Potentially dumb question RE Screensaver

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Threemoons Send message Joined: 31 May 20 Posts: 10 Credit: 96,898 RAC: 0	Message 97139 - Posted: 1 Jun 2020, 23:17:23 UTC Okay, using Rosetta@Home through BOINC as my screensaver. HOW can I access the "s" "b" and "c" options to change the display options when that wakes my computer up? Thanks for any tips around this; would really love to play around with this. Using Windows Pro 64. Thanks so much! ID: 97139 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Brian Nixon Send message Joined: 12 Apr 20 Posts: 293 Credit: 8,432,366 RAC: 0	Message 97140 - Posted: 1 Jun 2020, 23:50:39 UTC - in response to Message 97139. Indeed those won’t work when the graphics are running as a screensaver… But you can use them when running the graphics standalone. (In BOINC Manager’s advanced view, on the Tasks tab, select a running task and click the Show graphics button.) ID: 97140 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Threemoons Send message Joined: 31 May 20 Posts: 10 Credit: 96,898 RAC: 0	Message 97144 - Posted: 2 Jun 2020, 1:15:12 UTC - in response to Message 97140. Last modified: 2 Jun 2020, 1:17:23 UTC Indeed those won’t work when the graphics are running as a screensaver… But you can use them when running the graphics standalone. (In BOINC Manager’s advanced view, on the Tasks tab, select a running task and click the Show graphics button.) Thanks so much, didn't even know that feature was there, and I did forever on SETI. Let me check. Much appreciated! EDIT--darn it, Show Graphics is greyed out...pause first??? ID: 97144 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Brian Nixon Send message Joined: 12 Apr 20 Posts: 293 Credit: 8,432,366 RAC: 0	Message 97154 - Posted: 2 Jun 2020, 9:56:04 UTC - in response to Message 97144. Show Graphics is greyed out...pause first??? No, you shouldn’t need to pause first. Is the button disabled even after clicking on a task (that’s showing Running in the Status column) in the list? ID: 97154 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Threemoons Send message Joined: 31 May 20 Posts: 10 Credit: 96,898 RAC: 0	Message 97162 - Posted: 2 Jun 2020, 13:30:19 UTC - in response to Message 97154. Show Graphics is greyed out...pause first??? No, you shouldn’t need to pause first. Is the button disabled even after clicking on a task (that’s showing Running in the Status column) in the list? Let me check; had meetings all morning and just saw this, thank you, will try and report back. ID: 97162 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Threemoons Send message Joined: 31 May 20 Posts: 10 Credit: 96,898 RAC: 0	Message 97163 - Posted: 2 Jun 2020, 13:31:35 UTC - in response to Message 97162. Okay, says "suspended computer in use" but I just changed my settings to allow for running in the background...let me restart BOINC Manager and update? ID: 97163 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Threemoons Send message Joined: 31 May 20 Posts: 10 Credit: 96,898 RAC: 0	Message 97164 - Posted: 2 Jun 2020, 13:38:10 UTC - in response to Message 97162. Last modified: 2 Jun 2020, 13:39:04 UTC Show Graphics is greyed out...pause first??? No, you shouldn’t need to pause first. Is the button disabled even after clicking on a task (that’s showing Running in the Status column) in the list? Let me check; had meetings all morning and just saw this, thank you, will try and report back. And...finally remembered to use my Web settings to override Local settings. BADDA BING BADDA BOOM. Thank you so much! :) You rock. It feels good to use the Internet for Smart People Stuff again (ancient BitNet/CuNix Internet fossil here). ID: 97164 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote