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Mr.B

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Message 39953 - Posted: 30 Aug 2011, 13:29:15 UTC

Greetings. I have installed BOINC manager on several 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium machines and am getting complaints when other users log in. If anyone but the administrative account that installed BOINC manager 6.12.33 (x64) logs in, they get odd semi-blank dialog boxes when they try to "personalize" their windows 7 desktop and BOINC screensaver. Eventually they get the actual BOINC screensaver dialog box, but the sliders for the values that can be set don't take effect and cause more semi-blank dialog boxes when trying to accept the changes or just exiting the settings window. Are others encountering this and are there any solutions so that I can avoid having to uninstall BOINC?
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ProfileGundolf Jahn

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Message 39958 - Posted: 31 Aug 2011, 8:09:30 UTC - in response to Message 39953.  

Are those users supposed to see BOINC?

How did you install BOINC (did you "Allow all users on this computer to control BOINC")?

Did you use Protected Application Execution mode?

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Gundolf
Computer sind nicht alles im Leben. (Kleiner Scherz)
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Message 40204 - Posted: 16 Sep 2011, 10:04:45 UTC

I installed BOINC Manager with PAE enabled to run as a service, screensaver enabled and not allow users to control it (the manager). I wouldn't expect a user to have issues with choosing the BOINC screensaver and changing it's settings this way, but they do. They also get errors from the BOINC icon on the taskbar on login which also seems pointless. They should be able to open up the manager and see projects and stats if they are curious from the taskbar even if they are restricted from changing project related settings by the selection made during install.
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