Posts by Alex Plantema

1) Message boards : Number crunching : Single project BOINC installation package (Message 1394) Posted 15 Oct 2005 by Alex Plantema Post: I didn't want to expose my computer to an experimental program like Boinc which downloads all kinds of applications, by installing or running it as an administrator, so I installed Boinc on a test computer with Windows 98, then I copied Program FilesBoinc to my Windows XP computer, where I created a separate user without administrator permissions for Boinc. The only thing I needed to do as an administrator was making Program FilesBoinc writable for Boinc, by typing in a command window: cacls "Program FilesBoinc" /t /e /g boincuser:f Then I made a shortcut to the Boinc executable in the startup section of that user's start menu and it worked. You might write a program that does the same. Installing Boinc creates some entries in the registry and some files in the Windows directory, but these are not necessary for running it.