1) Message boards : Questions and problems : Option for downloading and computing only one task at all (Message 92172) Posted 15 Jul 2019 by FMuenn Post: I am currently subscribed to three projects. My computer is running only about 2-3 hours a day, and even throttled to avoid the fan going though the roof. With this limited time available, I do not want to download several tasks of different projects, only to see them expire. Is there an option for BOINC to download one task, run it and then fetch a new one? I do not need nor want to have several tasks in the cache, as BOINC could easily ask for and download it at the time one task is finished. Am I right to assume all scheduling decisions by BOINC rely on the basis the computer is running all the time? Thanks for your input and help! Best regards, Frank P.S. I already tried setting fetch-minimal-work in the config file. For whatever reason, BOINC sometimes refuses to download new work, even if no task is being processed then.

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