"Act as client PC" setting shared between client and server?

[cncb]

I set up a client PC, and when I checked "Act as client PC" it modified this setting on the server. So, my Pending Recordings list was suddenly empty on the server because it thought it was a client. I unchecked "Act as client PC" on the server to fix it and now this is unchecked on the client now? Shouldn't this be an independent/not shared setting?

[sub]

Sure, it's only supposed to change the setting on the client. I'll try to reproduce.

[stustunz]

Is there some weird thing going on where your configuration file is set to sync in a shared folder

[cncb]

No, but the server's config file is present in the "database share" folder, of course.

[cncb]

Well, it looks like they are sharing the same config file since the one on the client PC hasn't been modified recently? I have disabled the Recording Service on the client PC because I thought it was unnecessary. Could this be the problem?

[mvallevand]

Last week I installed two Win 10 clients and unticked this on both and the server was fine. Since johnsonx42 told me to trick I always disable the recording service so future updates don't turn it back on.

Martin

[cncb]

Any ideas why my client is writing to the server's shared config file? This would also explain why my server was suddenly recording to the C-drive which quickly ran out of room.

[sub]

Any ideas why my client is writing to the server's shared config file?

No. I spent time looking at client/server stuff in the weekend, including trying to reproduce this, and I wasn't able to. If it's easy for you to reproduce, I could try taking a look at your logs.

This would also explain why my server was suddenly recording to the C-drive which quickly ran out of room.

I wouldn't think so. What files filled up your C:\ drive?

[cncb]

I wouldn't think so. What files filled up your C:\ drive?

The server's recording folder was suddenly set to the c drive, the same folder that the client is set to which could be explained by the client writing to the shared config file.

[cncb]

Edit: Never mind. This is can be blamed on the idiot (me) who did a fresh install on Windows 10 and mistakenly modified the data directory in the registry to point to the shared data directory :o. Very sorry about that.