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Message boards : Number crunching : Can I finish a workunit under a different account?
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Send message Joined: 9 May 05 Posts: 2 Credit: 7,146 RAC: 0 |
I have two pc and two account one for each pc. Can I move a workunit from pc-1 to pc-2 and finish the workunit on that pc? |
 Send message Joined: 8 Aug 04 Posts: 21 Credit: 5,536,868 RAC: 2,725 |
Short answer is nope. 
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Send message Joined: 16 Oct 04 Posts: 692 Credit: 277,679 RAC: 0 |
Do you want to move a work unit or the whole BOINC folder? |
 Pete BSend message Joined: 26 Aug 04 Posts: 67 Credit: 10,277,318 RAC: 10,503 |
> I have two pc and two account one for each pc. > > Can I move a workunit from pc-1 to pc-2 and finish the workunit on that pc? > If you copy the complete BOINC folder over to another PC, then it will continue to run on that new PC (assuming the PC is stable and has a compatible operating system on it). All the account data is contained within files in the BOINC folder so it will continue to run under the account that the WU was set up under. |
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Send message Joined: 8 Aug 04 Posts: 21 Credit: 5,536,868 RAC: 2,725 |
Doesn't BOINC keep track of what PC it sent the workunit to and only accept the answer from that pc? This was a "feature" to help prevent fraud.
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Send message Joined: 16 Oct 04 Posts: 692 Credit: 277,679 RAC: 0 |
With CP WU are so long, they have to allow people to upgrade their PC. Perhaps the fraud prevention is in stopping credit being given to more than one host. By moving the whole BOINC folder the credit still goes to the one authorised host. |
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