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John Phelan-Cummings

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Message 17461 - Posted: 24 May 2008, 17:31:33 UTC

I have the 64bit version of Vista Ultimate. After several false attempts to download boinc 6.2.5 (each time I was told that the install was interrupted; turning off firewall din't help) I decided to reinstall (successfully) and uninstall the current 64bit boinc version and do a reboot.

After attempting a clean install of boinc_6.2.5, and getting a little further this time, I get the following message:

"C:\Users\jphelan\Desktop\boinc_6.2.5_windows_x86_64.exe is not a valid Win32 application."
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Message 17469 - Posted: 26 May 2008, 8:12:04 UTC - in response to Message 17462.  
Last modified: 26 May 2008, 8:18:31 UTC

I also tried to install, John, with no luck - although I wasn't willing to go the length of a reboot to attempt it. I will say this - in addition to saying the installation was interrupted, it had the audacity to tell me that no changes had been made. But it had, indeed, decided to uninstall my old version of BOINC. That was easily rectified, but still an irksome inconvenience.

I saw from the changelog thread that it's apparently rare that people can get it to install - if at all. GRR. That really makes me want to work my behind off to get it working just for the sake of saying I can. But given my aversion to rebooting, and my latest bout of fun that involved iTunes hijacking my DVD burner, resulting in numerous reboots/issues, I think I'll shy away from this for now.
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Message 17471 - Posted: 27 May 2008, 19:42:16 UTC

I can't install it.
same problem here.
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Message 17472 - Posted: 27 May 2008, 20:21:33 UTC

Rom is working on this issue. Sit tight.
Kathryn :o)
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Message 17479 - Posted: 28 May 2008, 5:13:08 UTC

There was a checkin today that may fix this. Hopefully we will have a new build to test in the next few days.
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Message 17526 - Posted: 29 May 2008, 4:29:31 UTC - in response to Message 17479.  

Well, 6.2.6 installs...

Unfortunately, it forces graphics to display for any WU that has them now. Closing the graphics window kills the task and then it force-starts again with the graphics enabled. If anyone knows anything about fixing this issue, it would be much appreciated.
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