Posts by Tom Welsh

1) Message boards : Questions and problems : Detach button greyed out - Predictor@Home (Message 17960)
Posted 19 Jun 2008 by Tom Welsh
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Thanks for your detailed directions, Jord. As it turns out, I don't need to carry them out, as attaching to Grid Republic and then detaching from it did work. It just took a few hours. I have now kissed goodbye to Predictor@Home, and my Statistics display looks a lot better with just four projects on it - all of them up to date.

I'd really like to thank Jord, Gundolf, and anyone who offered advice without giving their name. You gave me good advice, you were very patient, and you kept on helping me until my problem was solved. I wish most professional support people were half as good!

Tom Welsh
2) Message boards : Questions and problems : Detach button greyed out - Predictor@Home (Message 17952)
Posted 19 Jun 2008 by Tom Welsh
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Logically, I suppose I should "introduce" BOINC to Grid Republic by attaching to it as an account manager, and then I can detach from it?


I just did that - no effect at all!
3) Message boards : Questions and problems : Detach button greyed out - Predictor@Home (Message 17951)
Posted 19 Jun 2008 by Tom Welsh
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Thanks, Gundolf and Jord...

I used the link to Grid Republic, where I found to my surprise that I still have an account. Sure enough, Predictor@Home was listed among my projects. So I removed it, logged out, and logged back in... it was gone.

But I still see Predictor@Home in my list of Projects in BOINC Manager! And I have no option anywhere to detach from Grid Republic. I think what happened was that I uninstalled the Grid Republic software (forgetting to delete my account with its server) and downloaded the latest version of BOINC. So I have been running BOINC, which has no way of knowing about my Grid Republic account.

Logically, I suppose I should "introduce" BOINC to Grid Republic by attaching to it as an account manager, and then I can detach from it?

Who knew a simple background screensaver could get so "interesting"?? 8-)
4) Message boards : Questions and problems : Detach button greyed out - Predictor@Home (Message 17934)
Posted 18 Jun 2008 by Tom Welsh
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Probably BOINC Account Manager which you find at BOINCstats. The only other I know, which may not have Predictor in it's selection is Grid Republic.


Actually the client software I am using is called simply BOINC Manager. Previously, I did use Grid Republic, but I dropped that some time ago as it did not seem to update the version of BOINC I was running.

Sorry to be so vague, but I am just a guy who has several computers and wants to donate my spare cycles to good causes. I find it difficult to keep up with the string of different programs that have come and gone - first SETIatHome, then a number of little utilities that worked with that, then BOINC, then GridRepublic, and now BOINC Manager - which I guess may not be anything other than just the BOINC client itself.

So in answer to the original question: I may well have attached to Predictor@Home with Grid Republic, a year or more ago. Recently I found that Predictor@Home was not running or getting any work, and the Web site seemed to have no one at home either. So I want out.
5) Message boards : Questions and problems : Detach button greyed out - Predictor@Home (Message 17920)
Posted 17 Jun 2008 by Tom Welsh
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Is it possible you used an account manager to attach to Predictor?


Yes! I am using BOINC Manager, but before that there was some other manager whose name I don't recall right now.
6) Message boards : Questions and problems : Detach button greyed out - Predictor@Home (Message 17897)
Posted 16 Jun 2008 by Tom Welsh
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For some time I haven't received any units for Predictor@Home, so I decided to detach from that project. However the Detach button is greyed out, no matter what I do. I have suspended it, and set it to "get no new tasks"; but I would like to remove it altogether. It clutters up the display, and after all I am no longer associated with it. When I go to the Predictor@Home web site, I find no way of detaching under my account information page. Can anyone help?



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