Trouble with BOINC

There's something wrong with my BOINC program. It just says "Waiting to contact project servers." I tried installing the new version. Does anyone know how I can fix this?

The project is just back from a multiple day unplanned outage. Its servers are being slammed by everyone's computer out there, uploading, reporting and trying to get new work. They won't be able to serve all at the same time.

So all you need is patience, or if you want your machine to be busy no matter what, a backup project. There are plenty to choose from: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php
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No, actually mine's been doing this for months now. I'm going to see if it works now because I remember seeing the colorful meter thing yesterday.

Is there anyway an admin can check to see if my BOINC is running now? When the computer goes to screensaver, I see the whole colorful meters thing.

I searched the forums and did not find this issue. If it has already been addressed, I apologize. I have been participating in SETI at home since 1999. When I got a new Dell in April 2011 (Windows 7 Office 2010 home wired LAN) SETI was downloaded and has been running fine until about a month ago. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling and consistently get a message on both tasks that reads "The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable." My drive is not partitioned and I do not have a local server. Everything I have installed is on my C drive. So I am stumped. Suggestions?

Windows Installer Error 1706: Setup cannot find the required files / 1714: older version cannot be removed / BOINC.msi cannot be found / The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable.

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Gundolf

Thank you. The Windows Installer Clean-up Utility seems to have done the trick. I was running BOINC 6.12.34, which apparently got corrupted somehow. I was ultimately able to download and install 7.0.31. I was just about to give up, despite how badly I want to participate in communicating with E.T. I worked in I.T. for ten years at a large corporation before I retired, and am more computer savvy than many folks. It is in that context that I add this comment: this program needs to be more robust and idiot-proofed if SETI really wants to tap into all of this distributed computing power. I spent hours I did not have getting this sorted out.

It is in that context that I add this comment: this program needs to be more robust and idiot-proofed if SETI really wants to tap into all of this distributed computing power.

I spent hours I did not have getting this sorted out.

Oh, I was so hoping not to tick anyone off. I apologize. I actually DID search the error message without finding the correct thread. I apologize again. I am not as computer savvy as you guys, obviously. I am just a long-time user (I was one of the first business users of the Xerox PARC GUI before there were commercially available GUIs) but I was always more involved with telecom and business requirements. I confess I never even learned rudimentary HTML. My actual programming experience was 35 years ago with FORTRAN and punch cards. So I don't think I am qualified to be an alpha tester. I am also the first one to admit that Windows has many flaws. Now, an honest question -- I swear I am not trying to be a troll. Why do some programs I install update themselves automatically and seem to stay uncorrupted while others do not? Maybe that's really a multi-level question.

Anyway, I appreciate the help, and have another question about SETI/BOINC. I successfully installed 7.0.31 over 24 hours ago. Under tasks it shows STAUS: SUSPENDED COMPUTER IS IN USE. I was not using my PC for almost 20 hours, so the program should have finished transferring the task, and started computing, right? Is it possible that some background program is preventing BOINC from running even when my machine is idle?

Thanks again in advance.

Why do some programs I install update themselves automatically and seem to stay uncorrupted while others do not?

Under tasks it shows STATUS: SUSPENDED COMPUTER IS IN USE. I was not using my PC for almost 20 hours, so the program should have finished transferring the task, and started computing, right?

I had this happening to me. until i set my pc not to sleep.
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I have a problem with Windows Home Premium 7. When I have to "Restart" due to updates, I lose ALL tasks, and end up with "Lost tasks loading".

What do I need to do to prevent this issue?

Probably Windows 7 is Restarting too fast for BOINC to update its files (mainly client_state.xml)
(Maybe instead of waiting for BOINC to exit gracefully Windows just kills the process (boinc.exe) after a few seconds )

Before you "Restart" Windows due to updates try to manually exit BOINC first
(check/wait in Windows Task Manager that boinc.exe really disappears from the list of processes before you proceed to "Restart" Windows)


You may want to check/set:

AutoEndTasks (have to be 0)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc978604.aspx

Increase these values (e.g. double the values)
HungAppTimeout
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc978614.aspx

WaitToKillAppTimeout
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc978624.aspx

WaitToKillServiceTimeout
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc976045.aspx


To do this: start RegEdit and go to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control


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