Just Wish that it would RUN!
4 Jun 2005 2:34:57 UTC
Topic 189285
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I have exhausted every attempt to get versions 4.25 and 4.43 to run on 2 machines w/ Window XP SP2 and it just continues to show disconnected. We need an update that will allow it to run after installing SP2. I have posted on help threads to no avail. It just will not connect.
Just Wish that it would RUN!
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CHeck your firewall for permission to let the Daemon and Manager thru .......
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The development version 4.44
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The development version 4.44 is supposed to have a bug fix about the disconnected problem. You could give it a try. Just remember, it's developmental and could have other bugs.
I've had success at
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I've had success at uninstalling boinc first, install SP2, then reinstalling boinc (4.25, not tried on 4.43). I made a copy of the boinc folder before uninstalling, that way I didn't lose any wu's, and then just copied over the existing folder after reboot. Try just running SP2 firewall without another one - I found two at same time, especially ZoneAlarm products, cause many headaches and require specific tweaks to work properly.
Here's another helpful link on broken apps/fixes for SP2:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=842242
Try just running SP2 firewall
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Try just running SP2 firewall without another one - I found two at same time, especially ZoneAlarm products, cause many headaches and require specific tweaks to work properly.
That's because you have two apps fighting to do the same thing. Never a good idea, in fact, it can cause security issues on your machine.
If you happen to run Zonealarm, I would bag the XP firewall altogether.
check your firewall and make
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check your firewall and make sure that Boinc client and Boinc manager for windows has permission......
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