I have a work desktop that requires admin priviledges to install software. However, software that communicates to servers transparently are prohibited (DoD) so BOINC is a no-no. Can I run BOINC, especially World Community Grid on a thumbdrive and send the results at work or by taking it home where I have BOINC on both my personal laptop and desktop? Thanks

I have a work desktop that requires admin priviledges to install software. However, software that communicates to servers transparently are prohibited (DoD) so BOINC is a no-no. Can I run BOINC, especially World Community Grid on a thumbdrive and send the results at work or by taking it home where I have BOINC on both my personal laptop and desktop? Thanks

No expert here but I don't think that would work Unless you are able to download and upload from your WORK OFFICE COMPUTER.

BOINC or the Project expects the same computer that was given the work to return it. Each computer has an ID number that is assigned to it.

However I have done this. Download the WU's to a computer then thansfer those WU's to another PC and when they were done return them back to the Computer they were downloaded to so it could upload the completes tasks. I did this because of a overheating problem with the laptop so I had another laptop do the work and transfer it back when completed. The 1st laptop that had the overheating problem was able to upload the WU's as if it did the work. It was a pain in the _______ (instert your words) But I was more concern in getting the WU's done before the deadline. Also BOTH computer need the same project already attached.

I have not try to do this with BOINC 6.X

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I have a work desktop that requires admin priviledges to install software. However, software that communicates to servers transparently are prohibited (DoD) so BOINC is a no-no. Can I run BOINC, especially World Community Grid on a thumbdrive and send the results at work or by taking it home where I have BOINC on both my personal laptop and desktop?

First, you should ask whether you may run it there and access the internet at all...

Technically, you could possibly start the client executable manually off the thumb folder, where the BOINC folder tree reside (or have it copied somewhere locally on the computer). I do not know whether just the Manager is accessing registry, or the client too.

Additionally yo would have to periodically suffer the "pain in the etc." because of periodically moving the whole data around. But it might work.

Peter