Posts by Aurora Borealis

1) Message boards : Number crunching : Message board preferences won\'t update (Message 23546) Posted 8 Jul 2006 by Aurora Borealis Post: I just tried to update my signature but got error message. Forum preferences update Couldn\'t update forum preferences. Unknown column \'avatar_type\' in \'field list\' I get the same error message just clicking update on current settings.
2) Message boards : Number crunching : So does Windows 98 work or not with BOINC? (Message 13579) Posted 19 Jun 2005 by Aurora Borealis Post: > Right now I just installed it on a Win98 SE machine, with 384 RAM and a Duron > processor. It seems to be running ok -- will I necessarily have problems > later? > > I'm just wondering because the website here STILL claims that Win98 will work > with Boinc/CP.Net > > Somebody here told me that was not the case. If so, why? Why don't they update > the system requirements? > > Matthew > There are only few problems with Win98/Boinc. 1. You have to exit Boinc before closing down Windows. A work around to make Boinc shut down gracefully is found at http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8527446~reverse=0;days=30;root=seti;mode=full that fixed my machine. Unzip the Defaul.zip file to the Windows Folder and it make it work right. 2. Do not use the option 'leave in memory' if you are attached to other projects. This will cause Boinc to try and crunch more than one WU at the same time. (This also means that you may have to increase the switching time between projects if the save points are to far apart. But I haven't had this problem for some time now.) 3. Depending on your system, some of the Screen Savers don't work. I've given up on mine. Boinc V4.45 -<b>WARNING</b> ALPHA ver. have been known to <b>BLOW UP</b> your system. AMD Duron Processor, 1.3G, 224MB - Win98se Attached to Seti, Predictor, CPDN, Einstein, and LHC.