Here a developer forum thread indicating that 7.0.28 installs fine on the W8 Consumer Preview, but does not say how: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_thread.php?id=7612 . Given the GPU is being used, this was *not* a PAE install... either user level or allow all users was selected.

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edit: No matter what, when running the installer from File Explorer, right click on it and select to run the installer as administrator.

Except for W98 support that was dropped [which may still allow some of the older sciences to run], not anticipating for any Woz from XP onwards to be dropped from support. Internally, W8 will be tested by WCG techs to ensure it remains... forward compatible. The key though is the agent, speak BOINC itself can be installed, and with the latest test versions that seems to be the case. :D

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P.S. Ballmer supposedly said that he was anticipating 500 million installs by same time next year, but that was pipe-dreaming aloud no doubt. There's still a fair percent of XP contributing... so no worries.

No doubt that comment was made from his hot tub and I would wager I know what was in his pipe to bring on those hopeful dreams.

No doubt Win 8 works with crunching. The question I would ask is why would anyone upgrade to it? I did not download the Beta version but I did read the pre-release doc and I can't see anything that benefits me. Just my opinion, but it looks like it is targeted to hand-held devices. I don't see any crunching benefits. Each will have to decide on their own though. Personaly I have given Balmer too much money over the years and he won't even share his pipe with me.
Crunch on .....

Nice link there, Sgt.Joe.

Give my money to MS for Win8 so I can have in my desktop the smartphone/tablet look-and-feel and UI-experience? That's a good way to sell Win7 alright!
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