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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>
 
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[[What is Virtual Memory and what are Page Faults?]]<br>
 
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[[Windows is unable to shutdown BOINC.exe message upon Windows shutdown]]<br>
 
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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 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 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>
 
  
 
== Third Party Software ==
 
== Third Party Software ==
 
[[BOINC TThrottle]]<br>
 
[[BOINC TThrottle]]<br>
 
[[BOINCTasks - alternative BOINC Manager]]<br>
 
[[BOINCTasks - alternative BOINC Manager]]<br>

Revision as of 20:59, 30 August 2016

General Questions and Answers

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?
Merge computers whose description have changed

Windows

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 is Virtual Memory and what are Page Faults?
Windows is unable to shutdown BOINC.exe message upon Windows shutdown


Third Party Software

BOINC TThrottle
BOINCTasks - alternative BOINC Manager

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