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Message 34589 - Posted: 9 Sep 2010, 9:04:45 UTC

Are there any special tips for installing and using BOINC on locked down windows XP machines? We have many machines locked down into a standardised operating environment. I intend requesting that BOINC be packaged up as a standardised install. Any particular problems with this? Are administrative privileges required after the program is installed (eg to install particular projects?).
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Message 34704 - Posted: 16 Sep 2010, 20:05:17 UTC - in response to Message 34589.  

What's a locked down Windows XP system? You mean that the other users aren't administrators?

Install BOINC as a service (protected application execution). Then it'll run in the background for any user. Not allowing other users to 'control BOINC' through BOINC Manager is a pre then.
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