I just joined to support einstein@home.
I have XP on this system.

I set up the scheduler to give boinc/Einstein access to this machine from 7 pm to 7 am. But if the machine is idle between 7 am and 7 pm, the BOINC logo takes up center stage on my monitor and the only way I have found to break its spell is to power cycle this machine. Even Ctrl-alt-delete doesn't work.

If there isn't a better way to maintain control over this machine during the day, I'll drop out of the program.

Thanks for your help.

e herron

Options:

1) Don't use the screen saver.

2) If you do want to use the screen saver, make sure that:
a) In case you have a late model Nvidia videocard, that you do not use CUDA at the same time. CUDA will use the GPU on the videocard, while the screen saver will do the same thing. It can't do both at the same time.
b) That your videocard drivers are up-to-date.

3) Set up the screen saver preferences correctly.
That would be:
- Blank screen saver after (whatever time you want, or never)
- Run BOINC screen saver for: Never
- Run project screen savers for (whatever you want, but not never)
- Switch between project screen savers every: Never.

Setting it like that will force the screen saver to only use the project screen saver, when it's in use. Else it shouldn't use the screen saver at all. Especially not the BOINC screen saver.

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