Thanks for that Vester,

Considerable work went into making 5.10 more Vista collaborative i.e. much under the hood. Assuming you read the Vista FAQ, where did you install and what permissions / exceptions did you set? Did you apply point 5 of the FAQ (delayed OS shut down) ?

Based on that information, it would allow to further tweak the FAQ. 5.10.13 is not recommended still having spurious problems. 1 system with 5.10.17 has been running fine. The BOINC dev forum Change log posts tell of any specific point release fixes.

cheers

You're completely right if those 1/2/4 jobs of 4/5/6 hour on single/duo/quad pc's get damaged simultaneously and ditched because Vista disrespectfully closes down anything by default just to proof they can shut down in 5 seconds.... could as well hit the power switch

thanks for making it someone else's problem.

I've been crunching for the last five years and 7 months. One thing I've learned is that I am dealing with spare computer cycles. In the beginning, I didn't even want to restart for Windows Updates. I now use my computers for my enjoyment first and crunching second. There was a time when I readily reloaded Windows XP and all drivers just to ensure that it was not my computer causing problems during beta testing. I did that about twenty times or more on two computers.

I expect the projects to be mature. Registry edits to accommodate a project will probably not be done by newcomers or members with large numbers of installations. BOINC and WCG should run without member tweaks and modifications.

I'm sorry that I was so blunt about FAQ item 5 and loss of work this morning. I hadn't had my coffee yet. I only started out to describe a situation I encountered. Hereafter, I will use BOINC 5.10.13 or later to run as a service on Vista.

Please leave my team out of this discussion. I can't readily switch my signature off when desirable.