Posts by Ran Werkheiser

1) Questions and Answers : Windows : Transfer Tasks to New PC (Message 762634)
Posted 4 Jun 2008 by Profile Ran Werkheiser
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Oh, okay. Thanks. But I eventually cancelled the old tasks and reinstalled BOINC on the new PC. I really appreaciate your reply!


I just got a new PC and I'm sending my old PC to a friend. It still has BOINC tasks in it, and I was wondering, could I transfer those unfinished tasks to my new computer so it can resume the computation?

Any ideas on how to make this? Thanks!

As long as you have not yet installed BOINC on the new machine, it is fairly easy.

1) Uninstall BOINC from the old machine.
2) Copy the entire BOINC directory structure to the new machine (NOTE: 5.x and Vista needs special instructions to install correctly. If installing 5.x on Vista, install in c:\\BOINC and install as a Service).
3) Install BOINC on the new machine.
4) Run the benchmarks.

If you have already installed BOINC on the new machine, but have not downloaded any work, uninstall BOINC from the new machine, then follow the instructions above. Otherwise, you are out of luck. It is possible, but is dramatically harder, and not many people have successfully done it.

2) Questions and Answers : Windows : Transfer Tasks to New PC (Message 762293)
Posted 3 Jun 2008 by Profile Ran Werkheiser
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I just got a new PC and I'm sending my old PC to a friend. It still has BOINC tasks in it, and I was wondering, could I transfer those unfinished tasks to my new computer so it can resume the computation?

Any ideas on how to make this? Thanks!
3) Questions and Answers : Windows : Screen saver just doesn't work right (Message 695236)
Posted 28 Dec 2007 by Profile Ran Werkheiser
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Just FYI, only CRT monitors (the bulky one) can have a burn-in. LCDs cannot (although they can, but it's not really a burn in and will disappear if the LCD is turned off and back on after a few moments).
4) Questions and Answers : Getting started : credits.. (Message 694958)
Posted 27 Dec 2007 by Profile Ran Werkheiser
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Oh, i saw the answer to my question. thanks





 
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