Unfortunately when after a long time I installed a new (6.x) version of BOINC on my computer I couldn\'t figure out that protected installation is in fact \"service\" installation (I am a software developer, and it was somewhere in the back of my mind [wrongly] that \"service\" is more powerful and hence it cannot be protected). Hence I installed it for a single account.

Now as this calculation is going on, is it possible that I re-install the BOINC in service mode without abandoning the calculations done so far?

TIA

Kamran
Islamabad, Pakistan

I tested this a bit a few weeks ago, and there\'s no problem.

Just use Windows Add or Remove programs to uninstall BOINC, wait until the data folders get moved back to the old position, and then re-install BOINC.

The FAQ for the new version is here, as linked from FAQ on the Download page of the BOINC website.

The \'protected\' part is a reference to Windows Vista\'s new security (protection) features.

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Thank you very much for your reply.

I understand that my first post was somewhat misleadeding.

Although I was upgrading BOINC after a long time, but this was the fresh installation on this computer.

So there will be no case for \"the data folders to get moved back to old position\"

Now I am 99% sure that your prescribed method (un-install and then re-install) will work, but I want to make it 100% that it will work in fresh installation case?

Thank you very much
Kamran
Islamabad, Pakistan

I tested this a bit a few weeks ago, and there\'s no problem.

Just use Windows Add or Remove programs to uninstall BOINC, wait until the data folders get moved back to the old position, and then re-install BOINC.

Yes.

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Too many BOINC crunchers (not just from CPDN) are finding they haven\'t got the BOINC 6 installation mode they wanted or expected.

The BOINC install wizard is in my view not clear enough about what the two installation modes really mean. The fact that a member who\'s a software developer misunderstood the descriptions of the modes confirms what I already thought. I will think about this again before deciding whether to ask the BOINC people to change the explanations on the install wizard. The wizard probably needs a link to a BOINC web page where the two modes are clearly described. The member would be able to stop and consider the implications of the two modes before choosing between them in the wizard.

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