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Thread: Bad/missing account key |
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bobsmith
Cruncher Joined: May 6, 2007 Post Count: 9 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I have just installed BOINC, and whenever I try to connect, I get the following messages:
7/2/2007 12:45:54|World Community Grid|Message from server: Invalid or missing account key. Visit this project's web site to get an account key. 7/2/2007 12:45:54|World Community Grid|Deferring communication for 1 hr 0 min 0 sec 7/2/2007 12:45:54|World Community Grid|Reason: requested by project How do I clear / get a new account key? Thanks Bob |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Check you have a BOINC account key in your profile: https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/ms/viewMyProfile.do
Then detach from WCG and try attaching again. This is an unusual error. Are you doing something odd, like using a very old version of BOINC, or trying to attach from the command line? |
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bobsmith
Cruncher Joined: May 6, 2007 Post Count: 9 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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I had BOINC installed on one computer, and have changed to another computer. I think the roaming profile setting messed me up a bit.
Is detaching and attaching the same as uninstalling and installing BOINC? I have uninstalled several times with no joy. Bob |
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Former Member
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Uninstalling leaves behind some files. This lets you upgrade without losing your settings and work in progress. Detaching removes the account information from the client state.
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bobsmith
Cruncher Joined: May 6, 2007 Post Count: 9 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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That fixed it - thanks!
Bob |
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