Could we get a client that runs natively in XP 64-bit?

too much to ask I know.. but.. alas, there it is.

What's the gain, if the bulk of the DC science projects are in 32?

My take on this that the GPU's inherent math inaccuracy would tend to limit it to only a few projects.

I know that Dr. Anderson has approached Microsoft a couple of times about porting Boinc to the XBox. When he first approached them a year ago they were not interested. When last contacted in the last couple of months they said they would think about it.

From the checkin notes:

Rom 14 Feb 2006
- Spec Change: Transfers should be 0% until data is actually transfered.


So, any version released after Feb 14th should have this fixed.

I have two computers I'd like to have run Boinc. The main one right now is running on 2000 pro, with the newest edition of boinc. The one I'd like to add is running on xp home, with the slighty older version of boinc. I'd like to take the second computer and have it run under the same account as my first computer. How do I do that?

Thanks

Since you don't want to read what the solution to your "problem" is, I don't want to read your posts any further. Officially ignored from now on.

And before you ask why it was done this way in Boinc 4.19, that's because it was a bug at that time. Have fun.

No, what you are talking about is the fact that you want to report immediately upon uploading. So all the answers we can give you for now is why it isn't done this way.

Taken from the Wiki:

The reason for the two step policy is that the first stage only has to upload a file to a directory on the Data Server. The second stage requires a connection and contact with the BOINC Database. Because it is easier to report a list of files, the process was divided in this manner so that each part can be performed independently of the other.

If there is a heavy load on the server, if we tried to do both actions within the same transaction, any failure of the process invalidates the entire process. Since the file upload is a very simple transaction it can be easily performed independently of other activities.

Still, I don't see why this is not a default action. The work has to get reported anyway.. and if the machine has completed an ENTIRE batch of work from one project, what harm is there in reporting it immediately?

I just can't see any harm it would do, and only see benefits. Not to mention, it -seems- like such an easy change considering how it handles this process now anyway.

Because that the way the project developers want it to be.
I reiterate

This is so it can report batches of WU to the scheduler (which is a separate sever than the upload/download servers), and saves on bandwidth for you and the project.

That something you like better? In different colours as well. Try 5.3.6 to see it for yourself.

(Took them out as images, was a bit too big ;))

This must be a bug in BOINC. Anybody else seeing this problem ?

paul

Actually, I would bet that 75% or more of the questions asked on the boards are from Windows users. The Mac-specific help areas that I monitor are _much_ less active than the Windows ones, probably even slightly less than the % of machines would indicate. And in general, Linux folks are far more knowledgeable about their systems and how to make things work. As far as BOINC itself goes, I run it on both Mac and Windows, and they both seem to be almost identical. Well, I'll take that back - my Windows box has the "can't connect to localhost" problem on startup at times.