- What is BOINC?
- What operating systems are supported by World Community Grid on BOINC?
- Where may I get the BOINC client for Windows, Linux, or Mac?
- I'm using the BOINC agent, how do I choose which project or projects my device processes work for?
- What is my BOINC account key and where do I find it?
- I know that my device has returned several results. Where can I check the status of those results?
- How can I prevent the BOINC client from receiving new work units, but still finish the work units that are in progress?
- What is the address or URL to type when attaching to World Community Grid via BOINC?
- How do I set up my device so that it will download enough work to keep my device working for several days?
- Why do I have a message that says my Account Key is missing?
- How do I make World Community Grid run while my computer is on batteries?
- Does World Community Grid offer a 64 bit version of the BOINC software?
- In Advanced View, on the BOINC Manager, under Statistics, what do the figures on the y-axis represent?
- In Advanced View, on the BOINC Manager, under Transfers, why is this page blank for me?
- Is there any way we can find a history of how much data has been sent to and received from the World Community Grid server?
- In Simple View, on the BOINC Manager, do the green buttons on the project tabs change color if the processor is busy on some other task?
What is BOINC?
software that supports volunteer computing. BOINC was developed under a National Science Foundation grant at the University of California, Berkeley and is used for many different volunteer computing initiatives. It consists of software that a user downloads and runs on their computer, as well as server components that handle distributing work units and receiving results.
World Community Grid uses BOINC as a key part of its infrastructure in order to help support research for multiple institutions. Volunteers participate in World Community Grid either by downloading the World Community Grid branded version of the BOINC software, or the BOINC software itself, available directly from BOINC's website.
More information about BOINC can be found here.
What operating systems are supported by World Community Grid on BOINC?
Where may I get the BOINC client for Windows, Linux, or Mac?
I'm using the BOINC agent, how do I choose which project or projects my device processes work for?
What is my BOINC account key and where do I find it?
I know that my device has returned several results. Where can I check the status of those results?
How can I prevent the BOINC client from receiving new work units, but still finish the work units that are in progress?
You may complete the work units currently in progress, and prevent the BOINC client from downloading any new work units by taking the following steps:
- Open your BOINC Manager window (make sure that you are in 'Advanced' view and not 'Simple' view)
- Click on the 'Projects' tab
- Select the BOINC project you no longer wish to receive work units for
- Click on the 'No new tasks' button on the left hand side
What is the address or URL to type when attaching to World Community Grid via BOINC?
How do I set up my device so that it will download enough work to keep my device working for several days?
Why do I have a message that says my Account Key is missing?
- double left click on the World Community Grid or BOINC icon in your system tray
- click on "advanced view" (if not already in advanced view)
- click on your "projects" tab
- click on World Community Grid and then on the left hand menu select "detach"
- now, go to menu's at the top of your screen and select Tools -> Attach to Project
- this will bring up a panel that asks you to enter in a project URL. Please use: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org
How do I make World Community Grid run while my computer is on batteries?
- To change your preferences for all computers under your member name, sign on to our website and go to your “Settings" page. Select “Device Manager”, then “Device Profiles" from the left hand Navigation. Click the Profile Name that you want to alter and select “Custom Profile”. Under “Processor Usage” change your setting to reflect: “Do work while computer is running on batteries: Yes” and select “save”. The new settings will take effect when the agent software next communicates with the servers.
- To change the preferences for a particular computer under your member name. Double left click on the World Community Grid, or BOINC, icon in the system tray of the appropriate computer. Select Preferences from Simple View. Then check “I want to customize my preferences for this computer only” and then click “Do work while on battery” and “save”. The setting changes made here take effect immediately and override those in the device profile above.