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Message 3870 - Posted: 4 Jul 2004, 3:39:04 UTC

i downloaded boinc for windows but it won't install...it goes thru the unpakaging and then it doesn't do anything....can anyone help me?
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Message 3873 - Posted: 4 Jul 2004, 3:52:57 UTC

Disable your virus scanner and any DC project(s) you may already have running. They sometimes get enough of the CPU that the installer program can't run.

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Message 3874 - Posted: 4 Jul 2004, 4:04:10 UTC - in response to Message 3873.  

> Disable your virus scanner and any DC project(s) you may already have running.
> They sometimes get enough of the CPU that the installer program can't run.
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>what is a dc project? and i disabled my virus scanner and still not working
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Message 3901 - Posted: 4 Jul 2004, 6:59:29 UTC - in response to Message 3874.  
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> > Disable your virus scanner and any DC project(s) you may already have
> running.
> > They sometimes get enough of the CPU that the installer program can't
> run.
> >
John Keck
> > BOINCing since 2002/12/08
> >what is a dc project? and i disabled my virus scanner and still not
> working
>
Sorry. Distributed computing project, like seti I or F@H. Basically kill anything you can. Rebooting before install will hopefully clear out any rogue processes, rebooting after will get everything you killed running again.


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Message 4047 - Posted: 4 Jul 2004, 15:58:43 UTC

I got this problem with Microsoft Longhorn build 4074. To fix this OS issue, I installed BOINC manually. InstallShield v5.5 (the setup software used by Berkeley) is not supported yet on this OS. If you want to know how, let me know but I warn you ... it's not the easiest way!

Now everything is working fine!
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