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Charles White
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10 Feb 2008 0:40:38 UTC
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    Windows Vista Blocks Boinic from starting and there seems to be no way to get it to run automatically at start up. As usuall windows help is NO help.
    I am using a compaq presario f700 with an AMD Turlon 64 processor and 2 gig ram.

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    Windows Vista Blocks Boinic

    10 Feb 2008 3:04:28 UTC
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      Vista doesn't allow many programs to start up automatically. The UAC in combination with Windows Defender will stop programs from loading automatically.

      Ways around it:
      - Start BOINC Manager manually after you logged into Windows.
      - Install BOINC as a service and don't let BOINC Manager start up from the Startup folder.

      Or just wait for BOINC 6, which will have a fix for that. It'll be a while though before 6.2 will be released.

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      RE: Vista doesn't allow

      10 Feb 2008 5:25:57 UTC
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        Vista doesn't allow many programs to start up automatically. The UAC in combination with Windows Defender will stop programs from loading automatically.

        Ways around it:
        - Start BOINC Manager manually after you logged into Windows.
        - Install BOINC as a service and don't let BOINC Manager start up from the Startup folder.

        Or just wait for BOINC 6, which will have a fix for that. It'll be a while though before 6.2 will be released.


        Another very important tip: install to C:\\BOINC or somewhere outside of the "program files" tree. (Also fixed in version 6 but it could be a long time before a working version 6 client is released.)

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        Charles White
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        I don't know how to install

        10 Feb 2008 7:19:29 UTC
        Message 78595 in response to message 78594
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          I don't know how to install as a service, if you mean the 3rd option on the install menu it wouldn't let me.
          I did install to C:\\boinic , still does the same

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          Vista doesn't allow many programs to start up automatically. The UAC in combination with Windows Defender will stop programs from loading automatically.

          Ways around it:
          - Start BOINC Manager manually after you logged into Windows.
          - Install BOINC as a service and don't let BOINC Manager start up from the Startup folder.

          Or just wait for BOINC 6, which will have a fix for that. It'll be a while though before 6.2 will be released.


          Another very important tip: install to C:\\BOINC or somewhere outside of the "program files" tree. (Also fixed in version 6 but it could be a long time before a working version 6 client is released.)


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          RE: I don't know how to

          10 Feb 2008 12:14:57 UTC
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            I don't know how to install as a service, if you mean the 3rd option on the install menu it wouldn't let me.
            I did install to C:\\boinic , still does the same

            Why won't it let you? Error? Details please :-)

            Kathryn :o)

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            Charles White
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            I would have to uninstall and

            10 Feb 2008 14:10:01 UTC
            Message 78597 in response to message 78596
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              I would have to uninstall and try it again to see the error details

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              I don't know how to install as a service, if you mean the 3rd option on the install menu it wouldn't let me.
              I did install to C:\\boinic , still does the same

              Why won't it let you? Error? Details please :-)


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              The Service install needs a

              10 Feb 2008 16:13:53 UTC
              Message 78598 in response to message 78597
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                The Service install needs a Windows administrator account with password.

                You can check errors you got in Event Viewer (normally in Control Panel->Administrative Tools->Event Viewer), system log or application log.

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                RE: Another very important

                20 Feb 2008 3:33:26 UTC
                Message 78599 in response to message 78594
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                  Another very important tip: install to C:\\BOINC or somewhere outside of the "program files" tree. (Also fixed in version 6 but it could be a long time before a working version 6 client is released.)

                  Just out of curiosity, what does this tip affect? I'm currently running BOINC from C:\\Program Files\\BOINC as a service (in Vista). Does installing it to a folder such as C:\\BOINC make it able to run at boot automatically without it being installed as a service? Or is it supposed to fix some other problems that I'm not seeing?

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                  RE: RE: Another very

                  20 Feb 2008 4:17:24 UTC
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                    Another very important tip: install to C:\\BOINC or somewhere outside of the "program files" tree. (Also fixed in version 6 but it could be a long time before a working version 6 client is released.)

                    Just out of curiosity, what does this tip affect? I'm currently running BOINC from C:\\Program Files\\BOINC as a service (in Vista). Does installing it to a folder such as C:\\BOINC make it able to run at boot automatically without it being installed as a service? Or is it supposed to fix some other problems that I'm not seeing?


                    When installed under program files Vista will often not allow the client to change any of the files. So all the tasks either error out or loose all progress every time BOINC exits.

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                    RE: When installed under

                    20 Feb 2008 19:44:04 UTC
                    Message 78601 in response to message 78600
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                      When installed under program files Vista will often not allow the client to change any of the files. So all the tasks either error out or loose all progress every time BOINC exits.

                      That's interesting. I wonder why that only happens in some cases. And more specifically not in mine.

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                      RE: RE: When installed

                      8 Apr 2008 17:46:21 UTC
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                        When installed under program files Vista will often not allow the client to change any of the files. So all the tasks either error out or loose all progress every time BOINC exits.

                        That's interesting. I wonder why that only happens in some cases. And more specifically not in mine.


                        Probably runs okay in an administrator account but not in an unprivileged account.

                        Stan

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