Posts by Mark McCaghrey

1) Questions and Answers : Getting started : Failed to cleanup the Windows Sockets Interface (Message 7401) Posted 20 Jan 2005 by Mark McCaghrey Post: > Same problem here. I live in the UK and there have been no hurricans. BOINC > sometimes starts on its own and sometimes doesn,t. I have set up WIndows XP > professional on my home computer with two "users". This is so that the limited > user only has access to the net. BOINC seems to migrate form one user to the > other. > > Any suggestions? > > Incidentally I tried to install BOINC two weeks ago and had some many warning > boxes coming up that not only did I have to uninstall but I had to restore the > computer to a restore point on 18th September. > > I think this error is caused when you have Fast User switching enabled with an XP computer and BOINC running as a service. It happens for me when the user is automatically logged off or logs off using switch user and someone else logs on. The model itself continues to run in the background as a service but it tries to run another instance of the client software which displays the graphics etc. This 2nd instance fails but the original is still running under the auspices of the original user. This is not the only Windows program that cannot cope with fast user switching, but that is another story!