Eric wrote:

Ok, I installed BOINC and got it working fine with SETI and even a
few other projects, however I'm electing to go back to just using the
SETI classic program on all of my PC's.

The reason being is the screen saver.  The screensavers for BOINC,
while somewhat nifty, do not have the ability to be password enabled.
That pretty much defeats the whole purpose of a screensaver, if you
use screensavers to not only protect your monitor but also secure
your PC.

While it is possible to just use another screensaver, I don't have
much inspiration to have running SETI in the background if its just
hidden. Sure, the SETI project (and the other BOINC projects) are
cool and all -- but the years of a SETI classic user, I only really
used it for the screensaver functionality.  I set the screensaver to
appear after 20 minutes and then go blank after another minutes.
Moving the mouse, made the SETI screensaver re-appear (along with
password dialogue box) for another ten minutes.  The actual crunching
of numbers in the background was just something "abstract".  Other
than knowing it was doing something "cool" when I wasn't using my
computers anyway, I never really put a whole lot of thought into it
other than taking steps necessary to ensure that it would always run
(and be able to talk on the network).  I have many years worth of
completed work units across several PC's, even thought never really
concerned myself with the actual work it was doing.   Sure, its neat
and all, but as a "user" never put that much concern into it.

Anyone involved with the BOINC project that may stumble across this
post, please consider adding password functionality to the
screensavers!

I had a rough day at work today so if I am stupid just say so......now if I
read you correctly the only thing your using seti for is the cool screen
saver program and you don't give a ratz ass about finding ET?

What are you going to do when they close down seti classic?