From the CPN web-stite:

Screensavers only run when a computer has been idle for a period of time, are resource-hungry and place a limit on the platforms that can be supported. A background client will run whenever there is spare processing power, can be made more efficient than a screensaver and will support many more platforms. This is why we've designed the climateprediction.net client as a backgrounds process.

From this I infer that CPN does not offer graphics in screen-saver mode. Therefor the message you are seeing respecting SETI being suspended, is when SETI swaps out, and CPN begins running. I'm unclear if the screensaver would begin running again without issue should the system be idle long enough for CPN to swap out and SETI begin running again (BOINC Manager controlls when this happens according to your preferences and in conjunction with the scheduler's attempts to meet the various project WU deadlines). Be aware that screensavers in general are causes of irritation with BOINC. Hopefully this'll be resolved in future releases of BOINC, but at present I highly advocate disabling screensavers in general and run BOINC purely as a background process. If graphics are available for one's project, they can be called up manually by selecting the specific WU in the WORK tab, and clicking the SHOW GRAPHICS button. If that button is grayed out, graphics unfortunately are unavailable for that science application at the present time. This is a real bummer, because, like, WCG does Rosetta proteome folding using the United Devices engine and the UD Agent has a really neat graphic, however, its unavailable in the current incarnation of the BOINC science application.

If you installed BOINC to run at login, BOINC should start processing immediately in the background at boot time provided your preferences are configured to process while the computer is in use. For the most part there's nothing wrong with allowing BOINC to manage science applications crunching while the computer is in use. Should you need all the ooomph you can get for a particular application, e.g. your favorite F-16 simulator (Falcon4.0), or your favorite Formula One racing sim (F1 2002, er F1C '99-'02), then simply right click the BOINC icon in the system tray and suspend the client. You must remember to resume processing when you're all sim'd out though. Hopefully a time may be built into BOINC similar to the way the UD Agent works. You can also suspend individual (any or all) projects via the projects page, disable work downloads, reset or detatch from the projec there.

BOINC is cool, works good, lasts a long time. You'll grow to like it (once the two of you get to know each other).

Hello Everyone,

I was wondering if anyone knew the answer to these questions.

(BOINC .13)WIN XP service pack 2

why on occasion does the screensaver change to the BOINC icon, and a message saying SETI is suspended. Earlier SETI is working fine. And the data is not finished. No other programs (that I know of) are using the computer.

I also have the Climate project installed.

Next question.

Does anyone know how to have BOINC working without having to open BOINC? With the classic SETI program you did not have to open the program for it to work as a screen saver. Hope this question makes sense.

Thank You

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