BOINC permissions issue running as non-admin on Windows PC

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Published on 2010-03-31T04:09:44Z Indexed on 2010/03/31 4:13 UTC
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I installed BOINC (running World Community Grid) on a PC (running Vista) under an administrator's account. When logged in as a standard user, and BOINC is set to run as a screensaver, it fails to connect and run properly.

Only when the program is run as an administrator, does it actually run in the standard user's account.

What is the correct way to install and run BOINC for standard users (non-admin) on Windows?

-- Not specific to Vista necessarily.

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