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Message 550654 - Posted: 22 Apr 2007, 3:19:00 UTC

Has anyone tried running Bionic with Windows Vista? Please let me know how it runs, before I upgrade my computer.
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Message 550678 - Posted: 22 Apr 2007, 4:00:11 UTC - in response to Message 550654.  

Has anyone tried running Bionic with Windows Vista? Please let me know how it runs, before I upgrade my computer.

I have one rig running vista. It works well - BUT - you cannot install in c:\\program files\\boinc - you should install in c:\\boinc instead. Also you should probably install as a service. Note that interact with desktop is not going to work very well - the desktop that the service can use is invisible.


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Message 550749 - Posted: 22 Apr 2007, 6:02:00 UTC

I personally made a C:\\My Programs are where I install things like BOINC, and a few other programs, not to clutter up the root directory.


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Message 551129 - Posted: 22 Apr 2007, 19:09:22 UTC

I never install something on C: since i always make several Partitions on my HD's ,C is only for Windows ,which makes it easier to reinstall if it is f*** up for some reason and i dont loose my data or other programs
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Message 551368 - Posted: 23 Apr 2007, 3:39:32 UTC - in response to Message 551129.  

I never install something on C: since i always make several Partitions on my HD's ,C is only for Windows ,which makes it easier to reinstall if it is f*** up for some reason and i dont loose my data or other programs

The key point is to install someplace other than where windows is expecting executables. Vista does NOT like programs to write into the Program Files directory tree (where ever that happens to be).


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Message 551565 - Posted: 23 Apr 2007, 8:58:55 UTC - in response to Message 550654.  

Has anyone tried running Bionic with Windows Vista? Please let me know how it runs, before I upgrade my computer.



Y had 3 computers whit vista run very well and y install boinc whit single user no problem whit boinc program. more the vista not running 2 works at same time only one.
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Message 557970 - Posted: 2 May 2007, 8:18:45 UTC

I had been running it in single user mode under Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit edition since late January with no problems, until last night when I installed the 5.9.5 Windows x64 client. It appears none of the applications that I run support the 64 bit client yet.
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Message 558275 - Posted: 2 May 2007, 22:17:19 UTC - in response to Message 550678.  

It works well - BUT - you cannot install in c:\\program files\\boinc

It installed there as a Single User on my system with no problems at all.
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Message 558854 - Posted: 3 May 2007, 23:22:18 UTC - in response to Message 550654.  

Has anyone tried running Bionic with Windows Vista? Please let me know how it runs, before I upgrade my computer.

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Message 558856 - Posted: 3 May 2007, 23:25:57 UTC - in response to Message 550654.  

Has anyone tried running Bionic with Windows Vista? Please let me know how it runs, before I upgrade my computer.


I have been running Bionic with windows Vista for about a month and did not have any problems until the last two days. News task are not being download at the monemt and do not see any red error message
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Message 558874 - Posted: 3 May 2007, 23:49:16 UTC - in response to Message 558856.  

I have been running Bionic with windows Vista for about a month and did not have any problems until the last two days. News task are not being download at the monemt and do not see any red error message


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Message 559341 - Posted: 4 May 2007, 16:08:06 UTC

I had to replace my graphics adapter recently. At the same time I switched from Windows XP to Vista. Experienced big problems with printer, scanner, CD-burning, e-mailing, homebanking, sound card etc., that I did not dare to test Boinc under Vista. I threw it off my computer and went back to XP again. Now everything is running very properly again and Boinc without problems (at least on my side).
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Message 591033 - Posted: 23 Jun 2007, 10:17:54 UTC - in response to Message 557970.  

I had been running it in single user mode under Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit edition since late January with no problems, until last night when I installed the 5.9.5 Windows x64 client. It appears none of the applications that I run support the 64 bit client yet.




where did you download the 5.9.5?

and look at: de.boincstats.com/forum/forum_thread.php?id=1774
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Message 592263 - Posted: 25 Jun 2007, 3:53:27 UTC - in response to Message 557970.  

I had been running it in single user mode under Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit edition since late January with no problems, until last night when I installed the 5.9.5 Windows x64 client. It appears none of the applications that I run support the 64 bit client yet.

You should upgrade to 5.10.7. This is supposed to support 32 bit applications under 64 bit BOINC.


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