I had a major drive failure yesterday and have recouped most of what I had. But, when I try to login to Boinc, my screen name and password (which I was able to change) I keep getting a failure message and am told to see "messages" which are nowhere to be found.

Messages are in the Event Log, under CTRL+SHIFT+E.

And as for the rest... which screen name and password? When you try to add a project, or when your BOINC Manager tries to contact the client? What's the failure message?

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My harddrive failed a couple of days ago. I've recouped much, but I don't remember my login for Boinc, so I can't run it. Please help! Email me at [email protected]

I moved your post to this thread, the previous one you had on the same subject.

And again, what do you mean? Do you mean the name and password for BOINC Manager?
Usually you don't have to fill in anything in either the Host Name and Password boxes, and just click OK.

But if that doesn't work, then there's a chance you set a password at one time or another. This password is stored in the gui_rpc_auth.cfg file in your BOINC Data directory. Depending on the OS its default place is:

Windows 98/SE/ME: C:\Windows\All Users\BOINC\ or C:\Windows\Profiles\All Users\BOINC\ (*)
Windows 2000/XP: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\BOINC\ (*)
Windows Vista/Windows 7: C:\ProgramData\BOINC\ (*)
Linux: wherever you unpack it/BOINC/
Macintosh OS X: /Library/Applications Support/BOINC/

In Windows the directory will be hidden.

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>the previous one you had on the same subject.

That's because when I logged in to get help today, it wasn't there. No one told me that it had been moved.

>And again, what do you mean?

I wouldn't know anything about "again" because no one answerd my original post.

>Usually you don't have to fill in anything in either the Host Name and Password boxes,

I get a box labelled "Boinc Manager" in which it says "Identify your account" followed by two boxes User name and Password.

Back one line on your question: Do you mean the name and password for BOINC Manager?

Yes.

>This password is stored in the gui_rpc_auth.cfg file in your BOINC Data directory.

That won't help here. My harddrive failed; I've had to re-install everything from scratch.

>Messages are in the Event Log, under CTRL+SHIFT+E.

Wouldn't know about that. I do have a box labelled World Community Grid - Boinc and it has messages I can see.

>This password is stored in the gui_rpc_auth.cfg file in your BOINC Data directory.

That won't help here.

It still helps as BOINC makes a random password that it stores in that file, when it first starts.

But what name do you fill in? It's not User Name that it asks for, it's Host Name. The Host Name is the name of your computer, not the name of the account you're logged in with. Again, normally leaving both entries empty and clicking OK should work. If not, something is blocking BOINC Manager contacting the client, and that something is usually a firewall or anti-virus/anti-malware program.

If you run Windows XP or above, you do have to allow BOINC (boinc.exe) and BOINC Manager (boincmgr.exe) through your firewall on the localhost. When your firewall requires a port number, it's 31416.
Boinc.exe needs to be able to contact the internet on port 80 and 443.

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