Jimmy B wrote:

I don't have many WUs completed, just about 2,500 in the past couple years
or so.  But I tried BOINC a few times and OMG it's horrible.  Many have said

Boinc is feature rich but it is still very usable, both for "point-and-click" junkies and for "command-line" geeks alike.

[...]

something.  But I had all kinds of problems, from it running when it's not
suppose to (I want screensaver only), to not running at screensaver time.

[...]

The Boinc defaults work very well. For those whom wish to tweak, there's many threads in the Number Cruncher's forum on s@h that discuss the various settings at great length.

And Boinc should run all the time. It is designed to and should have minimal impact. Even so, you can configure it to only become active when the PC has been idle for some time. However on Windows, all those pesky viruses and virus scanners makes life a nightmare! When is "idle" really "idle"?...


What specific problem or "unexpectedness" have you suffered?


Welcome to Boinc,

Happy crunching,
Martin


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