I downloaded the UPGRADE that was mentioned in the messages. It not only did not work, but now I cannot run BOINC at all!!!! That sure was a great upgrade!!!!

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That is a lot of information to go on. So I'll guess you ran into the Windows problem, where Windows forgets where it put the information about the previous BOINC, so that when the Windows installer starts the Windows uninstaller program to uninstall the previous BOINC, it will throw an error.

Nothing so much to do with BOINC. And easily solved.
Just see this BOINC FAQ for options.

Now, if that is NOT your problem, please be so kind and tell us what is, as we cannot look over your shoulder yet to see what it is that you're doing. We're in the process of adding that capability to the BOINC client, but not nearly there yet. So until that time, please follow the when requesting help on these forums lines. Thank you.

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Lo,

Please excuse my poor English as I can excuse your poor french - or any other language.

Step 4 described below has solved entire problem with Windows 8.

Kind rgds,
D.

Upgraded to the new 7.2.39 and it does not work. Get the correct screens , but it will not down load new tasks. When I try to down load new tasks for a project, the status is set "Communication deferred 24:00:00". Computer is running OK. First, real problem in over 15 years.

Upgraded to the new 7.2.39 and it does not work. Get the correct screens , but it will not down load new tasks. When I try to down load new tasks for a project, the status is set "Communication deferred 24:00:00".

Tell BOINC to update any project that you have, open Event Log and copy-paste messages the update attempt generated.

A request from the developers, they want to check deeper into the problem of BOINC updates going broke due to "Windows Installer Error 1706: Setup cannot find the required files / 1714: older version cannot be removed / BOINC.msi cannot be found / The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable / Error 1325. is not a valid short name" errors.

If any of you has had this problem, or has it now, could you please private message me? I'll then give out the email address of the developer so you can contact him, and tell him what you did to get to this problem.

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I also got the "new version" message. I downloaded the installer pack for .39 onto this machine, (Win XP), but it fails to run. As soon as I start it, I get an error box "Error reading setup initialization file". Ran okay on my wifes Windows 7 system.

I'm having no trouble with the current BOINC, so no issue really.

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Wave upon wave of demented avengers march cheerfully out of obscurity into the dream.