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Thread: Upgrading to version 7 or staying on version 6.10.58 |
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Former Member
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Hi! I am using Windows 7 and I have installed version 6.10.58. Everything is running fine but I saw that some of you are using v7. Do you suggest to uppgrade to version 7 and which version or that I stay on 6.10.58? What are advantages if I upgrade? Before upgrading I need to finish all my work units, deinstall current version and install new?
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Former Member
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Hello markop619,
----------------------------------------Most people are now running BOINC 7.0.64. WCG is holding off on security-checking the code, but that should only bother financial institutions (my opinion). The advantage is that you can place some new instructions in XML files that BOINC 7 will understand but earlier versions of BOINC will ignore. Supposedly, you can upgrade BOINC while running. However, this sometimes causes problems on a major upgrade such as going from BOINC 6 to BOINC 7. So I would run out my queue and, in an excess of caution, uninstall BOINC 6 before upgrading. Even I would not bother deleting all BOINC directories when upgrading, though I would if going backwards on a major BOINC install (e.g. from 7 to 6). Lawrence Added: How did I forget? BOINC 7 installs on Windows 8. [Edit 2 times, last edit by Former Member at Dec 12, 2013 1:38:53 PM] |
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Former Member
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Thank you very much Lawrence. Where can I find this version 7.0.64?
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Former Member
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Older version at https://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php
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Former Member
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I see that last version is 7.2.33, do you reccomend to install maybe latest version?
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Falconet
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I wouldn't use 7.2.33.
----------------------------------------Probably buggy. 7.0.64 is fine.  - AMD Ryzen 5 1600AF 6C/12T 3.2 GHz - 85W - AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 4C/8T 2.0 GHz - 28W - AMD Ryzen 7 7730U 8C/16T 3.0 GHz |
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Vester
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I've been running version 7.2.33 (x64) since release on Windows 8.1 and I have had no errors on my AMD FX-8150 at 4.2 GHz. I'd call it flawless.
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