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Problem: Windows XP taskbar visible while screensaver running
(Message 2857)
Posted 29 Jan 2006 by Michael Roycraft Post: I have BOINC version 5.2.13 running in Windows XP. The only project attached is Seti@Home. The screensaver is set to start after 5 minutes of inactivity, to run the Seti@Home screensaver graphic for one minute and then go to a blank screen. When the screensaver is running with a blank screen the Windows (XP) taskbar is visible at the bottom of the screen. The monitor screen is all blank (black) except for the Windows taskbar at the bottom of the display. If I move the mouse to close the screensaver, minimize all programs and click on a desktop item to select (but not open) it, when the screensaver starts again the taskbar is no longer visible. But eventually the taskbar reappears at the bottom of the otherwise blank monitor screen. Anyone else had this happen? Any suggestions about how to fix it? twobears, An easy workaround, especially as you don't seem too wrapped up in viewing the graphics (1 minute before blanking) is to forgo the screensaver entirely. Right-click empty desktop, "Properties", "Screensaver" tab, select "none", apply, and OK. If at some point afterward you want to see the graphics, just open the BoincManager interface, highlight the running WU on the "Work" tab, and click "Show Graphics". Regards, Michael |
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BOINC client :
Why does BOINC crash my system?
(Message 2823)
Posted 28 Jan 2006 by Michael Roycraft Post: My pc does not go out of "screen saver" hitting any key too Carlos, The best performance and stability can be yours, if you set the screensaver option to "none". Michael |
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BOINC client :
Why does BOINC crash my system?
(Message 2811)
Posted 27 Jan 2006 by Michael Roycraft Post: ATI Radeon 9550 video card Jeff, You might try checking to determine if your ATI drivers are up-to-date. Start by reading this thread. If you find that your drivers are seriously out-of-date, use the Catalyst driver removal tool found at the ATI site, and download and install a newer driver. Unless you have installed MS .NET framewoark, I'd suggest you settle for drivers from no later than November 2005. Hope you get your joy here. :-) Michael |
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BOINC Manager :
BOINC hangs on startup
(Message 2721)
Posted 23 Jan 2006 by Michael Roycraft Post: Help! Scooter, You might try, in order, 1 ) Completely shutdown, then coldstart your computer, retry Boinc. 2 ) If no success, then use the "repair" option on an install, then retry step 1. 3 ) Still no joy? Properly uninstall Boinc, without deleting anything else in the folder, reinstall, retry step 1. Michael |
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BOINC Manager :
2 Suggestions for the Statistics tab of BOINCMGR
(Message 2720)
Posted 23 Jan 2006 by Michael Roycraft Post: The statistics page drives me nuts -- a thin yellow line on a light gray background?! Who came up with that colour scheme?! Works fine on my screen, and I've yet to hear any other complaints about it. Sorry, Nikolas, no accounting for taste. :-( Regards, Michael |
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BOINC Manager :
Switch from main project to secundaire when Main is down.
(Message 2707)
Posted 22 Jan 2006 by Michael Roycraft Post: When the 2nd project starts a WU this WU do have a dead-time Carlos, No, a resource share of 1 will not waste the WU or CPU time. As the deadline nears for the secondary project WU, BOINC will temporarily go into Earliest Deadline First mode, ensuring that even the smallest share meets it's deadline. Just thought I'd clear that up for all. Michael |
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BOINC client :
Does BOINC affect a network?
(Message 2595)
Posted 14 Jan 2006 by Michael Roycraft Post: Henry, John, Paul, Bill, Please, excuse the jump-in of someone completely unqualified to address networking, but one of my neurons mis-fired and I had a thought - perhaps the best person to convince a network admin would be another network admin? Henry, you might try contacting the administrator of one of the large computer farms contributing to one of the projects. For instance, at Einstein, some of these might include University of Toronto at Mississauga University of Toronto at Scarborough, University of North British Columbia, or Ohio State University School of Engineering. I don't have contact info for any of these network admins, but I'd bet that you're resourceful enough to dig into it and track it down, and I think it would be very likely that they'd be helpful. If my idea is entirely off-the-wall, I'll just blame it on inadequate coffee intake, as I'm only halfway into my first cup. :-) Michael edit for spelling |
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BOINC client :
Switch Between Applications Every (x) Minutes
(Message 2594)
Posted 14 Jan 2006 by Michael Roycraft Post: Somebody will probably say bad things about me for aborting a number of results, but by the time the system decided to go into EDF most of them wouldn't have completed before the deadline anyway. DarkStar, What's bad to say about someone who's considerate enough to abort work??? If it's aborted, it goes back to be re-assigned almost immediately, whereas if it were ignored instead, you co-crunchers would have to wait until it timed-out, got re-assigned and crunched. Regards, Michael |
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BOINC client :
Why has boinc stopped connecting suddelny?
(Message 2589)
Posted 14 Jan 2006 by Michael Roycraft Post: I have been running boinc for several months and then suddenly one day it said it was disconnected. You might try taking Boinc out of your Startup folder if it's there, and start Boinc manually. Michael |
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BOINC Manager :
BOINC is a big step backwards
(Message 2523)
Posted 11 Jan 2006 by Michael Roycraft Post: Different accounts for everything? SIMPLE! I was just thinking the other day that I just don't have enough passwords and account numbers to remember. Rosetta account email, rosetta account key, rosetta account screen name, seti account email (no longer active, but I'm not about to try and change it using this interface), seti account password - er, no, wait, that must be my account key. Uh...or is that the account key I got from Rosetta? Password doesn't work, but maybe that's because it demanded a format different than the one I used on seti... Scott, Yes, there is more of a "learning curve" to climb, but take my word, it's a short and easy grade. The account #s and passwords need only be entered once (or twice, if you're posting to the messageboards) for each project, and your browser will do all the remembering for you. It may help if you create a folder on your email client and save the the various account emails, but again, not a difficult step. I would not suggest that your mind is inflexible enough to absorb the differences, and I don't think you should sell yourself short in that regard; we all retain the capacity to learn and advance our knowledge. :-) Buck up, chap, the dinosaur is now extinct, but the new world awaits you, and it's a rewarding experience. Regards, Michael |
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BOINC Manager :
I miss the old SETI@Home
(Message 2522)
Posted 11 Jan 2006 by Michael Roycraft Post: Sigh. iochta, Thank you for the explanation of permissions, and I withdraw my "scold", in your case. I suppose it is likely that the old Seti used ports that were commonly on the "approved" map, though I never looked into that during the time I did SetiClassic. I t is understandable that your employer has tight restrictions on port use, and unfortunate that policy doesn't allow for them to make exceptions for BOINCing. Perhaps your IT Manager could be persuaded by a well-organized proposal, including a look at some of the larger "farms" that run BOINC-based projects? To the best of my knowledge (limited to the BOINC and Einstein boards), there has never been a situation where these ports have been exploited for a security compromise. Regards, Michael |
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BOINC Manager :
I miss the old SETI@Home
(Message 2503)
Posted 10 Jan 2006 by Michael Roycraft Post: Do you know how to get BOINC working through a strict firewall in Windows. I cannot open any ports (not up to me), the proxy settings are greyed out. Hmm, So SetiClassic was better because...it allowed you to hijack someone else's computer so that you could gain credit at their expense - computer cost+power+maintenance? I don't think that the sort of illegal and unethical parasitic purposes you have in mind will find much sympathy here, we don't really want to become your co-conspirators. |
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BOINC Manager :
Help with Resource Sharing
(Message 2133)
Posted 20 Dec 2005 by Michael Roycraft Post: Mike Sr., What you describe is exactly what it should be doing, given your preference settings. The resource share is time share, but both projects do not run simultaneously on a single non-hyperthreaded processor, they run alternately. Regards, Michael |
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BOINC client :
BOINC 5.2.13 client still does not schedule correctly.
(Message 2132)
Posted 20 Dec 2005 by Michael Roycraft Post: Paul, FWIW, Jean-David's shares are: 70 for climate prediction, 10 for predictor, 10 for setiathome, and 10 for rosetta. Hope that helps. |
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Web interfaces :
Account Not Found
(Message 2125)
Posted 20 Dec 2005 by Michael Roycraft Post: post, You have just crossed the line from complaint to insult. I think that an apology to Bill is in order. If that is beyond your capabilities, then don't be surprised if you are ignored from now on. BTW, Bill is probably the most hard-working person on this helpboard. |
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BOINC Manager :
Boinc doesn't connect all the time
(Message 2097)
Posted 20 Dec 2005 by Michael Roycraft Post: I have the same problem, but I believe it relates to the startup sequence and I don't know how to change it. Lindroth, I am almost certain that you are correct about sequence. All you have to do to seehow things bet mixed up there is open task manager and mote the order of processes listed, then reboot and repeat the procedure. Rarely is the sequence the same. There are just too many processes, AV, Network, drivers, peripheral device software loading simultaneously. I suggest you do as I've suggested to Derek, the gui_rpc_auth trick works for many. If that fails to solve, then either re-install Boinc without the "Start at logon" option enabled, or do the startup folder or msconfig trick I detailed to Derek. |
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BOINC Manager :
Boinc manager folder 19.4 GigaBytes!
(Message 2068)
Posted 19 Dec 2005 by Michael Roycraft Post: shpat, OK, navigate to your Boinc folder, click on the "View" button at the top, and click on "Details". In the "Size" column, look for any files that are larger than 5000 KB, and type them out, (don't try to copy-and-paste} and list them for me, including size, please. |
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BOINC Manager :
Boinc manager folder 19.4 GigaBytes!
(Message 2066)
Posted 19 Dec 2005 by Michael Roycraft Post: shpat, What Operating System is running? |
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BOINC Manager :
Boinc doesn't connect all the time
(Message 2063)
Posted 19 Dec 2005 by Michael Roycraft Post: Derek, First, try this: Close Boinc Manager. Navigate to your BOINC folder. Find and open the file gui_rpc_auth.cfg with Notepad. Delete everything in it (it should be a 32 character hexadecimal key in there). Press return once, so it shows an empty line in the file. Save the file and exit it. Start Boinc Manager. What happens? If this doesn't work, another method is to remove Boinc from the startup folder, or use msconfig to remove it from the startup sequence. Using either of these last two options will mean that you will have to start Boinc Manager manually, from the Start/All Programs menu. Regards, Michael |
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BOINC Manager :
Computer died-how to
(Message 2057)
Posted 18 Dec 2005 by Michael Roycraft Post: A _new_ project? I think you would be better served by sticking to whatever projects you are already running, until you get your problems solved. Please read at least the "getting started" guide in the Wiki, and search for information on hosts and accounts, and get a good understanding of the way this all works. I'm not sure that I'm understanding what you are doing, but I think you have a basic misunderstanding somewhere, and this is making things very complicated for you that should be quite simple. FiascoBro, What you are starting is a new work unit, not a new project. Projects are Einstein, CPDN, Seti, Rosetta, etc. Workunits are individual pieces of work within one of the projects. Though if it takes 19+ hours to process, it may seem like a whole project, I guess. LOL |
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