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Message 56241 - Posted: 25 Sep 2014, 16:44:12 UTC

I have had BOINC running on as many as 10 of my own computers for years.
Now that I have a new job, I also wanted to install it on my work computer.
Unfortunately, corporate security policy prevents me from doing so.
Is there a way of installing BOINC that doesn't require Administrator privileges?
I installed Chrome that way and it works, so I was wondering if BOINC can be done as well.
Thanks.
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Message 56247 - Posted: 25 Sep 2014, 18:13:28 UTC - in response to Message 56241.  

No.

http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Usage_rules writes:
Run BOINC only on authorized computers
Run BOINC only on computers that you own, or for which you have obtained the owner's permission. Some companies and schools have policies that prohibit using their computers for BOINC-based projects.

If you want to run BOINC and any project on your work computer, you'll have to ask permission from your boss, and then their ICT administrators may install it for you.
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