I am running Boinc 7.0.64 on an XP computer and have been for quite a while (updating Boinc when requested). I subscribe to SETI@Home v7 and Einstein@Home, but it runs SETI most of the time. For the past few days it has not run SETI, however. It was appear to start processing and then stop after a few seconds. The task window shows the red circle with horizontal line. Can someone help me?

Can you check if boinc.exe is actually running? Do so in Windows Task Manager (right-click the task-bar->Task manager->Processes tab).

I suspect that it isn't.
If you find that only boincmgr.exe and boinccmd.exe run, please exit BOINC Manager the normal way. Wait a minute and then restart it. Does that fix the problem?

If not, can you please navigate to your BOINC Data directory (default at C:/Documents and Settings/All Users/Application Data/BOINC under XP, it will be a hidden directory, so either show hidden files and folders, or fill in the path directly into Windows Explorer and let it go there).

Next open stderrdae.txt and scroll to the end. Aside from messages about another version of BOINC already running, is there anything strange mentioned here?

Next open stderrgui.txt and scroll to the end. If you see any mention of a 'Debug Message Dump', scroll back up until you see 'Unhandled Exception Detected...'. Now copy everything from 'Unhandled Exception Detected...' to where you see 'Exiting...' and post that in an answer here. Make it a separate one from any log you post, please.

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> Can you check if boinc.exe is actually running?

Yes, and “Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo)” runs fine.

> If you find that only boincmgr.exe and boinccmd.exe run, please exit BOINC
> Manager the normal way. Wait a minute and then restart it. Does that fix the
> problem?

No. And I have rebooted, too, as well as reinstalled Boinc.

> If not, can you please navigate to your BOINC Data directory...
> Next open stderrdae.txt and scroll to the end. Aside from messages about
> another version of BOINC already running, is there anything strange mentioned
> here?

No

> Next open stderrgui.txt and scroll to the end.

This text file is blank.

Is is possible that because the other search is running and any record of the aborts would have been lost?

Thanks for the time and help.

Peace.

Jim

Is is possible that because the other search is running and any record of the aborts would have been lost?

What other search?

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“Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo)”
“Binary Radio Pulsar Search #2”

Both presumably Einstein@Home

Please post a link to the host in question.

Claggy

http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/

But these projects run fine. It is just SETI that doesn't.

Claggys asked for a link to your hostID, but else either post the nickname you use at Einstein, or exit BOINC & restart it, then post the first 40 lines from the start-up messages you find in the Event Log under CTRL+SHIFT+E.

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