I'm updating my general software due to some technical hitch and among the suggestions to upgrade (via Norton) is Virtual Box from 6.0.14 to 6.1.30
Rather than let Norton do the upgrade itself, I visited the Install Boinc page to see it offers v6.1.12 which is near enough and sounds like it's been checked out, so I did a download.
But at the point of installation, it says it's only offering v6.0.14 not 6.1.12, so I cancelled everything as I'm running both it and the latest Boinc

Is there someone who should be nudged to get them to correct this, whether the web page or the version offered (ideally the latter)?

If I type "download virtualbox" into google, I get Oracle's page offering 6.1.36. Why are you only seeing 6.0.14?

I'm making the (reasonable imo) assumption that the VB version that's been tested compatible with Boinc is the one offered on Berkley's download page here which offers 6.1.12 on the webpage, but on installation isn't announced as that version but 6.0.14, which is what I'm already running

And why are you listening to Norton?

Because my email provider locked my account the other day (and is threatening to do it again) due to something about my system being compromised, so I've changed a few account passwords and I'm looking for the latest software updates of everything I run and Norton Utilities has been able to find updates to some Windows system files that I haven't been able to discover by going direct to the provider's website or by using Windows Update. Driver update utilities are flooded with compromised software so I never use them. Norton was the best I've found in the last dozen years tbf

Edit: The updates were for the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable for x86 & x64 fwiw

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4999 WU's ready to send but I cant get any, is there a server issue?

It took me a few looks, but now I activated SVM in my MSI BIOS.

But it still fails: Some other process apparently already uses Hyper-V, blocking BOINC and VirtualBox from using it.

Hyper-V is, of course, disabled in the Windows 10 components. So I wonder what else might be able to do so. And possible answers start to scare me...

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I'm making the (reasonable imo) assumption that the VB version that's been tested compatible with Boinc is the one offered on Berkley's download page here which offers 6.1.12 on the webpage, but on installation isn't announced as that version but 6.0.14, which is what I'm already running

ROTFPMSL! You trust Boinc developers. It doesn't have to be compatible with Boinc, all that does is hand it the tasks, it has to be compatible with the project you're running. The major version number (5 or 6) is what's important. I've seen no differences in the numbers after the decimal point. Version 6 makes older programs break, as in a third of the projects, so I use version 5.

And why are you listening to Norton?

Because my email provider locked my account the other day (and is threatening to do it again) due to something about my system being compromised, so I've changed a few account passwords and I'm looking for the latest software updates of everything I run and Norton Utilities has been able to find updates to some Windows system files that I haven't been able to discover by going direct to the provider's website or by using Windows Update. Driver update utilities are flooded with compromised software so I never use them. Norton was the best I've found in the last dozen years tbf

Yeah, you have a problem on your system because you're using Norton, it misses stuff. It's job is to stop your system getting infected in the first place. I fix people's computers as a hobby/part time job and every single time there's a virus infection, it's Norton on there. My Aunt used to use Norton backup, until I discovered it wasn't actually backing much up! I use AVG free, and run Malwarebytes every few months (so it's free, you pay for realtime protection), and I download all sorts of illegal programs and films from dodgy pirate sites, and yet I've never had any problems at all.

You don't need program updates, you need to run a virus scan. Get Norton to do a deep/full scan of your whole computer for viruses, then disable it (there should be a way to turn it off temporarily) and install AVG and get that to scan through aswell. Then again with Malwarebytes.

It took me a few looks, but now I activated SVM in my MSI BIOS.

But it still fails: Some other process apparently already uses Hyper-V, blocking BOINC and VirtualBox from using it.

Hyper-V is, of course, disabled in the Windows 10 components. So I wonder what else might be able to do so. And possible answers start to scare me...

Have you checked through this? https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-client/application-management/virtualization-apps-not-work-with-hyper-v

bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off

Running this in an Admin console may have solved the issue. HWiNFO reports AMD-V available now, and BOINC doesn't complain anymore.

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4999 WU's ready to send but I cant get any, is there a server issue?

Those are virtualbox only. You need that installed, VT-X or AMD's equivalent enabled in the BIOS, and make sure you have them allowed on your computer's settings pages on here, I can see your computers but I can't see the extra bits at the bottom which are private to you, against virtualbox jobs, there is a button saying allow or skip. If allow is showing, click it to turn them on.:

https://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/show_host_detail.php?hostid=5262973
https://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/show_host_detail.php?hostid=6212658
https://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/show_host_detail.php?hostid=6177396

I'm making the (reasonable imo) assumption that the VB version that's been tested compatible with Boinc is the one offered on Berkley's download page here which offers 6.1.12 on the webpage, but on installation isn't announced as that version but 6.0.14, which is what I'm already running

ROTFPMSL! You trust Boinc developers. It doesn't have to be compatible with Boinc, all that does is hand it the tasks, it has to be compatible with the project you're running.

Err... no. It's because I only trust them as far as they've nominally tested something and no further.
But I take your point and, using the link kotenok2000 provided (thanks), I've found 6.1.36 and fully upgraded VirtualBox now

And why are you listening to Norton?

Because my email provider locked my account the other day (and is threatening to do it again) due to something about my system being compromised, I've changed a few account passwords and I'm looking for the latest software updates of everything I run and Norton Utilities has been able to find updates to some Windows system files that I haven't been able to discover by going direct to the provider's website or by using Windows Update. Driver update utilities are flooded with compromised software so I never use them. Norton was the best I've found in the last dozen years tbf

Yeah, you have a problem on your system because you're using Norton, it misses stuff. Its job is to stop your system getting infected in the first place. I fix people's computers as a hobby/part time job and every single time there's a virus infection, it's Norton on there. My Aunt used to use Norton backup until I discovered it wasn't actually backing much up! I use AVG free, and run Malwarebytes every few months (so it's free, you pay for realtime protection), and I download all sorts of illegal programs and films from dodgy pirate sites, and yet I've never had any problems at all.

Lots of assumptions and fallacies there. The issue (allegedly anyway) relates to info on a Darkweb site with datalists going back to 2016 that's supposed to have my data on. My system hasn't been compromised - some unknown commercial system from years ago was compromised by having its data (containing my passwords and other identifiable data) exposed. I'd already fully updated and done full scans with Power Eraser, finding nothing wrong with my system at all.
As far as relying on using a version of AVG free that makes no pretence of having real-time protection goes, then claiming it's fine because it can't find what it doesn't attempt to prevent, is as comical as it sounds. It's consistently at the bottom of thorough evaluations. I think better of Malwarebytes, but it's certainly no better than the more comprehensive package I have. I'm afraid you're relying on a reputation that disappeared in the early 2000s and are hanging onto it like grim death.
Combined with the fact that Norton is the only software able to find and internally update elements of Windows that Windows itself can't find and update, I'm more than happy with it.

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Err... no. It's because I only trust them as far as they've nominally tested something and no further.
But I take your point and, using the link kotenok2000 provided (thanks), I've found 6.1.36 and fully upgraded VirtualBox now

The latest version is not always the best, I'm on the latest 5 before they messed things up for half the projects.

Lots of assumptions and fallacies there. The issue (allegedly anyway) relates to info on a Darkweb site with datalists going back to 2016 that's supposed to have my data on. My system hasn't been compromised - some unknown commercial system from years ago was compromised by having its data (containing my passwords and other identifiable data) exposed.

Why would a commercial system have more than one of your passwords?

I'd already fully updated and done full scans with Power Eraser, finding nothing wrong with my system at all.

Updating your system isn't going to fix anything, I've no idea why you're concentrating on that. If a commercial company has been hacked, there's nothing you can do with your computer to sort that.

As far as relying on using a version of AVG free that makes no pretence of having real-time protection goes,

Of course it has real time protection, why would you think it doesn't? It for example spotted me using KMSAuto to pirate windows and confiscated the executable immediately. Of course I told it that was safe :-)

I think better of Malwarebytes, but it's certainly no better than the more comprehensive package I have.

Malwarebytes is for malware, not viruses.

I'm afraid you're relying on a reputation that disappeared in the early 2000s and are hanging onto it like grim death.
Combined with the fact that Norton is the only software able to find and internally update elements of Windows that Windows itself can't find and update, I'm more than happy with it.

Norton always has been and always will be a rip off. Like I said, I've removed viruses (using AVG!) that got past someone's Norton. Norton is absolutely rubbish, half the time it fails to update itself properly, and you trust it with the rest of your computer? I assume you're paying hard earned cash for what most people get for free. In fact at my last two places of work I put AVG on everything instead of the Norton they had previously, and nobody ever had a problem after that. I guess I was supposed to pay for the commercial license but it let me install 1000 home versions :-)

I have it installed and I was getting WU's up until a few weeks ago, nothing now?, VBox is working fine with Boinc as I am getting LHC units which use it.

Rosetta blackists computers that fail tasks.
Some of your tasks failed and rosetta blacklisted your computer
You should go to https://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/hosts_user.php?userid=1183348

Rosetta blackists computers that fail tasks.
Some of your tasks failed and rosetta blacklisted your computer

Where do you see the failures? His application details show a number of valid completions.

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Rosetta blackists computers that fail tasks.
Some of your tasks failed and rosetta blacklisted your computer

Where do you see the failures? His application details show a number of valid completions.

Depending on how the server "feels" it can be as little as one failed task that gets you knocked off or it can be up to 3-4 before it knocks you off. I've had this happen to me a few times.

Just go into your profile, click the nice button and update the project in BOINC and everything is fine again.

I'm a bit mystified why my RAC keeps diving despite 9 validated tasks in the last whatever time period it is allowed to show.

I'm a bit mystified why my RAC keeps diving despite 9 validated tasks in the last whatever time period it is allowed to show.

That means that you are not returning validated tasks as fast as you were earlier in the month the RAC is for.

If you can't download tasks, you can't complete and return them.

The tasks that are shown is usually for a shorter period, such as a week.

I'm a bit mystified why my RAC keeps diving despite 9 validated tasks in the last whatever time period it is allowed to show.

That means that you are not returning validated tasks as fast as you were earlier in the month the RAC is for.

If you can't download tasks, you can't complete and return them.

The tasks that are shown is usually for a shorter period, such as a week.

I see the problem now, LHC had a big batch of use all (15 in my case)cpu tasks.

I'm a bit mystified why my RAC keeps diving despite 9 validated tasks in the last whatever time period it is allowed to show.

That means that you are not returning validated tasks as fast as you were earlier in the month the RAC is for.

If you can't download tasks, you can't complete and return them.

The tasks that are shown is usually for a shorter period, such as a week.

I see the problem now, LHC had a big batch of use all (15 in my case)cpu tasks.

Correction: It's Milkyway with 15 out 16 CPUs for 3-4 minutes per task. 83 tasks in queue. But I switch applications every few hours so everyone has their turn.

I'm a bit mystified why my RAC keeps diving despite 9 validated tasks in the last whatever time period it is allowed to show.

That means that you are not returning validated tasks as fast as you were earlier in the month the RAC is for.

If you can't download tasks, you can't complete and return them.

The tasks that are shown is usually for a shorter period, such as a week.

I see the problem now, LHC had a big batch of use all (15 in my case)cpu tasks.

Correction: It's Milkyway with 15 out 16 CPUs for 3-4 minutes per task. 83 tasks in queue. But I switch applications every few hours so everyone has their turn.

Try an app_config.xml file in each Project folder that looks like this:

<app_config>
<project_max_concurrent>2</project_max_concurrent>
</app_config>

Then change the number, 2 in this case, to reflect how many tasks you want that project to run at a time. Keep the cache settings in mind as you do this and you can run 2 tasks from this project, 1 from that project and 12 from that project over there all at the same time day after day after day.

damn trash is showing up in the python stuff.
2 x I have had to abort stuff with 6 hours run time and 20 mins cpu time and cpu usage of .20% and a completion rate of .003%/ 2 secs.

aaae-mNHM_pp-mNMABU-mPHE-mACHA14C_pp_2867243_12_1

DeleteSnap ERROR [COM]
ERROR [COM]: aRC=E_ACCESSDENIED (0x80070005)
VM Trace Log:

705b125ac7c4f" take boinc_6262
Exit Code: 0
Output:
0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
Snapshot taken. UUID: 41060c4e-4f99-400e-9ea2-ff6d9cc55923

2022-07-30 22:34:08 (14304):
Command: VBoxManage -q controlvm "boinc_eb4705b125ac7c4f" resume
Exit Code: 0
Output:

2022-07-30 22:34:08 (14304):
Command: VBoxManage -q snapshot "boinc_eb4705b125ac7c4f" list
Exit Code: 0
Output:
Name: boinc_5661 (UUID: fb2d7a88-a300-415c-8869-733364e1e575)
Name: boinc_6262 (UUID: 41060c4e-4f99-400e-9ea2-ff6d9cc55923) *

And so on


Run time 2 hours 51 min 32 sec
CPU time 20 sec


Then...
aaae-NMVAL-ACBC_pp-NMABU-ACHA14C_pp_2877356_12_1
Run time 16 hours 58 min 18 sec
CPU time 1 min 33 sec

and repeat above sequence

damn trash is showing up in the python stuff.
2 x I have had to abort stuff with 6 hours run time and 20 mins cpu time and cpu usage of .20% and a completion rate of .003%/ 2 secs.

aaae-mNHM_pp-mNMABU-mPHE-mACHA14C_pp_2867243_12_1

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I haven't seen that error, but I've seen a different problem under another BOINC project using Python (Cosmology) and found something you might want to try.

If the task goes into a state where it says it will need to retry later, set BOINC's state to Suspend, then shut down BOINC, About a minute later, restart BOINC, then set its state to Resume.

The tasks that were trying to resume later either start or are now waiting only for their turns on the CPU, this fixes it, although at the cost of losing any progress on any task that has not gone to a backup yet.

Let us know if this is even relevant to your problem.