Hello everyone, please help.

I have just installed a new motherboard and completely re-installed Windows-XP and all my applications, including BOINC 6.10.18 wxWidgets Version: 2.8.10

During the installation I "Un-clicked" the screen saver option, but now find whenever I leave my computer un-attended, the SETI graphics screen is running and I cannot break it. None of the obvious keyboard commands will interrupt the graphics display, and I have to r-boot my computer.

I have uninstalled BOINC and downloaded and installed a completely new version of BOINC Manager from the SETI@Home website but this does not cure my problem.

I am running a fully updated Norton Internet Security 2010 and my Windows-XP has all the Microsoft updates.

Please can anyone suggest what I am doing wrong. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Regards

Peter Green

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BOINC screen saver is just normal Windows screen saver -
you can disable it the same way as you usually do with any other screen saver.

Right-click on Desktop
select Properties ...
click on Screen Saver
choose (None)
click OK

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- ALF - "Find out what you don't do well ..... then don't do it!" :)
 

Hello again, I have found the cause and solution to my problem.

As I said I have just replaced the motherboard. The previous motherboard and install was something like 4 years old and I could not remember some of the original windows XP settings, particularly the screen saver. All I could remember is that when my computer was unattended for a while the screen went completelty blank. It turns out this was a function of the monitor not the Windows-XP screen saver settings.

Not remembering this I entered "None" in the Windows-XP Screen Saver settings. The BOINC software did not like this and resulted in the screen lock up I described earlier.

When I set the Windows-XP Screen Saver settings to anything other that "None" everything works fine: there have been no lock ups and the monitor blanks the screen after its pre-set time.

I am happy now, thanks for your response.

Regards

Peter Green

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Hello again, I have found the cause and solution to my problem.

As I said I have just replaced the motherboard. The previous motherboard and install was something like 4 years old and I could not remember some of the original windows XP settings, particularly the screen saver. All I could remember is that when my computer was unattended for a while the screen went completelty blank. It turns out this was a function of the monitor not the Windows-XP screen saver settings.

Not remembering this I entered "None" in the Windows-XP Screen Saver settings. The BOINC software did not like this and resulted in the screen lock up I described earlier.

When I set the Windows-XP Screen Saver settings to anything other that "None" everything works fine: there have been no lock ups and the monitor blanks the screen after its pre-set time.

I am happy now, thanks for your response.

Regards

Peter Green

Is it None or (None)?
BOINC has nothing to do with whatever Screen Saver you choose - BOINC does not check or use this setting.

Only if you choose BOINC Screen Saver from the list the boinc.scr file will be started by Windows - not by BOINC

If None do not work (due to unknown Windows fault) select Blank

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- ALF - "Find out what you don't do well ..... then don't do it!" :)