I've downloaded quite a few work units but Boinc will not start working on them. It appears that Boinc still thinks that they are in the process of
being downloaded when in fact they have been downloaded. Does anyone have a solution here that will get Boinc to start crunching wu's?
Thanks.

> > I've downloaded quite a few work units but Boinc will not start working
> on
> > them. It appears that Boinc still thinks that they are in the process of
>
> > being downloaded when in fact they have been downloaded. Does anyone have
> a
> > solution here that will get Boinc to start crunching wu's?
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
> Try your post here, http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/forum_forum.php?id=12
>

Thanks, but I just got Boinc to run on my Windows XP Pro SP2 system. The problem has been solved.

Care to tell us how you fixed it? You aren't the only one with the problem (I am getting it with both SETI and Predictor.)

> Care to tell us how you fixed it? You aren't the only one with the problem (I
> am getting it with both SETI and Predictor.)
>
Of course. My operating system is Windows XP Pro SP2. I got Boinc 4.x to start processing wu's by first closing down Boinc. Right click on the Boinc icon and select "properties", click on the "Compatibility" tab and check the box "Run this program in compatiblity mode" and select "Windows 2000" from the drop down menu. Click "apply" and "Ok" and restart Boinc.
Magic!!! You're now running Boinc version 4.x.

> >
> Try your post here, http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/forum_forum.php?id=12
>

Posts 'there' go directly to the circular file.

>
> > >
> > Try your post here,
> http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/forum_forum.php?id=12
> >
>
> Posts 'there' go directly to the circular file.
>
>
>
You're all welcome.

> select "properties", click on the "Compatibility" tab and check the box "Run
> this program in compatiblity mode" and select "Windows 2000" from the drop
> down menu. Click "apply" and "Ok" and restart Boinc.
> Magic!!! You're now running Boinc version 4.x.
>
>
>

Your 'fix' did not work.

I had the same problem but it wasn't related to SP2 specifically. I installed SP2 before I installed BOINC (I had just formatted the comptuer and did all the updates first). When I upgraded BOINC I uninstalled/reinstalled with the new version. The problem was related to touchy servers not downloading the pdb and exe files correctly I think. I think all I did was reattach to the project. I might have reinstalled it again, but I don't think I took it that far. In any case, there are no special settings that I changed to get it to run.

Chris

> > Care to tell us how you fixed it? You aren't the only one with the
> problem (I
> > am getting it with both SETI and Predictor.)
> >
> Of course. My operating system is Windows XP Pro SP2. I got Boinc 4.x to start
> processing wu's by first closing down Boinc. Right click on the Boinc icon and
> select "properties", click on the "Compatibility" tab and check the box "Run
> this program in compatiblity mode" and select "Windows 2000" from the drop
> down menu. Click "apply" and "Ok" and restart Boinc.
> Magic!!! You're now running Boinc version 4.x.
>
>
>

I've had no problems with XPSP2 but I agree with Chris if it seems to stick with DL'ing a work unit either reset or detach and then reattach that'll sort the problem..

That just leaves you with a "stuck" workunit on the DB but these should clear themselves once the deadlines are hit.
DavidJaymz.com

> I've had no problems with XPSP2 but I agree with Chris if it seems to stick
> with DL'ing a work unit either reset or detach and then reattach that'll sort
> the problem..
>
> That just leaves you with a "stuck" workunit on the DB but these should clear
> themselves once the deadlines are hit.
> DavidJaymz.com
>
>
>

> > I've had no problems with XPSP2 but I agree with Chris if it seems to
> stick
> > with DL'ing a work unit either reset or detach and then reattach that'll
> sort
> > the problem..
> >
> > That just leaves you with a "stuck" workunit on the DB but these should
> clear
> > themselves once the deadlines are hit.
> > DavidJaymz.com
> >
> >
> >
>
Boinc 4.08 beta is running fine with Windows XP Pro SP2 with no compatibility mode set.