Hi Rob,

Helps if you are not dealing with an idiot (moi).

Re-installed boinc with the non-default options:

• boinc screensaver - no
  
• Protected application execution - yes
  
• Allow all users on this computer to control boinc - yes
  

Yes, I know that Protected Execution can cause problems with GPU cards, but my card is not really suited to GPU crunching anyway.

It all appears to be working as desired. Fingers crossed.

I installed 7.0.28 on Win 8 without a problem

Well, it helps if all poster volunteered more ... we know e.g. that if you were on W7 with a BOINC installed and upgraded to W8, the install with 7.0.28 works fine... even 6.10.58 will work, but *not for all* and that's the whole point of recommending 7.0.31, for we know, without having to discuss any particulars, that this one will create the various BOINC limited accounts correctly, for a much greater number than with 7.0.28, *first* install run. Development has done more tweaking that went into 7.0.32-7.0.47 where we are now.

Hi Rob,

I did a clean install of win8 x64, despite several attempts to upgrade from win7, kept getting problems with VS2010 SP1.

I reinstalled boinc 7.0.28 x64, because http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php said it was a stable version, and 7.0.44 is described as potentially unstable.

As an aside, first WU returned to WCG, so it seems to be OK.