Just a few beefs I have with an otherwise awesome piece of software:

1 - I happen to be located in Denmark, and for practical reasons, regional settings are set to danish in my windows. However, my windows is in english, and every kind of language setting is english. Still BOINC was just in danish, without even asking me about it. This is particularly a problem, it's virtually impossible to find the place to change the language, without knowing danish.

2 - There is no setting to make BOINC not start up with windows. If it's there, it's too hidden. This is something that I would like to be asked about during installation, and be able to change in the program. I don't like to have to go do that manually afterwards myself.

3 - Why is a restart necessary after installation? No modern program should need to restart windows after installation.

4 - I would like a uninstall shortcut in the program menu, so I don't have to go search for it in control panel.

This is particularly a problem, it's virtually impossible to find the place to change the language, without knowing danish.

But the position is still the same, no matter what language.
When in Simple View click Advanced view (this is an untranslatable button, so it'll still show Advanced view).

In Advanced view to Tools->Options->Language selection menu.
The Tools option is the third one in the top menu bar. The Options is the second one in that list. The Languages drop down menu is the top option in the General section.

2 - There is no setting to make BOINC not start up with windows.

Of course there is. In the same Options menu as where I pointed you above, uncheck "Start Manager at Windows login?"

3 - Why is a restart necessary after installation? No modern program should need to restart windows after installation.

This is only necessary when you install BOINC as a service, as only then will BOINC make the for that service necessary limited user accounts, which is why you need to restart the computer to allow Windows to finalize making those accounts.

By default BOINC is not installed as a service, you need to make it so. Another name for service installation is "protected application execution".
When BOINC is not installed as a service, both the BOINC process and the project applications run under the user's account.

Other programs that will require you to restart Windows include anti-virus scanners, anti-spam software and firewalls. Those don't even run under a special (sand-boxed) account, but they require you to reboot anyway. Nothing said about Windows Update, of course, or videocard and motherboard drivers.

4 - I would like a uninstall shortcut in the program menu, so I don't have to go search for it in control panel.

It's in the Add/Remove Programs (Windows XP/2000) or Uninstall a program (Win Vista and 7) list. I asked the developer. He says it isn't a standard for programs using the Windows Installer, as in no other program out there does this.

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Just a few beefs I have with an otherwise awesome piece of software:

2 - There is no setting to make BOINC not start up with windows. If it's there, it's too hidden. This is something that I would like to be asked about during installation, and be able to change in the program. I don't like to have to go do that manually afterwards myself.

In Boinc 6.10.x go Advanced>Options, and untick 'Run Manager at Login'

In Boinc 6.12.x go Tools>Display & Network Options, and untick 'Run Manager at Login'

Claggy