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