BOINC Client and Manager FAQs

BOINC Client Software Questions and Answers

BOINC 7

BOINC 7.0
BOINC command line switches
BOINC Installer: Error reading setup initialization file
BOINC Manager cannot connect to a client
BOINC Manager command line switches
BOINCCMD command line switches
Boinc_x.x.x_windows_intelx86.exe is not a valid Win32 application
Computing is suspended - requested by operating system
Einstein: Got server request to delete file XXXXXX
My BOINC says it is suspended. Now what?
My BOINC refuses to suspend, even though my preferences say it should!
Not requesting work or reporting results / Requesting 0 seconds of work, reporting 0 completed tasks?
RAM requirements for BOINC
Science applications continue running when I exit BOINC Manager
Setting percentage of CPU Time, how does it work? (CPU throttling)
Suspending computation - CPU usage is too high / CPU is busy
The anonymous platform (app_info.xml), what does it do? How to properly get rid of it?
Gstate.init() failed, error code: -180

Why does the "to completion time" go up?
Windows Installer error - Internal error 2755, 1601
Windows Installer error 1327: Invalid drive letter
Windows Installer Error 1706: Setup cannot find the required files / 1714: older version cannot be removed / BOINC.msi cannot be found / The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable / Error 1325. is not a valid short name
Windows Installer Error 1905

Pre-BOINC 7

BOINC 6.2 - 6.12
BOINC 6: Advanced Local Preferences
Can I hide BOINC from view?

BOINC and Computer Terminology

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