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Sheesh wrote
I updated last night. Did anyone else have major problems waiting for this thing to download all the information it needed? I started the install process at around 8:00PM last night, but it didn't finish downloading everything until 8:30 this morning. It took me about 12 1/2 hours for this thing to fully download and start running.
All I've heard was, at times, it may take several hours to migrate the data to it's new location on your hdd. Why it would take that long is beyond me, but I have seen it referenced several times in the beta mailing list and FAQ's.
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paul wrote
Sheesh wrote
I updated last night. Did anyone else have major problems waiting for this thing to download all the information it needed? I started the install process at around 8:00PM last night, but it didn't finish downloading everything until 8:30 this morning. It took me about 12 1/2 hours for this thing to fully download and start running.
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All I've heard was, at times, it may take several hours to migrate the data to it's new location on your hdd. Why it would take that long is beyond me, but I have seen it referenced several times in the beta mailing list and FAQ's.
It is usually CPDN's fault. The old slab models purposely left several hundred MBs of data on the computer. CPDN crashes can also cause extra data to be left on the computer. If you don't clean up after CPDN it can use several gigabytes of hard disk space. Einstein can also be brutal at the end of a run; each data file is 10 to 20 megabytes, at the end of a run (like now) you may have a datafile for each task instead of the normal one per about 10 to 20 tasks.
 
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Back to 5.10.45 as the recommended Windows and Mac client.
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Kinguni wrote
Back to 5.10.45 as the recommended Windows and Mac client.
Coises! Borked again!
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Kinguni wrote
Back to 5.10.45 as the recommended Windows and Mac client.
Good. I was not at all happy with the changes.
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Kinguni wrote
Back to 5.10.45 as the recommended Windows and Mac client.
Small problem with keyboard and mouse activity detection in Vista with UAC turned on. May be a quick public release shortly. Not a problem with other OS scenarios
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paul wrote
Not a problem with other OS scenarios
Also not a problem with the recommended setting of "Run Always". [EMO]Cool Gallery/cool-smiley-001.gif[/EMO]
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Well Paul since you seem to be doing the most research on this......if you come across a command line switch that will let me install it onto an existing user account, rather than using this "boinc_master" acccount, let me know.
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Camelot One wrote
Well Paul since you seem to be doing the most research on this......if you come across a command line switch that will let me install it onto an existing user account, rather than using this "boinc_master" acccount, let me know. Just following the beta mailing list is all. AFAIK, that change is needed for full compatibility with Vista. Why they didn't go with administrator account is beyond me.
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paul wrote
AFAIK, that change is needed for full compatibility with Vista.
Thats part of my problem though. It isn't needed for Vista, atleast not the way they've done it.
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It looks like 5.10.45 is again the winning number! [EMO]Confused Gallery/confused-smiley-003.gif[/EMO]
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TenSigma wroteIt looks like 5.10.45 is again the winning number!
Windows only. 
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Bug found and fixed, see thread in
[boinc_alpha] BOINC 6.2.16 for Windows and Windows x64.
As a workaround, remove QCN account file. Seems like a couple bugs, one with Seti and the QCN file and a buffer overflow, the other with Astropulse coming out of screensaver,... 6.17 beta testing is commencing.
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Beta did not last long. 6.2.17 is now a recommended version.
 I've done horrifying things with salad tongs. It's really eaten into my social life.
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Greeri wrote
Beta did not last long. 6.2.17 is now a recommended version.
No mention of 6.2.18 in the beta list, but it's up there as a recommended version. http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.phpCamelot_One, I saw here- http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Release_Notes where they list the reasoning behind using unprivileged account to run BOINC-
Improved Windows security
BOINC now offers Protected application execution:
in this mode, applications are run under an unprivileged account,
so that they cannot access your files.
NOTE: Choosing this option will require a reboot after setup has
completed the installation. Setup creates several users and groups on
the system and you will not be able to properly manage BOINC until
after the system has been rebooted.
[edit] Windows Vista compatibility
BOINC Manager now starts up without any security warnings when you log in.
Application graphics now work in all cases.
[edit] Support for multiple selection in GUI
You can now select multiple items (projects, tasks, etc.)
and operate on them as a group.
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so I just need to find the command line option to NOT use the protected execution mode.
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