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Run Boinc without the screen graphic displayed.
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Send message Joined: 24 Mar 17 Posts: 4 |
Can Boinc run without the screen graphic displayed and allowing a photo to be displayed instead? |
Send message Joined: 2 Jan 14 Posts: 276 |
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Send message Joined: 25 May 09 Posts: 1284 |
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". |
Send message Joined: 24 Mar 17 Posts: 4 |
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. |
Send message Joined: 5 Oct 06 Posts: 5082 |
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. |
Send message Joined: 24 Mar 17 Posts: 4 |
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 |
Send message Joined: 5 Oct 06 Posts: 5082 |
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. |
Send message Joined: 24 Mar 17 Posts: 4 |
Richard, thank you for your help in answering my questions. Great job! |
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