Miscellaneous FAQs

General Questions and Answers

BOINC Merchandise
Can I have my computer work on more than one workunit at a time?
Can I merge accounts?
CPID - Cross-Project Identifier
CPU - speed, options and such
I just upgraded to a multi-core/multi-CPU. How do I get BOINC to use all cores/CPUs?
Is BOINC available in Java?
Merge computers whose description have changed
OpenGL
Project GPU requirements
Self Help: Links to Drivers
Self Help: Screen saver problems
The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed
Upon BOINC startup, multiple conhost.exe processes start. Why?
Usefull BOINC add-ons and CPU/Memory testing tools
What are credits? Can I use them?
What are the std*.txt files for?
What is an avatar?
What is Pending Validation?
What is RAC?
What is Validate State Invalid?
What is Virtual Memory and what are Page Faults?
Where can I get other help?
Windows is unable to shutdown BOINC.exe message upon Windows shutdown

How To?

Determine OpenCL capability of GPU and CPU
How can I add my BOINC stats to my Facebook profile?
How can I get my BOINC stats on my desktop?
How can I make a BOINC screen saver?
How do I completely uninstall BOINC 6 and 7, on Windows / Uninstall to prepare for reinstall?
How do I configure my client using the cc_config.xml file?
How do I copy BOINC's files over the old installation or do a Network install of BOINC?
How do I fix a statistics corruption?
How do I get a statistics bar in my signature?
How do I install BOINC and attach to a project in Windows?
How do I install BOINC and attach to a project on the Mac?
How do I install BOINC in Debian Linux?
How do I install BOINC in Linux? (general install for advanced user)
How do I set up BOINC with the Exclusive Application option?
How do I set up the Preferences Override File?
How to add usernames to the BOINC groups under Basic and Home versions of Windows?
How to change the installation drive on the Macintosh?
How to compile your own BOINC version for Linux/Unix?
How to compile your own BOINC version for Windows?
How to compile your own BOINC version on Macintosh OS X?
How to completely clean out drivers of GPUs you do not use anymore?
How to control a remote host?
How to control a service install of BOINC (Windows)?
How to exit BOINC completely?
How to exit BOINC when running as a service (6.2 and above)?
How to fix broken URLs in BOINC 5.10 and higher
How to get graphics / the screen saver on a service install?
How to get graphics working in Linux?
How to install BOINC as a service (BOINC 5 series) on Windows?
How to install BOINC as a service (BOINC 6 series) on Windows?
How to install BOINC as a service (BOINC 7 series) on Windows?
How to install BOINC on Windows Vista?
How to make a log file with the BOINC installer? (Windows, Alpha and debug)
How to move the page file and information about its size
How to post with full details on what your connection does?
How to recognize errors?
How to Reset the Result Duration Correction Factor?
How to revert to an older HostID number?
How to run BOINC only when the computer is idle?
How to set up BOINC 5 with a separate Data directory?
How to set up BOINC for use on multiprocessor systems?
How to set up BOINC on another drive
How to set up your default browser in Linux?
How to set up your default browser in Windows?
How to set up your default browser on the Mac?
How to stop downloading work?

Third Party Software

BOINC Manager 6.10.76
BOINC Manager 6.7.76
BOINC TThrottle
BOINCTasks - alternative BOINC Manager

Frequently Requested Items which may have gotten rejected

Add a "Select all" button to BOINC Manager
Advertisements in BOINC Manager?
Blocked by firewall, why don't you fix that?
BOINC automated update
BOINC support for OpenCL on other hardware than GPUs?
Cease and desist GPU work when another program wants to use the GPU
CPU Affinity
CPU usage limit change
Day by day override
Delete my account?
Do not stop until it is over: at 98% or more, continue till end of task
Donate to BOINC?
Fix GPU detection on Windows Vista/7 when BOINC installed as service?
Get rid of FIFO on GPU?
Latest version of BOINC through Linux package manager?
Make and edit cc_config.xml through BOINC Manager
Merge accounts?
Merge hosts that is one host?
Messages tab is gone!!!
Multiple monitors, multiple screen savers?
Option to add multiple time-frames for idle/busy
Project X has dubious activities. Why do you allow your software to be used by them?
Project X has more credit than Project Y. Why?
Reaching out to you...
Separate resource share for GPU?
Set priority for running tasks
Show which GPU runs which task?
Snooze time amount be set by user
Support for Windows 95, NT 4 & Mac OS X before 10.3.9
Suspend GPU button
Sustained CPU throttling
Switch off the BOINC scheduler
Total RAC & credits
Use at max X GPU cores
Use at most... for CPU and GPU
Use phpBB or other forums?
Version for DOS 5.0?
Your newest, latest BOINC is broken. Test it better!!