When I instal BOINC 5.2.13 on WIN98SE (four systems), the installer asks if BOINC should be the default screen saver. I turn off the option, but it still becomes the default. This only occurs on WIN98SE. When I installed on WIN2000, it honoured my request (not to make it the default screen saver).

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There are some quirks when using Win98, like it doesn't want to allow you to "NOT start up with windows".

You can go to start, setting, control panel, display and remove it from the screensaver.

other known issues:

Boinc.exe doesn't fully shut down before win98 wants to. This was supposedly fixed with the 5.2.8'ish version.
but you might want to shut down boinc manually before a restart.

Win98 allows you to start multiple instances of boinc and this freezes your puter.

Doesn't play well with graphics/screensaver.

Uninstall doesn't remove it from "msconfig" and one spot in the "start menu\\programs\\startup\\folder

Also, win98 memory leaks may require rebooting every week or so.


I find it to be touchy, but It's been crunching for a while now.

tony

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There are some quirks when using Win98, like it doesn't want to allow you to "NOT start up with windows".

If you say so...

You can go to start, setting, control panel, display and remove it from the screensaver.

Man, I never had this happen; maybe because I don't use screensaver? My monitor goes into DMPS mode after 10 minutes (so what do I need a screensaver for?). You could disable the screensaver that way, I just right click on the desktop, select properties, screensaver-tab and select "none".

other known issues:

Boinc.exe doesn't fully shut down before win98 wants to. This was supposedly fixed with the 5.2.8'ish version.
but you might want to shut down boinc manually before a restart.

I read that was spoda be fixed. I have no idea if it is or not, because I still have the famous _DEFAULT.pif fix for that Win98 problem in my C:\\Windows directory. Maybe I'll take it out and test if it actually's been fixed or not.

Win98 allows you to start multiple instances of boinc and this freezes your puter.

Doesn't play well with graphics/screensaver.

Uninstall doesn't remove it from "msconfig" and one spot in the "start menu\\programs\\startup\\folder

Easily enough fixed: remover entry from" C:\\WINDOWS\\Start Menu\\Programs\\StartUp

Also, win98 memory leaks may require rebooting every week or so.

Perhaps leaving clients in memory when they swap out contributes to this. I'm experimenting to see how things go by not letting them swap out. I give each client 270 minutes, and never write out more than once every 10 minutes. Seems like the scheduler does what it wants in that regard more often than what I say in that regard. Whatever.

I find it to be touchy, but It's been crunching for a while now.

tony

Runs pretty stable on my machine, the only touchy thing that I've found
is BOINC's insistance on internet connection ability. As long as BOINC network access is disabled, it works fine and I'm crunching 5 projects (including BOINC WCG simultaneously with UD Agent running Ligandfit or UD's version of Rosetta). All in all, works good. Lasts a long time.