I made the changes to the boincmgr shortcut, and now I get a popup that says:

"Unknown long option 'detach_console'

Sigh... well, try without the --detach_console then. Unless they want us to specify it like

C:\program files\boincmgr.exe --gui_rpc_port=31416 --boincargs=detach_console

But I think that'll return an error as well.
So best then just start with: C:\program files\boincmgr.exe --gui_rpc_port=31416

See if the window closes itself on that and that BM now works.

You are running these as a shortcut, don't you? Not as a batchfile (.bat)?
Can you also repeat post a netstat -an log with BOINC running as above?

Furthermore, any security software on your computer that you didn't tell us about? Anti-virus, anti-malware, anti-whatever? If not, never had one either?

OK, at least that shows me that there's nothing on TCP port 31416, the port that BOINC uses to communicate between parts.

So let's just add BOINC and BOINC Manager to the firewall, even if you have it turned off. Windows never completely shuts down the firewall.

DO:
Start->All Programs->Accessories->Right Click Command Prompt->Run as administrator.
In the window that opened type:

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="BOINC Client" dir=in action=allow description="BOINC Client" program="C:\Program Files\boinc.exe" enable=yes
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="BOINC Manager" dir=in action=allow description="BOINC Manager" program="C:\Program Files\boincmgr.exe" enable=yes

After each line hit Enter.

Make sure the path to boinc.exe and boincmgr.exe is correct as per the version of BOINC you have installed. As said earlier, 64bit Windows reserves the C:\Program Files\ directory tree for 64bit programs only. 32bit programs can be installed here, but not run from the tree. They need to be installed and run from C:\program Files (x86)\

Next help BOINC along to start with the correct port number.
To do so, we're going to start the BOINC client from the command line.

Right click on an open place on your desktop, choose New->Shortcut
In the line that says "Type the location of the item" type C:\program Files\boinc.exe --gui_rpc_port 31416 --detach_console and click Next. Type as name for the shortcut BOINC and save it to your desktop.

Next we do the same thing for BOINC Manager. Right click on an open place on your desktop, choose New->Shortcut
In the line that says "Type the location of the item" type C:\program Files\boincmgr.exe --gui_rpc_port 31416 --detach_console and click Next. Type as name for the shortcut BOINC Manager and save it to your desktop.

Now (double) click on the BOINC shortcut.
Then (double) click on the BOINC Manager shortcut.

What happens now?

What kind of firewall program do you use?
Have you specifically allowed both boincmgr.exe and boinc.exe through the firewall, on the private network?

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Try Boinc 7.0.52, if you can't get that to work eithier, i'd uninstall Boinc, delete the Boinc Data directory, and do a fresh install, and attach to your projects afresh,
you could always revert to your old host id's by following this FAQ:

How to revert to an older HostID number?

Claggy

Done. Still did not fix the issue.

Details please, how much of that did you do?, what client version did you install? x86 or x64? what directories did they install to?

Claggy

I uninstalled, deleted my data dir, installed 7.0.52 x86, it put BOINC in C:\Program Files\BOINC
and my data dir is in
C:\ProgramData\BOINC

The x86 version should be installed to C:\Program Files (x86)\BOINC and not C:\Program Files\BOINC which is for the 64bit version. (on a 64bit OS)

You did say you had a 64bit OS, so you should uninstall the x86 version and install the x64 version:

I doubt my PC specs are the problem here.
Intel/i7 920/OCed at 3.2Ghz, Ati /5900 series/ 12 GB of RAM, Win Vista 64 bit

Claggy

Looks like I will just have to dream about using BOINC since I cannot get it to work properly.

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Try Boinc 7.0.52, if you can't get that to work eithier, i'd uninstall Boinc, delete the Boinc Data directory, and do a fresh install, and attach to your projects afresh,
you could always revert to your old host id's by following this FAQ:

How to revert to an older HostID number?

Claggy

Done. Still did not fix the issue.

Details please, how much of that did you do?, what client version did you install? x86 or x64? what directories did they install to?

Claggy

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Try Boinc 7.0.52, if you can't get that to work eithier, i'd uninstall Boinc, delete the Boinc Data directory, and do a fresh install, and attach to your projects afresh,
you could always revert to your old host id's by following this FAQ:

How to revert to an older HostID number?

Claggy

I tried this and my problem is not resolved.

Their are other threads on this same/similar problem that are also unresolved is it possible their is a design flaw with version 7?

Is their any registry changes I could make?