http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=4153243

It is a prescott (p4 521) chip running the kwsn optimized app (v2.4, SSE3, Intel P4)

I suspect the problem is related to the fact that I am using vista. Boinc is running as a service, under an administrative username. (I tried using an admin, because my usual routine of using a standard user gave the same error, and I assumed the user permissions were at fault.) I am not familiar with vista :(

Any help is much apreciated!

http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=4153243

It is a prescott (p4 521) chip running the kwsn optimized app (v2.4, SSE3, Intel P4)

I suspect the problem is related to the fact that I am using vista. Boinc is running as a service, under an administrative username. (I tried using an admin, because my usual routine of using a standard user gave the same error, and I assumed the user permissions were at fault.) I am not familiar with vista :(

Any help is much apreciated!

As a starter, with Vista you should be using the appropriate 2.4V Opt App from Crunch3r's site. The KWSN Opt Apps are not Vista compatible.

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As a starter, with Vista you should be using the appropriate 2.4V Opt App from Crunch3r's site. The KWSN Opt Apps are not Vista compatible.

F.

Well hey, there you go. Thanks a bunch!

Well thanks again, but now I'm getting a different error:

from the result:
<core_client_version>5.10.35</core_client_version>
<![CDATA[
<message>
CreateProcess() failed - The system cannot find the file specified. (0x2)
</message>
]]>


Sorry for not making it a link before. Here's the host

Well thanks again, but now I'm getting a different error:

from the result:
<core_client_version>5.10.35</core_client_version>
<![CDATA[
<message>
CreateProcess() failed - The system cannot find the file specified. (0x2)
</message>
]]>


Sorry for not making it a link before. Here's the host

The other key thing about Vista environment is that the Boinc folder should be loaded anywhere except the default location of C:\\Program Files\\Boinc. E.g. Set it up as C:\\Boinc. Vista puts severe access constraints on folders under Program Files.

F.

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Well thanks again, but now I'm getting a different error:

from the result:
<core_client_version>5.10.35</core_client_version>
<![CDATA[
<message>
CreateProcess() failed - The system cannot find the file specified. (0x2)
</message>
]]>


Sorry for not making it a link before. Here's the host

The other key thing about Vista environment is that the Boinc folder should be loaded anywhere except the default location of C:\\Program Files\\Boinc. E.g. Set it up as C:\\Boinc. Vista puts severe access constraints on folders under Program Files.

F.

OK, Thanks. Is there doco anywhere on what permissions the boinc service and folder need under Vista? I don't like giving a service like this one more permissions than it needs...

OK, Thanks. Is there doco anywhere on what permissions the boinc service and folder need under Vista? I don't like giving a service like this one more permissions than it needs...

I can't find a specific document on this and I am not a Vista user. But, as I understand it the permissions are nothing special - just the ability to read from and write to its own home folder. With UAC (User Access Control) activated under Vista I understand that the ability to write to folders within C:\\Program Files is blocked, hence the need for Boinc to be located elsewhere.

We are promised a proper fix for this in V6.

There is some discussion on a similar topic (though not specifically for Vista) in this thread.

F.

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