I have been running boinc for several months and then suddenly one day it said it was disconnected.

i attempted to again connect with localhost and was told repeatedly that it could not connect.

I removed the boinc software and attemtped to reinstall the latest version and it still could not connect to local host

i then removed that software again and attempted to download the older version with the same results.

does anyone hav any ideas wher eon my computer i might be having a problem connecting to local host again

Stephen

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I have been running boinc for several months and then suddenly one day it said it was disconnected.

i attempted to again connect with localhost and was told repeatedly that it could not connect.

I removed the boinc software and attemtped to reinstall the latest version and it still could not connect to local host

i then removed that software again and attempted to download the older version with the same results.

does anyone hav any ideas wher eon my computer i might be having a problem connecting to local host again

Stephen

You might try taking Boinc out of your Startup folder if it's there, and start Boinc manually.

Michael

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"The arc of history is long, but it bends toward Justice"

Here are a few things to try and fix your problem...
Do you have BOINC starting at boot? If so delete it from windows startup and reboot, that works for some people...

OK, the disconnected issue means that the BOINC manager is not able to talk to the BOINC daemon. Whether or not you are uploading/downloading/crunching at this point must be determined with the task list (I do not remember how to bring this up for 95/98/me).
The usual reason for this problem is that the BOINC manager is starting and trying to talk before the BOINC daemon is ready to listen. The usual fix is to wait a minute or two and see if connecting to "" or "localhost" or "127.0.0.1" works.
If the above fails, then there is a possibility that the BOINC daemon is not starting. If that is the case, then staring it manually may help. If it is installed as a service, run "net start BOINC" from a command line. If it is installed as single or multi user, cd to the install directory, and run BOINC.exe. If it is now running, you are the victim of a bug that has hopefully been fixed in 5.1.
If it is still not working, you have a problem with one of the XML files, and you will probably have to delete the directory and start over. (I have seen this problem much less with 5.1).
You might also go to the BOINC folder and look for this file "gui rpc auth.cfg" open with word pad and change the password to one you like make sure you enter a return at the end and then save and reboot computer then try the local host entry in select computer popup..... Check your firewall.
When all screens in Boinc Manager are blank, check that Boinc.exe is running. In Windows NT/2k/XP, rightclick on the Windows taskbar and choose Task Manager. Go to the processes tab and check if Boinc.exe is running. Check how many versions of Boincmgr.exe there are running.

If more than 2 of the latter, close them all down and restart one.
If Boinc.exe isn't running, please try a reboot of the computer first.

Close down BOINC as far as it is running.
Navigate to your Boinc directory.
Find the file called gui_rpc_auth.cfg and delete it.
Then restart BOINC.
That will most probably fix it.

(When you revert back to 4.45 you need to delete this file as well!)

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