I just installed the bionic software and it is asking for a host name and password, what does it need here I have tried everything I can think of and nothing works...

That sounds like a problem of the BOINC manager connecting to the local client.

But since meanwhile both of your computers have downloaded tasks, I assume your problems are solved.

Gruß,
Gundolf

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Make sure you allowed BOINC (boinc.exe) and BOINC Manager (boincmgr.exe) through your local firewall; if you have to set up a port number, the two communicate on TCP 31416.

What you can also try to do is open BOINC Manager, then when you've got the message about the password, fill in "localhost" (without the quotes) for host name and leave the password blank, then click OK.

If that doesn't work, navigate to your BOINC Data directory (default paths in this FAQ), find the file called gui_rpc_auth.cfg and open it with Notepad. Now copy the randomly made password that's in here, --Edit->Select all->Copy, this copies the password to clipboard. You can now exit Notepad. Do NOT save any changes!-- start BOINC Manager, fill in "localhost" (without the quotes) for the host name and paste the password you copied in the password box. Then click OK.

The above methods do still require that you allowed BOINC through your local firewall first!

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