So, I installed BOINC today on a new PC, following the death last week of its predecessor. The software installs fine, but I seem to have no way to pick up where I left off with the old machine.

Ie, what projects was I running, how many hours had I contributed, etc.

I searched through my emails and can find not one email from Boinc over the past 5 years! There are a few from SETI, but they contain no identification that was unique to me.

So my problem is: How can I find out my old Boinc account details, so that I can use them on my new PC? Is there a Boinc email address that such questions can be sent to? I have looked around for the answer to this question, but can't find one. Hence my query here.

If you sign up with the same email address then you should get your account back. Do so for each project and each project should reconnect you with your credits. Oh, once you have reconnect with any project, the account details page of that project should list all the other projects where you have completed credits, if you can't remember them. (But be advised if the project has gone away obviously you won't be able to sign into it.)

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Now would also be a good time to consider using an account manager like BAM!. Just go to www.boincstats.com and sign up.

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I searched through my emails and can find not one email from Boinc over the past 5 years! There are a few from SETI, but they contain no identification that was unique to me.

You don't get any emails from BOINC. BOINC is merely the managing program, you add projects to it and you'll get the emails from those projects.

So my problem is: How can I find out my old Boinc account details, so that I can use them on my new PC? Is there a Boinc email address that such questions can be sent to? I have looked around for the answer to this question, but can't find one. Hence my query here.

Unless you had an account on these forums, there is no BOINC account. So no need to look around for that. Any questions about BOINC can be asked on these forums.

The way that you register at the projects is through an email address and a password (*). The email address is the unique identifier, with it you should always be able to log in to the project's web page. So as long as you use a real existing email address, you can use it to add projects back to BOINC.

What you need to remember though is the password you set. When using the 'I forgot my password' sequence from the project, you won't be sent your password but instead be sent a temporary - 24 hour - login link which you can use to log into the project with, and change your password to something you can remember, then use that combination of that email address and the new password to add the project.

(*) The email and password identification is true for all projects but for those under World Community Grid. There it's a combination of user name and password.

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If you sign up with the same email address then you should get your account back. Do so for each project and each project should reconnect you with your credits. Oh, once you have reconnect with any project, the account details page of that project should list all the other projects where you have completed credits, if you can't remember them. (But be advised if the project has gone away obviously you won't be able to sign into it.)

This worked really well for me - I remember one project, re-established my old account with them, and then found my other projects - thanks!!!

Now would also be a good time to consider using an account manager like BAM!. Just go to www.boincstats.com and sign up.

I have now done this as per the current Boinc instructions. This should stop this sort of problem from happening again. Thanks.

I searched through my emails and can find not one email from Boinc over the past 5 years! There are a few from SETI, but they contain no identification that was unique to me.

You don't get any emails from BOINC. BOINC is merely the managing program, you add projects to it and you'll get the emails from those projects.

So my problem is: How can I find out my old Boinc account details, so that I can use them on my new PC? Is there a Boinc email address that such questions can be sent to? I have looked around for the answer to this question, but can't find one. Hence my query here.

Unless you had an account on these forums, there is no BOINC account. So no need to look around for that. Any questions about BOINC can be asked on these forums.

The way that you register at the projects is through an email address and a password (*). The email address is the unique identifier, with it you should always be able to log in to the project's web page. So as long as you use a real existing email address, you can use it to add projects back to BOINC.

What you need to remember though is the password you set. When using the 'I forgot my password' sequence from the project, you won't be sent your password but instead be sent a temporary - 24 hour - login link which you can use to log into the project with, and change your password to something you can remember, then use that combination of that email address and the new password to add the project.

(*) The email and password identification is true for all projects but for those under World Community Grid. There it's a combination of user name and password.

I used this technique and it worked perfectly for me. I was able to re-establish one of my old project accounts this way, and then was able to find the others. Thanks!!!