errors go away and it is working (just on 1 system so far).

Unfortunately, I have projects that are not on their list including retired projects. They must be removed or the error shows up. I also lose all current work and waiting work

Possibly I can detach retired projects w/o having to boot to safe mode and delete them from projectdata\boinc. Booting in safe mode requires a monitor and keyboard on these headless system.

this should not have to be. Why should one have to disconnect from the manager then detach the project from my own computer then reconnect? There should be some setting in some xml file that can be changed so that on the next sync my system gets blessed by grcpool and the error goes away. I know the sync is working as I can change a %value resource on grcpool then sync my client and observe the % was set to what I want on my computer.

So far,I have 3 "free" coins. Do you know what it takes to sendout a beacon? I cant seem to find out by asking or using google.

So far,I have 3 "free" coins. Do you know what it takes to sendout a beacon? I cant seem to find out by asking or using google.

Beacons and votes cost 0.00011 GRC.

The Gridcoin wallet should be able to send a beacon with 3 GRC. Hopefully your wallet may have sent one already by now. Check your transaction logs for a sent to line with an amount of -0.00021 (used to be 0.00011).

If it has still not automatically sent a beacon you can send one manually from the debug console. From the Windows client open the console from the Help > Debug Window > console tab. Type the command execute advertisebeacon.

Additional details can be found here. https://www.gridcoin.us/Guides/earn-grc.htm

A good place to look at how your Gridcoin setup is working is the Gridcoin Stats website https://gridcoinstats.eu/index.php

The Gridcoin Client version 3.7.0.0 is released on the webpage, it is worth to download and install it manually.
It will be released as a mandatory update soon (available by clicking on the Help -> Upgrade Client).

Thought I would give Grid Coin a try. Not very intuitive to set up for existing BOINC accounts.
Wallet rarely syncs,Forums are basically useless..same questions asked , rarely answered or repeats of basic info.
Should not have to chase down people for answers to basic set up questions. Small but important set up info buried or not there.
Currently wallet will not sync (again)and after visiting reddit forum find out there is some kind of Fork ?? going on whatever that is and wallets are not updating or syncing. Too much technical jargon makes a person's head spin.
Also,even though I am currently crunching for GPUGRID the tasks are not showing in my task list and Boinc Stats shows no recent updates...thinking of uninstalling..not really worth it...

Thought I would give Grid Coin a try. Not very intuitive to set up for existing BOINC accounts.
Wallet rarely syncs,Forums are basically useless..same questions asked , rarely answered or repeats of basic info.
Should not have to chase down people for answers to basic set up questions. Small but important set up info buried or not there.
Currently wallet will not sync (again)and after visiting reddit forum find out there is some kind of Fork ?? going on whatever that is and wallets are not updating or syncing. Too much technical jargon makes a person's head spin.
Also,even though I am currently crunching for GPUGRID the tasks are not showing in my task list and Boinc Stats shows no recent updates...thinking of uninstalling..not really worth it...

From your profile I see that you didnt join the Gridcoin team yet... that is the first step to GRC heaven ;) Once you have done this and installed your wallet let us know, there are quite a few Gridcoin team members here to help you.

Edit: Besides, the payouts depend on your current GRC balance. If you have less than 500-1000GRC, it may take several weeks to your first payout. So I recommend pool mining in the beginning until you have a noteworthy balance.

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I would love to see HCF1 protein folding and interaction simulations to help my little boy... someday.

Weeks... So I'm not far off and that not receiving any GRC atm is normal?
I've been seeing the "estimate time to earn reward" message go around 1 to 5 hours for some time now, it's been teasing me.

Also the connection for me seems to be quiet intermittent. The Gridcoin Wallet program tends to report that it's offline, then online, then offline again, despite being able to sync.

Weeks... So I'm not far off and that not receiving any GRC atm is normal?

No, I receive ~90GRC daily.
Do you have any GRC in your wallet?
Have you sent your initial beacon?
Do you have the latest (3.7.7.0) client?

I've been seeing the "estimate time to earn reward" message go around 1 to 5 hours for some time now, it's been teasing me.

That's a very rough estimate, based on your magnitude and the GRCs you are staking.

Also the connection for me seems to be quiet intermittent. The Gridcoin Wallet program tends to report that it's offline, then online, then offline again, despite being able to sync.

That's true. I usually restart my client every other day.

No, I receive ~90GRC daily.
Do you have any GRC in your wallet?
Have you sent your initial beacon?
Do you have the latest (3.7.7.0) client?

I'm currently going with the starting 3 GRC I had and then a few 0.4 more from the Gridcoin faucet. Magnitude at 8. So I guess that isn't exactly a stellar amount.
Initial beacon was already sent as well...although I couldn't check if it has worked ever since, aside from the successful beacon-sending from the Debug Window, since Gridcoinstats is down atm.

I should have the latest version alread---
>3.7.4.0
...Okay, not the latest. I could've sworn I just updated. Sorry, I feel silly now...
Lemme test this then.

Weeks... So I'm not far off and that not receiving any GRC atm is normal?

I'm currently going with the starting 3 GRC I had and then a few 0.4 more from the Gridcoin faucet. Magnitude at 8. So I guess that isn't exactly a stellar amount.

Well, yes. with a balance of 3 GRC and a magnitude of 8 I would have expected that. Your weight is so low that payouts happen in months rather than days.

I've been seeing the "estimate time to earn reward" message go around 1 to 5 hours for some time now, it's been teasing me.

As from the above, I don’t believe 1 to 5 hours is an appropriate estimation. Again, I don’t think that solo mining will get you anywhere in this situation. I would recommend pool mining (GRCPOOL with more frequent payouts) until you have a noticeable balance of >1000GRC. There are good tutorials here about setting up the parameters:

https://www.gridcoin.us/Guides/pool.htm

Later you could switch back to solo mining and receive payouts more often.

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I would love to see HCF1 protein folding and interaction simulations to help my little boy... someday.

...I've been mining solo!?
Yeah, I guess I did miss some understanding of what exactly to do around.
Feeling even more sillier now...
Thanks, and sorry.

...I've been mining solo!?
Yeah, I guess I did miss some understanding of what exactly to do around.
Feeling even more sillier now...
Thanks, and sorry.

Hey, there is no reason for apologies. That is what forums are made for, just keep on asking and we will be happy to assist you :)

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I would love to see HCF1 protein folding and interaction simulations to help my little boy... someday.

A new client (v3.7.8.0) has been released.
This is a mandatory update, so you should download and install it as soon as possible.
Do not update from inside the wallet client (this option is removed from the last couple of releases anyway).

You can check it on github manually if there is a new version released:
https://github.com/gridcoin/Gridcoin-Research/releases

You can download the latest msi installer from here:
http://download.gridcoin.us/download/downloadstake/GridcoinResearch.msi