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it's a bit nuts you have to restart the BOINC client I did use the read config files option

the change which made it work was using find computers instead of typing in the IP address manually in the list of computers And I can't see how these two would be any different

the boinc client is running because I'm looking at the remote computer with remote utilities, and anyway it says "password".  if it's not running it can't connect and displays this differently.

Workaround - use "find computers" - not sure why the initial problem was there.

I've just set up a machine with a fresh Windows installed and put on boinc and made absolutely sure the password in the text file on the remote machine is exactly what I've entered into boinc tasks here but it keeps saying password in the status.  Boinc toolbox is full of ticks.

I have several other machines set up and have never had this problem before

I have finally discovered why Boinctasks tends to stall (in discussion with Boinc programmer Vitalii Koshura).  It's the fault of AVG, the virus checker!  This running on all my computers with Boinc, it interferes and keeps scanning the files for Boinc when it doesn't need to (I've complained to AVG).  Hence Boinc does not respond in a timely fashion to Boinctasks.  I fixed it by creating exceptions in AVG to not touch files in c:\program files\boinc and c:\programdata\boinc

What's the story with me getting the message with cpdn when I wasn't creating an account I was just attaching a new host.  This sounds to me as though cpdn is sending the legal notice out again when it shouldn't be.

Most projects have this notice, I just forgot to implement it...
It probably has to do with European data protection laws.

But I only get the problem with CPDN - I assume with other projects it only occurs when setting up a new account.  CPDN for some reason send it out again when simply detaching and reattaching a project!

And yes, it's always Europe's fault.  What they do is screwing up the rest of the world - eg. cookie notices and daytime headlights!  The UK where I live left the EU but we're still living with the aftermath, and from what friends in the US have said, cookie notices pollute the internet over there too!

What's the story with me getting the message with cpdn when I wasn't creating an account I was just attaching a new host.  This sounds to me as though cpdn is sending the legal notice out again when it shouldn't be.

I only seem to get this with CPDN - I have to click agree on a legal notice when I add the project with Boinc Manager.  But Boinctasks gives an error.  I complained to Boinc and CPDN and they say it's part of the Boinc API (I think they said API) and point blank refuse to remove the stupid legal notice, saying it's up to Boinctasks to deal with it.  Even Glenn Carver of CPDN said it was your fault, after admitting he uses Boinctasks himself!  Is there any way you can get Boinc tasks to manage this notice?  Preferably by auto-agreeing, or if you insist, displaying the notice so we can click agree?

I see you came back with a sudden flurry of responses, have you been on a nice holiday?

Thanks, I'll give it a go one day.  Busy with the new property just now!

I was worried about thermal stresses.  I've stopped using tthrottle and just allowed the CPU to throttle itself.  the Reason I was avoiding this is that particular laptop only throttles at 100 or 50% and nothing in between so it's not doing as much as it could be

[slaps self in face]  I didn't see that in there.  Sorry.

thanks very much!  I assume this will be in the next beta.  When is it out?

Pah!  A MS limitation, I should have guessed.  I might change over to JS if it annoys me enough.  What functions would I lose out on?  I think I read the original Boinctasks has more functions?

On an old laptop (Intel core i3 M350 4 core CPU), Tthrottle is showing temperatures fluctuating between 70 and 84C in the space of half a second.  Is this normal?  If a part of a CPU was really changing temperature that fast surely it would fall to pieces with thermal stresses?

Here is the output from MSI Afterburner showing the 5 sensors, CPU and core1-4, and the CPU usage.



Isn't this very bad for the CPU?  For now I've turned tthrottle off, and look what happens:



I don't even understand what's happening, surely without throttling, doing more work, it should be hotter now?!