Okay, so I have an Asus G75VX laptop, and I just finished building my dedicated PrimeGrid machine, and no longer need Boinc on my laptop. However, I can't seem to uninstall Boinc. I have no idea what to do, I looked for an uninstall option, and cannot find one. I really need this laptop for school, and it's taking up all my GPU, to the point where I can barely use it. I have a dedicated machine now, so I would like to know how to uninstall it on my laptop. All helpful replies are appreciated. Thank you.

Okay, never mind, it turns out I had a virus that was blocking uninstall options and task manager. I removed the virus and uninstalled Boinc on my laptop successfully.

Alternatively you can choose the timing to run Boinc so it does not run during school hours when you need it most, or simply go to Activity, click "suspend".. Figured I would suggest ways to keep it going for you first.

I believe these versions of Boinc come with an uninstaller which takes care of everything for you, at least mine did for OS-X. Do a search for Boinc and it should come up. Let us know if not.

The default action option for BOINC is not to use the GPU for calculations while the computer is in use. The user can override this by setting BOINC to run Always, or to use the GPU while the computer is in use.

You could also opt-out of using the GPU at the project preferences. That way your laptop would still do useful science.

But you're the boss over your own hardware and software, including what viruses you like to have on there. :-)

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how do i uninstall boinc from a windows xp pro

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307895

The program to uninstall is called BOINC.

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