This is the recommended mode. BOINC will run while you (the installing user) are logged in.
BOINC is listed in the Start menu of the installing user, but not other users.
The 'Show graphics' command in the BOINC manager works only for the installing user. The BOINC screensaver only shows application graphics only for the installing user (other users can run the screensaver but will see textual information only).
BOINC runs whenever any user is logged in.
BOINC is listed in the Start menu of all users.
While BOINC is running, it runs as a particular user (either the first user to log in, or the first to run BOINC). The 'Show graphics' command in the BOINC manager works only for this user. The BOINC screensaver shows application graphics only for this user (other users can run the screensaver but will see textual information only).
BOINC runs all the time (even when no one is logged in).
BOINC is listed in the Start menu of the installing user, but not other users.
The 'Show graphics' command in the BOINC manager will not work for any user. The BOINC screensaver will only show textual information. The Windows BOINC client can be deployed across a Windows network using Active Directory.
if BOINC applications are repeatedly crashing on your computer, it's possibly that you need to upgrade to the latest version of DirectX.
BOINC's Windows installer installs several programs:
Say the install is done by user X. The manager runs automatically when X logs in. The manager starts up the core client. The core client it runs as a regular process, not a service. If the manager crashes the core client continues to run. The user can re-run the manager. When the user logs out, the manager, the core client, and any running applications exit.
Files (in the BOINC directory) are owned by user X.
Detection of mouse/keyboard is done by the manager.
The screensaver works as it currently does, except that we'll pass window-station/desktop info so that the password-protected screensaver mechanism will work.
Other users can't run the BOINC manager.
Processes run as whoever is logged in. If someone logs in while BOINC is already running, it will not start a new instance of BOINC.
The core client runs as a service, started at boot time. On Windows 2003 and greater is runs under the 'network service' account. Otherwise it runs as the installing user.
The manager checks mouse/keyboard input and conveys idle state to the core client. Only the installing user can run the BOINC manager. Files are accessible only to the installing user. "; page_tail(); ?>