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| | == General Questions and Answers == | | == General Questions and Answers == |
| − | [[BOINC Merchandise]]<br>
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| | [[Can I have my computer work on more than one workunit at a time?]]<br> | | [[Can I have my computer work on more than one workunit at a time?]]<br> |
| − | [[Can I merge accounts?]]<br>
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| − | [[CPID - Cross-Project Identifier]]<br>
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| | [[CPU - speed, options and such]]<br> | | [[CPU - speed, options and such]]<br> |
| | [[I just upgraded to a multi-core/multi-CPU. How do I get BOINC to use all cores/CPUs?]]<br> | | [[I just upgraded to a multi-core/multi-CPU. How do I get BOINC to use all cores/CPUs?]]<br> |
| − | [[Is BOINC available in Java?]]<br>
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| − | [[Merge computers whose description have changed]]<br>
| + | == Windows == |
| − | [[OpenGL]]<br>
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| − | [[Project GPU requirements]]<br>
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| − | [[Self Help: Links to Drivers]]<br>
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| − | [[Self Help: Screen saver problems]]<br>
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| | [[The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed]]<br> | | [[The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed]]<br> |
| | [[Upon BOINC startup, multiple conhost.exe processes start. Why?]]<br> | | [[Upon BOINC startup, multiple conhost.exe processes start. Why?]]<br> |
| | [[Usefull BOINC add-ons and CPU/Memory testing tools]]<br> | | [[Usefull BOINC add-ons and CPU/Memory testing tools]]<br> |
| − | [[What are credits? Can I use them?]]<br>
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| − | [[What are the std*.txt files for?]]<br>
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| − | [[What is an avatar?]]<br>
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| − | [[What is Pending Validation?]]<br>
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| − | [[What is RAC?]]<br>
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| − | [[What is Validate State Invalid?]]<br>
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| | [[What is Virtual Memory and what are Page Faults?]]<br> | | [[What is Virtual Memory and what are Page Faults?]]<br> |
| − | [[Where can I get other help?]]<br>
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| | [[Windows is unable to shutdown BOINC.exe message upon Windows shutdown]]<br> | | [[Windows is unable to shutdown BOINC.exe message upon Windows shutdown]]<br> |
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| − | == How To? ==
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| − | [[Determine OpenCL capability of GPU and CPU]]<br>
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| − | [[How can I add my BOINC stats to my Facebook profile?]]<br>
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| − | [[How can I get my BOINC stats on my desktop?]]<br>
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| − | [[How can I make a BOINC screen saver?]]<br>
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| − | [[How do I completely uninstall BOINC 6 and 7, on Windows / Uninstall to prepare for reinstall?]]<br>
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| − | [[How do I configure my client using the cc_config.xml file?]]<br>
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| − | [[How do I copy BOINC's files over the old installation or do a Network install of BOINC?]]<br>
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| − | [[How do I fix a statistics corruption?]]<br>
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| − | [[How do I get a statistics bar in my signature?]]<br>
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| − | [[How do I install BOINC and attach to a project in Windows?]]<br>
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| − | [[How do I install BOINC and attach to a project on the Mac?]]<br>
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| − | [[How do I install BOINC in Debian Linux?]]<br>
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| − | [[How do I install BOINC in Linux? (general install for advanced user)]]<br>
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| − | [[How do I set up BOINC with the Exclusive Application option?]]<br>
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| − | [[How do I set up the Preferences Override File?]]<br>
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| − | [[How to add usernames to the BOINC groups under Basic and Home versions of Windows?]]<br>
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| − | [[How to change the installation drive on the Macintosh?]]<br>
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| − | [[How to compile your own BOINC version for Linux/Unix?]]<br>
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| − | [[How to compile your own BOINC version for Windows?]]<br>
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| − | [[How to compile your own BOINC version on Macintosh OS X?]]<br>
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| − | [[How to completely clean out drivers of GPUs you do not use anymore?]]<br>
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| − | [[How to control a remote host?]]<br>
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| − | [[How to control a service install of BOINC (Windows)?]]<br>
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| − | [[How to exit BOINC completely?]]<br>
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| − | [[How to exit BOINC when running as a service (6.2 and above)?]]<br>
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| − | [[How to fix broken URLs in BOINC 5.10 and higher]]<br>
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| − | [[How to get graphics / the screen saver on a service install?]]<br>
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| − | [[How to get graphics working in Linux?]]<br>
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| − | [[How to install BOINC as a service (BOINC 5 series) on Windows?]]<br>
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| − | [[How to install BOINC as a service (BOINC 6 series) on Windows?]]<br>
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| − | [[How to install BOINC as a service (BOINC 7 series) on Windows?]]<br>
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| − | [[How to install BOINC on Windows Vista?]]<br>
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| − | [[How to make a log file with the BOINC installer? (Windows, Alpha and debug)]]<br>
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| − | [[How to move the page file and information about its size]]<br>
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| − | [[How to post with full details on what your connection does?]]<br>
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| − | [[How to recognize errors?]]<br>
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| − | [[How to Reset the Result Duration Correction Factor?]]<br>
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| − | [[How to revert to an older HostID number?]]<br>
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| − | [[How to run BOINC only when the computer is idle?]]<br>
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| − | [[How to set up BOINC 5 with a separate Data directory?]]<br>
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| − | [[How to set up BOINC for use on multiprocessor systems?]]<br>
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| − | [[How to set up BOINC on another drive]]<br>
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| − | [[How to set up your default browser in Linux?]]<br>
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| − | [[How to set up your default browser in Windows?]]<br>
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| − | [[How to set up your default browser on the Mac?]]<br>
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| − | [[How to stop downloading work?]]<br>
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| − | == Third Party Software ==
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| − | [[BOINC Manager 6.10.76]]<br>
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| − | [[BOINC Manager 6.7.76]]<br>
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| − | [[BOINC TThrottle]]<br>
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| − | [[BOINCTasks - alternative BOINC Manager]]<br>
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| − | == Frequently Requested Items which may have gotten rejected ==
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| − | [[Add a "Select all" button to BOINC Manager]]<br>
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| − | [[Advertisements in BOINC Manager?]]<br>
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| − | [[Blocked by firewall, why don't you fix that?]]<br>
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| − | [[BOINC automated update]]<br>
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| − | [[BOINC support for OpenCL on other hardware than GPUs?]]<br>
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| − | [[Cease and desist GPU work when another program wants to use the GPU]]<br>
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| − | [[CPU Affinity]]<br>
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| − | [[CPU usage limit change]]<br>
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| − | [[Day by day override]]<br>
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| − | [[Delete my account?]]<br>
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| − | [[Do not stop until it is over: at 98% or more, continue till end of task]]<br>
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| − | [[Donate to BOINC?]]<br>
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| − | [[Fix GPU detection on Windows Vista/7 when BOINC installed as service?]]<br>
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| − | [[Get rid of FIFO on GPU?]]<br>
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| − | [[Latest version of BOINC through Linux package manager?]]<br>
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| − | [[Make and edit cc_config.xml through BOINC Manager]]<br>
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| − | [[Merge accounts?]]<br>
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| − | [[Merge hosts that is one host?]]<br>
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| − | [[Messages tab is gone!!!]]<br>
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| − | [[Multiple monitors, multiple screen savers?]]<br>
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| − | [[Option to add multiple time-frames for idle/busy]]<br>
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| − | [[Project X has dubious activities. Why do you allow your software to be used by them?]]<br>
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| − | [[Project X has more credit than Project Y. Why?]]<br>
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| − | [[Reaching out to you...]]<br>
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| − | [[Separate resource share for GPU?]]<br>
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| − | [[Set priority for running tasks]]<br>
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| − | [[Show which GPU runs which task?]]<br>
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| − | [[Snooze time amount be set by user]]<br>
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| − | [[Support for Windows 95, NT 4 & Mac OS X before 10.3.9]]<br>
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| − | [[Suspend GPU button]]<br>
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| − | [[Sustained CPU throttling]]<br>
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| − | [[Switch off the BOINC scheduler]]<br>
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| − | [[Total RAC & credits]]<br>
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| − | [[Use at max X GPU cores]]<br>
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| − | [[Use at most... for CPU and GPU]]<br>
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| − | [[Use phpBB or other forums?]]<br>
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| − | [[Version for DOS 5.0?]]<br>
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| − | [[Your newest, latest BOINC is broken. Test it better!!]]<br>
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