...with the screensaver as an optional goodie to avoid the necessity of an administrator account when installing.

That's what i really would appreciate.

Am i right that an administrator account is only needed because the screensaver should be copied to the system-directory?

Oh, yes, i'm talking about the windows-version...

what do you out there think about this (especially the people responsible for creatig a new version)?
Was this issue discussed elsewhere?
Are there any reasons for an administrator account?

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You'll also need admin rights to install BOINC as a service.

If you just want the files from the downloaded package, you run the boinc installer with a "/a" switch (eg "boinc_5.8.8_windows_intelx86.exe /a"), enter a path when prompted of where you'd like the files extracted, and don't select the option to "Launch BOINC" when prompted. You could then use the extracted files to do a manual installation.

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No, the switch /a unpacks the installer file. So you don't need to install it separately.

You then have a directory with the main BOINC files in a separate Program Files\\BOINC\\ directory and one directory called Windows that only holds the BOINC.scr file. You can move that file to your own Windows directory.

You can only use the /a switch from a command line window though. So if you need help on that... ask and I'll write it up.

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No, the switch /a unpacks the installer file.

That's what I said it did.

So you don't need to install it separately.

It won't run in that state without further effort on your part, hence my reference to a manual installation, be that copying the files somewhere and creating a shortcut to boincmgr, or manually installing it as a service.

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So you don't need to install it separately.

It won't run in that state without further effort on your part, hence my reference to a manual installation, be that copying the files somewhere and creating a shortcut to boincmgr, or manually installing it as a service.

Ever tried it? I use that install option as the clean install option to do a separate install from my normal BOINC.

Just go to the \\Program Files\\BOINC\\ directory and start boincmgr.exe
Works great.
Even on separate accounts, where BOINC has never been installed before.

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@Marky-UK, @Ageless:

Thank you both for replying!

I have given the /a-switch a try and it worked:

it created 2 folders, [program files] and [Windows] and the installer file BOINC.msi

i then stopped version 5.4.11 which was running, copied the content of [program files]\\[BOINC] into the folder of the 5.4.11 version (with the 'overwrite existing files'-option) and startet the BOINC-Manager.

After the benchmarks all projects where continueing (?-how do i write this; sorry for my poor english) where i stopped them before installing version 5.8.8!

Everything worked fine, thanks to you both and your help - Thank you again!!!

kind regards,
Reinhart / ikarus1969

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