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

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