Hello there,

I'm trying to run the BOINC client (using the Task Scheduler) on a computer without having to log in. So I configured a new task with the following parameters:
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The boinc_starter.bat file contains the following:

start "BOINC" /D "D:\Programs\Berkeley\BOINC" /NORMAL boinc.exe --no_priority_change

Now, when the task runs, boinc creates 2 instances, one instance containing the --no_priority_change option and one instance containing --detect_gpus --dir <path_to_datadir> as seen below.

If I run the boinc_starter.bat maually (either from cmd/PS environment or via double click) everything works fine, as seen below.

I've also tried running the task under different credentials (such as an administrator account, signed in and signed out), deleting boinc entirely from the PC (yes, registry entries as well) and reinstalling it. I've eventried going one minor version behind (7.14.2). Nothing worked.

In case this helps, here's what I'm using:
OS: Win 10 x64 - 1093
BOINC: Version 7.16.5
CPU: AMD FX-8300
GPU0: ATI Radeon HD 3000 (Driver version: 8.970.100.9001 - 01/13/2015 as it is the latest version for this gpu)
GPU1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 (Driver version: 26.21.14.4587 A.K.A 445.87)

Does anyone know where's the problem? Am I doing something wrong?

Thank you in advance,
Babb

You're over-thinking the problem. This is what 'Run as a service" is designed for - it's an installation option.

You're over-thinking the problem. This is what 'Run as a service" is designed for - it's an installation option.

Wouldn't that disable GPU computing? I'm trying to avoid that.

I think somebody has to be logged in to gain access to the GPU driver.

I think somebody has to be logged in to gain access to the GPU driver.

Yes, that's the requirement.

Got it, thank you all for the info.

The longer explanation is that the GPUs do only do the general purpose calculations with drivers installed by the user.
When you install BOINC as a service, or you run programs when not logged in, the default GPU driver installed by Windows is used, which lacks required components such as CAL (your old ATI GPU uses that), CUDA (Nvidia) or OpenCL (all) (and Vulkan for future reference).

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