Problem with running Seti on Windows XP

Author	Message
Margot123 Send message Joined: 1 Aug 06 Posts: 1 Credit: 368,328 RAC: 0	Message 1010367 - Posted: 1 Jul 2010, 17:35:47 UTC I have been having the same problem with screen freezes for several months. It happens also when I move my mouse to use my computer while the SETI screen saver program is running. It is very frustrating because the only way to access my computer is to shut it completely down by unplugging it and then restarting. Margot Harding ID: 1010367 ·

skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60	Message 1010392 - Posted: 1 Jul 2010, 19:05:01 UTC - in response to Message 1010367. the simple solution is to turn off the screen saver. Even though it may be interesting to watch you really don't need it. In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope ID: 1010392 ·

Scott Armstrong Send message Joined: 29 Aug 03 Posts: 82 Credit: 235,950 RAC: 0	Message 1010504 - Posted: 2 Jul 2010, 1:04:44 UTC - in response to Message 1010392. So what you mean is there's no solution? That your only suggestion is to either tolerate the freezes or withdraw membership from BOINC? Please keep in mind that I am not computer literate. Please make all answers the best layman's terms you have. ID: 1010504 ·

arkayn Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 14 May 99 Posts: 4438 Credit: 55,006,323 RAC: 0	Message 1010510 - Posted: 2 Jul 2010, 1:53:20 UTC - in response to Message 1010504. The screen saver is not really doing anything, it is not necessary to use it to crunch for SETI. ID: 1010510 ·

John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0	Message 1011046 - Posted: 2 Jul 2010, 22:39:37 UTC - in response to Message 1010172. I updated to the latest version of BOINC last week, but this problem has been going on for the last few months, even before I went out of town from May to mid-June and had it switched off the whole time. I don't know what "allow all users to control" means. There's only one user on my computer. And what's "protected"? OK, there are three check boxes on the second screen. What did you set them to? BOINC WIKI ID: 1011046 ·

Jord Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 15184 Credit: 4,362,181 RAC: 3	Message 1011047 - Posted: 2 Jul 2010, 22:53:41 UTC - in response to Message 1011046. OK, there are three check boxes on the second screen. What did you set them to? It's on the third screen and you can only edit them after clicking Advanced... ID: 1011047 ·

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