The BOINC manager program controls the use of your computer's disk, network, and processor resources. It is normally started at boot time. It is represented by a icon in the system tray.

Double-click on the icon to open the BOINC manager window. Right-click on the icon to:

Hovering over the BOINC icon will display a status balloon which contains the project it is currently working on, how far along it is, and which computer it is connected too.

BOINC Manager Tabs

Projects

Shows the projects in which this computer is participating.

Click on a project name to enable the following additional buttons:

The BOINC manager window has several tabs:

The BOINC manager's menu items are as follows:

Menu names and other text in the BOINC manager can be displayed in languages other than English.

On Windows, the BOINC screensaver can be selected using the Display Properties dialog. The BOINC screensaver draws graphics from a running application, if any is available. Otherwise it draws the BOINC logo bouncing around the screen. "; page_tail(); ?>