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Message 32911 - Posted: 21 May 2010, 4:19:28 UTC

I want to use the same Boinc account under various users accounts on my PC some of the accounts are standard accounts and some are administrator. Do I have to install the software under each account separately?

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Message 32913 - Posted: 21 May 2010, 4:49:42 UTC - in response to Message 32911.  

No, to install BOINC you need to use an administrator account.

To run BOINC on anything else but the administrator account, check the option "Allow all users on this computer to control BOINC". That way they can start and stop BOINC Manager.
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Message 32917 - Posted: 21 May 2010, 11:12:44 UTC - in response to Message 32913.  

Where do I find that option?
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Message 32937 - Posted: 22 May 2010, 1:37:39 UTC - in response to Message 32918.  

I logged in as an adminitrator account, I uninstalled and then reinstalled the software and check the box "allow all users on this computer to manage the BOINC software" I do not have the option "Install as service" but rather another option that I don't check because it warns about other software not being able to use the GPS, I then finish the installation and start the program. and it finds the project files it was working on before the reinstallation. Then I reboot the computer and log in to my standard user account, but I get errors about Authorization faled connect to running client.
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Message 32955 - Posted: 22 May 2010, 19:31:22 UTC - in response to Message 32937.  

Never mind... I did a repair reinstall of BOINC on the standard account, it found the project data and is working fine.
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Message 33089 - Posted: 28 May 2010, 0:28:40 UTC

I want to install boinc to run no mater who is or isn,t logged on. can do?
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Message 33090 - Posted: 28 May 2010, 0:32:46 UTC - in response to Message 33089.  

How to install BOINC as a service (BOINC 6 series) on Windows?

If you do not use Windows, do tell what OS you do use instead.
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