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Originally Posted by azazul
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Instructions for using an other computer as 'network station' (Windows tested):
Remove all BOINC activity from 'network station' (NS):
- uninstall BOINC client (if previously installed)
- delete BOINC folder from filesystem / harddisk
Install same BOINC client as on 'stand-alone computer (SAC)', use same parameters as on SAC (in my case, 'run as service')
Do *not* attach to any project.
Stop all BOINC activity on NC (stop the service if necessary)
Copy the BOINC folder (c:\program files\BOINC) to a safe place (we will call this folder 'BOINC-initial')
Stop BOINC activity on SAC:
- Commands, SUSPEND
- Commands, Network activity suspended
- stop service / program and BOINC Client
Copy BOINC program folder from SAC to NS, do not copy files boinc* (4 files), *.dll (8 files with boinc.dll counted both times) and master.html
start BOINC program on NS (start service or by starting the BOINC client)
Connect NS to the internet
- commands, run based on preferences
- commands, Network activity based on preferences
all outstanding up-/downloads are performed on NS
Stop BOINC activity on NS:
- Commands, SUSPEND
- Commands, Network activity suspended
- stop service / program and BOINC Client
Now you can copy the files back to the SAC and reactivate computing. If you have to copy several SAC, just use 'BOINC-install' folder on NC and add the neccessary files from the SAC.
It's important to stop the service/program on both sides before copying the files.
As a result the Computer name is set to the name of the NS, which can only be seen by yourself. But if you like, you can change the name of your NS before you connect to the internet (reboot required).
In my case you can see that all office hosts are now Windows XP (which is my private notebooks operating system at home).
I did this procedure to deliver all my outstanding WUs but it is to costly to continue with all computers in this way.
I think I will do it for my office PC I'm working with (217888) and for one powerful fileserver (470358).
Udo
p.s. in this way you could cheet: download lot of WUs and then distribute them to different computers.