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Clifford Sanford

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Message 76756 - Posted: 24 Mar 2017, 20:13:37 UTC

Can Boinc run without the screen graphic displayed and allowing a photo to be displayed instead?
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Message 76772 - Posted: 25 Mar 2017, 3:51:30 UTC

Just change your screensaver?
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Message 76971 - Posted: 28 Mar 2017, 13:08:34 UTC

Do you mean have a photograph for your screensaver or a photograph on the desktop - the latter is how all my computers with monitors run, just have no screensaver selected, and set the screensaver delay time to "never show".
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Message 76985 - Posted: 28 Mar 2017, 18:39:50 UTC - in response to Message 76971.  

My goal is to have Boinc running in the background and not displaying the Boinc graphic. I would like to display a chosen photo when the screen saver activates with Boinc still running as usual in the background.
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Message 76987 - Posted: 28 Mar 2017, 18:53:39 UTC - in response to Message 76985.  

That's fine. Use your operating system tools to choose a screen saver to your liking. BOINC's screensaver is an entirely optional component, and it isn't essential to either install or run it for the scientific work to be done. In fact, the science will probably be done more quickly if you choose not to use the BOINC screensaver.
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Message 77018 - Posted: 29 Mar 2017, 15:45:05 UTC - in response to Message 76987.  

OK, thanks for the information. That leaves me with the question of how can it be determined when the scientific calculations are occurring when the Boinc screen saver is not in use. Tnx
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Message 77020 - Posted: 29 Mar 2017, 15:49:23 UTC - in response to Message 77018.  

Launch BOINC Manager? Again, although that runs, continuously but minimised, in the most common BOINC configuration, it isn't necessary, and it can be started and stopped independently of the 'Client' which manages the actual science.

Or you can use a third-party application like BoincTasks, which can monitor multiple computers running BOINC from a central point.
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Message 77025 - Posted: 30 Mar 2017, 3:25:48 UTC - in response to Message 77020.  

Richard, thank you for your help in answering my questions. Great job!
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