I just started running Windoze 10 on a Compaq Elite 8100 with Core I5 processor , and downloaded the latest BOINC version 7.12.1 (x64). It seems to run properly, tasks are downloaded (from Milkyway@home) and run to 100% completion (I've saved screen shots). But they sit there for some indefinite period of time "Ready to report". Later I check back and that task has disappeared, but the "Transfers" tab doesn't show anything was transferred. And the computation time has not updated for days.

As I say, this is a new installation on a new computer, and I'm new to Widoze 10. So am I overlooking some configuration setting? I've left the "Daily schedules" page totally blank on the theory that lets it run anytime I'm not using the machine myself.

Log is attached below. Suggestions?

9/7/2018 9:55:10 AM | | cc_config.xml not found - using defaults
9/7/2018 9:55:10 AM | | Starting BOINC client version 7.12.1 for windows_x86_64
9/7/2018 9:55:10 AM | | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
9/7/2018 9:55:10 AM | | Libraries: libcurl/7.47.1 OpenSSL/1.0.2g zlib/1.2.8
9/7/2018 9:55:10 AM | | Data directory: C:\ProgramData\BOINC
9/7/2018 9:55:10 AM | | Running under account wjmar
9/7/2018 9:55:11 AM | | No usable GPUs found
9/7/2018 9:55:12 AM | | Host name: HP-Desktop
9/7/2018 9:55:12 AM | | Processor: 4 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 650 @ 3.20GHz [Family 6 Model 37 Stepping 5]
9/7/2018 9:55:12 AM | | Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss htt tm pni ssse3 cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes syscall nx lm vmx smx tm2 pbe
9/7/2018 9:55:12 AM | | OS: Microsoft Windows 10: Professional x64 Edition, (10.00.17134.00)
9/7/2018 9:55:12 AM | | Memory: 11.80 GB physical, 13.62 GB virtual
9/7/2018 9:55:12 AM | | Disk: 231.42 GB total, 111.80 GB free
9/7/2018 9:55:12 AM | | Local time is UTC -4 hours
9/7/2018 9:55:12 AM | | No WSL found.
9/7/2018 9:55:12 AM | Asteroids@home | URL http://asteroidsathome.net/boinc/; Computer ID 561790; resource share 100
9/7/2018 9:55:12 AM | Milkyway@Home | URL http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/; Computer ID 782862; resource share 100
9/7/2018 9:55:12 AM | SETI@home | URL http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID 8571609; resource share 100
9/7/2018 9:55:12 AM | | No general preferences found - using defaults
9/7/2018 9:55:12 AM | | Reading preferences override file
9/7/2018 9:55:12 AM | | Preferences:
9/7/2018 9:55:12 AM | | max memory usage when active: 6043.64 MB
9/7/2018 9:55:12 AM | | max memory usage when idle: 10878.56 MB
9/7/2018 9:55:12 AM | | max disk usage: 10.00 GB
9/7/2018 9:55:12 AM | | don't compute while active
9/7/2018 9:55:12 AM | | don't use GPU while active
9/7/2018 9:55:12 AM | | suspend work if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 50%
9/7/2018 9:55:12 AM | | (to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager)
9/7/2018 9:55:12 AM | | Setting up project and slot directories
9/7/2018 9:55:12 AM | | Checking active tasks
9/7/2018 9:55:12 AM | | Setting up GUI RPC socket
9/7/2018 9:55:12 AM | | Checking presence of 28 project files
9/7/2018 9:55:13 AM | | Suspending computation - computer is in use
9/7/2018 10:08:29 AM | | Suspending computation - computer is in use
9/7/2018 10:12:58 AM | | Resuming computation
9/7/2018 10:40:20 AM | | Suspending computation - computer is in use
9/7/2018 10:47:02 AM | | Resuming computation
9/7/2018 10:53:31 AM | | Suspending computation - computer is in use
9/7/2018 11:10:48 AM | | Resuming computation
9/7/2018 11:12:00 AM | | Suspending computation - computer is in use
9/7/2018 11:17:37 AM | | Resuming computation
9/7/2018 11:18:01 AM | | Suspending computation - computer is in use
9/7/2018 11:30:44 AM | | Resuming computation
9/7/2018 11:31:42 AM | Milkyway@Home | Computation for task de_nbody_7_23_2018_v170_20k__data_3_1533467104_256845_0 finished
9/7/2018 11:31:43 AM | Milkyway@Home | Starting task de_modfit_sim19fixed_bundle4_4s_NoContraintsWithDisk260_1_1533467104_9506096_2
9/7/2018 11:37:31 AM | | Suspending computation - computer is in use
9/7/2018 11:44:23 AM | | Resuming computation
9/7/2018 11:50:45 AM | | Suspending computation - computer is in use
9/7/2018 11:53:52 AM | | Resuming computation
9/7/2018 11:54:54 AM | Milkyway@Home | Computation for task de_modfit_sim19fixed_bundle4_4s_NoContraintsWithDisk260_2_1533467104_10041209_2 finished
9/7/2018 11:54:54 AM | Milkyway@Home | Starting task de_nbody_7_23_2018_v170_20k__data_3_1533467104_256869_0
9/7/2018 11:56:30 AM | | Suspending computation - computer is in use
9/7/2018 12:02:15 PM | | Resuming computation
9/7/2018 12:11:04 PM | | Suspending computation - computer is in use
9/7/2018 12:18:30 PM | | Resuming computation
9/7/2018 12:32:22 PM | Milkyway@Home | Sending scheduler request: To report completed tasks.
9/7/2018 12:32:22 PM | Milkyway@Home | Reporting 2 completed tasks
9/7/2018 12:32:22 PM | Milkyway@Home | Not requesting tasks: don't need (not highest priority project)
9/7/2018 12:32:24 PM | Milkyway@Home | Scheduler request completed
9/7/2018 1:16:46 PM | | Suspending computation - computer is in use
9/7/2018 1:20:37 PM | | Resuming computation
9/7/2018 1:31:09 PM | | Suspending computation - computer is in use

I'm afraid you have mis-understood the normal processes which occur when you reach "Computation for task ... finished". Let me try to explain - first in the general case for the majority of science projects, and then separately for the special case of Milkyway@Home.

Most projects write the scientific results of their computations into one or more data files. These files can vary in size from a few tens of bytes, up to a hundred megabytes or more, depending on the project. Once BOINC has finished computation, it will immediately start to upload any data files created to the project server. Obviously, a 100MB file will take some time to transfer, and these are the files you will see on the transfers tab in BOINC Manager: they will also be listed in the event log, shortly after the 'completed' and 'starting' messages.

Only after the final data file has been uploaded and acknowledged by the project can you consider that your scientific contribution is fully complete. It's at this point that the status displayed by BOINC Manager, which will have passed through 'Running' and 'Uploading', will finally switch to 'Ready to report'. By that time, it's already too late to catch any activity on the transfers tab.

'Reporting' the completed task is a separate operation, which involves updating a number of database entries at the project to keep the administration and record-keeping tidy. It's more efficient and saves on the server workload if multiple reports can be batched together and dealt with at the same time. That's why you sometimes see 'Ready to report' status showing for an extended period, but BOINC normally reports them all once the oldest has been waiting for an hour or more.

That's the end of the general procedure applying to all projects, but as I said at the beginning, Milkyway is different.

They don't write their scientific data into a separate file, but instead include it in the administrative 'report' stage (which is otherwise more concerned with timing). For that reason, there are no Milkyway file uploads listed in your event log, and nothing appears on your transfer tab (although you would see a download transfer if you were watching either of those places the next time new work is allocated by the project).

Everything I've written here applies to all versions of BOINC: there's nothing special about Windows 10. The same would apply if you were running Linux or OS X, or Windows 7 or Windows XP.

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Welcome to BOINC. No doubt other questions will come to mind as you find your way around - feel free to come back here and ask them as you come across them.

Thanks for the education. I've run BOINC for years on Win7 machines and never noticed this issue. Which is not to say it wasn't there. As an experiment I'll turn off Milkyway and see if the other projects work as I've expected.

Thanks.