Einstein@Home Screensaver does not work after MS update on 11/11/20
12 Nov 2020 21:56:32 UTC
Topic 223964
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After upgrading to Microsoft's latest for Windows 10, my Einstein@home screensaver cannot be found. I uninstalled BOINC and reinstalled with a fresh download and I still cannot get the graphics back. What do I need to do?
Bobby
Hi! I see that you're
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Hi!
I see that you're running CPU tasks. They upgraded CPU app versions and that has something to do with the screensaver if I've understood right:
https://einsteinathome.org/content/new-graphics-build
I would try if clicking "Reset project" for Einstein helped. If it doesn't then perhaps there's still a glitch with the Windows version which seems to have been updated too.
https://einsteinathome.org/apps.php
'Microsoft Windows running on an AMD x86_64 or Intel EM64T CPU 2.08 (GWnew) (beta test) 9 Nov 2020, 15:30:41 UTC' ... and your computer is running those.
Or if there's a new file in your mass storage for that new Einstein graphics build maybe your antivirus software or Windows is now blocking it. In that case that new file/app possibly would need mercy and an 'exclude' flag.
Reset Project worked. Thanks
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Reset Project worked. Thanks and I'll file that for future use.
Bobby
The reset worked once, and
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The reset worked once, and then it went back to just the BOINC screensaver. I reset it again and for a while it was OK, but it went back again. In the meantime it created 9 time out errors on what was working when I reset the project. What could be causing this?
Bobby
Please help. The screensaver
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Please help. The screensaver works a few times after restarting the computer. However, the E@H graphics saver will only last for 2 - 3 minutes and then the cycle that is programmed in the screensaver gets out of whack. It will keep the screen for up to 2 hours before going into the screensaver and then only the BOINC default screensaver will work. After about one day of this unpredictable changing it goes back to the BOINC default screensaver. I don't notice any problems when I wake the computer up, but I miss the graphics screensaver. What can I do?
Bobby