When I reboot the computer I'd like the "client" start along with the manager. I'm often gone and the machine will reboot, or after a power outage just boot. I just want boinc to keep chuggin' along even though I'm not there to login.

It's a Windows 7 Pro machine with what I think is the current version of the software.

Uninstall BOINC, then install again. IN 3rd or 4th screen there's the Advanced button right bottom to get at the service option. Select that and 'allow all users', so later when you do sign in your BOINC Manager can connect to the client that will then already be running.

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That will work, but a service mode installation will disable any GPU that Bill (or anyone else with a similar question) might wish to use for crunching.

The alternative is to configure Windows to login automatically after a reboot. You need to think carefully about the security of this - you need to store your password in a way which could potentially be accessed if someone stole the computer, so don't use the same password as you use for important online services - but if your security situation allows it, you would set:

All in the registry key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

AutoAdminLogon, value "1"
DefaultUserName
DefaultPassword

"DefaultUserName" probably has your user name in it already: "AutoAdminLogon" probably exists but needs the value changing, and "DefaultPassword" would need to be created from scratch and filled in (it can't be blank for this to work).

This will probably be the way I'll do it.

The password on the machine is unique to it. There's nothing on the computer except BOINC. It belonged to my late wife and I have no need for it, I have 5 other computers running now. :-)

Before anybody gets concerned...I live in a cold climate and the heating runs pretty much year-round. Electricity just isn't necessarily the cheapest way to heat, but it cuts down on my gas bill.