What do I need to do with BOINC before I allow Windows to install updates?

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Paul in NY Send message Joined: 24 Apr 20 Posts: 5 Credit: 166,867 RAC: 0	Message 96327 - Posted: 10 May 2020, 5:26:37 UTC I'm running Windows 10 Pro 64 bit on an I5-3570 @3.4 GHz with 16 GB of memory. Is there anything I need to do before I allow Windows to update itself? ID: 96327 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 28 Mar 20 Posts: 1679 Credit: 17,808,869 RAC: 22,687	Message 96329 - Posted: 10 May 2020, 5:53:04 UTC I've never bothered to do anything with BOINC when Windows is doing updates. Grant Darwin NT ID: 96329 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Mod.Sense Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 22 Aug 06 Posts: 4018 Credit: 0 RAC: 0	Message 96337 - Posted: 10 May 2020, 14:41:12 UTC - in response to Message 96327. The BOINC Manager can be closed, but it keeps running the tasks. So, there is an "exit" option to ask it to shut everything down. But it is not required. If multiple-reboots are required, it would be ideal to not have BOINC start briefly, only for the system to end again. If a task restarts more than 4 or 5 times, without making any progress, it gets ended prematurely. So if BOINC doesn't get started and ended a couple times in the middle, it leaves your counter sort of back at one. Rosetta Moderator: Mod.Sense ID: 96337 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote