Scenerio: After upgrading a machine from Win 7 x64 to Win 8.1 (partition deleted, fresh install on C:). The machine has a second drive with two partitions, D: (for apps) and E: (for data).
BOINC 7.2.28 was installed on D: and the data folder set to E:\ProgramData\BOINC, the same as it had been prior to the Wiun 8.1 install as the netbios name of the computer did not change. BOINC had two issues: 1) It could not connect to the client. Eventually Win 8.1 asked me if the firewall was allowed to have boinc manager access the network. Allowing it solved the first issue. 2) Launching BOINC resulted in none of the previous projects showing up. The event log showed that BOINC was running under my personal account (Jon). I changed the permissions on the ProgramData\BOINC folder so that muy account had modiy privs on all files and folders. That fixed the second issue. Suggested fixes: 1. Insert a firewall rule during install. 2. During the install, change the data directory permissions even if it exists. Jon Sonntag _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
