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MrScott188

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Message 60471 - Posted: 22 Feb 2015, 18:18:56 UTC

Whenever BOINC is running the SETI@home screen will pop up even though I have Windows 7 screen saver set to display a blank screen. Also the Windows 7 screen saver is set to five minutes but the BOINC screen will show up after 3 seconds. Kinda difficult to get work done when this screen keeps poping up! How can I change BOINC to let me get work done?

Some things to note is that when the project is suspended the BOINC screen saver does not show up. The BOINC Manager is at version: 7.4.36 (x64), wxWidgets version is: 3.0.1
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Message 60472 - Posted: 22 Feb 2015, 18:32:32 UTC - in response to Message 60471.  

The BOINC and Seti screen savers work through the Windows Screen Saver preferences. So if they work differently than you thought you set up, best check again what the settings are under Control Panel\Appearance and Personalization\Personalization\Screen Saver

When the Windows screen saver isn't set to BOINC, neither BOINC nor Seti can ever show their screen savers.
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