Boinc Manager cannot connect to a Boinc client

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old_user38501 Send message Joined: 26 Jan 05 Posts: 2 Credit: 64,179 RAC: 0	Message 22242 - Posted: 21 Apr 2006, 2:51:09 UTC I just upgraded to the latest Boinc after being on 4.19 or something like that. When I did a reboot, it said it could not connect. I went into Windows Firewall and enabled boinc.exe, boinccmd.exe, and boincmgr.exe (and removed boinc_gui.exe). When I do File/Select Computer and type in localhost, it puts a long row of dots into the password, but then fails. If I try my climateprediction.net password it fails. If I try my windows login password it fails. If I leave both fields blank it fails. Any idea what the problem is? I am running XP Pro with all upgrades on a Dell 8200 with 1.9Ghz CPU. ID: 22242 · Reply Quote

old_user38501 Send message Joined: 26 Jan 05 Posts: 2 Credit: 64,179 RAC: 0	Message 22243 - Posted: 21 Apr 2006, 3:02:06 UTC After another reboot the problem disappeared. ID: 22243 · Reply Quote

Les Bayliss Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 5 Sep 04 Posts: 7629 Credit: 24,240,330 RAC: 0	Message 22244 - Posted: 21 Apr 2006, 4:29:23 UTC Don\'t put anything into the 2 windows, just click OK. The 2 windows are for \'talking\' to remote computers in a network. ID: 22244 · Reply Quote

Keck_Komputers Send message Joined: 5 Aug 04 Posts: 426 Credit: 2,426,069 RAC: 0	Message 22251 - Posted: 21 Apr 2006, 10:55:48 UTC It was most likely a port conflict. M$ is sitting on the port assigned to BOINC. Later versions will use a different port and handle blocked ports better as well. BOINC WIKI BOINCing since 2002/12/8 ID: 22251 · Reply Quote