I then went to "Personalize your screen" in Win 10, chose BOINC and set the screensaver to run after 5 minutes. I downloaded it, all 300 to 400 MB of it' it was an hour-long ordeal. It was not mentioned publically, it was said, as I sure never heard of it. In May, a kind person posted to this group and described a download available from M$ that was a "fix" for the BOINC SETI Screensaver problem. BOTH the words "BOINC" and "SETI" appear when it's running. I have no clue WHAT the differences are between a "BOINC Screensaver" and a Screensaver" ? To me they are one in the same for the reason I mentioned above. "I didn't comment anything in the last post about "BOINC screensaver" nor screensaver" (which are different files/things)" I call it that because, when working, it displays screens with a BOINC logo AND a screen saying "This computer is participating in I use the above description of the screensaver because of the following posted comment earlier to this group: Within hours of first "turn-on," I was stopped from trying to get it set up with my software by a screen message from M$ saying the "wonderful Creators Edition!" was being installed, like it or not.Īfter the installation I tried to activate the BOINC SETI Screensaver. I've been having a problem with the very attractive BOINC SETI Screensaver since April when I got a new Win 10 Home 64-bit PC. YES, it DOES work, BUT it is intermittent, VERY intermittent. Then when it finally restarts you get the (not so famous) BSOD with hex-code dump and informed to contact your nearest Automotive Dealer's help desk (repair shop) with the error code in order to have your vehicle towed so they can (attempt to) resolve the error message.ĭetailed Description of the BOINC SETI Screensaver Problem. Please find a safe spot to stop your car, so Windows can reboot to finalize installing new drivers for the sensor array of your turbo injector. Thank you for your help, it is much appreciated! Gess wat? A re-boot got the screensaver working on all screens !! I now get the 3 or 4 rotating data screens PLUS the colorful "noise box." :)Īltho I installed the up-date last May BOINC was still bad on my PC, but, as my Win 10 Home is updated automatically by M$, I suspect one of their updates in recent weeks,FIXED the screensaver problem? I had not tried BOINC again the past few weeks so didn't see the "fix" was in. It's the only planet with DARK CHOCOLATE !! I wonder if I should run that up-date a SECOND time? Would that HURT anything? :( It works FINE except for the fact that the BIGGIE, what I call the colorful "noise box" does not appear, altho all other pages do, inrotation. It seems to work fine for some people but not for others and the reason is unknown. Yes, the update you mention, a LARGE one, 100s of MB, took an hour or more, was installed back in May following a posting wither in this group or another one about BOINC. I was also able to find a reference via Google in the Microsoft Techsupport forum(s) that might help if a straight download/install doesn't work.Ī proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association). It's interesting to note however that this update does NOT show up in Windows Update in Settings you have to download it manually from the Microsoft Update Catalog. I can confirm that update package KB4020102, released on May 26 fixes the problem. River Song (aka Linda Latte on planet Earth)ĭid you try manually installing this update? I got this from earlier in the thread and I don't know if you saw it or not. It works fine only on my old Win 7 PC, but not on my Win 10, 2 month old machine.Īll the reports on the 2 pages you mentioned may be correct for SOME Uers of the BOINC Screensaver, but not ALL. It is an attention getter, and it no longer works. If I activate it, all I get is the basic screens rotating, but NOT NOT the "biggie," the, what I call, the "noise box." This is the beautiful screen that "plots" time, power, etc in a very colorful fashion. My BOINC Screensaver does NOT work properly, ever since the "up-date" to the Creators Win 10. and more (finished OK) are in "Validation pending": How to make my AMD work properly with BOINC
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