I installed Boinc and joined the Rosetta@home projcet. ever since than my computer has been having problems with the graphics card and playing videos and games. I have tryed removing the programs, detaching from Rosetta @home and adjusting my cpu useage. I would like to continue my help with the project but if this issue is going to continue i need to know what i need to do to compliety remove myself from the project and any attachments that my computer has to the project.

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Well, if you uninstall BOINC, then Rosetta and any other BOINC application are gone with it. There are no Windows registry entries or anything else to worry about.

Just exit BOINC (File -> Exit to shut down BOINC and the applications) go in to Windows Control Panel, and add/remove programs, select BOINC, click the remove button that appears.

Having said that, you generally shouldn't notice it's running. Especially since I see you've got 1.5GB of memory. There are a few folks having problems with the graphics display of Rosetta, where it shows the protein model it is working on. To be on the safe side, close the graphic window, and don't use it as a the screen saver. Best to use "none" as the screensaver, as the screen saver program will otherwise consume CPU time that could be crunching Rosetta.

When you are running Rosetta, you should cancel the BOINC manager. By that, I mean click the red "X" in the upper right of the window. This will close it to your systray. You just double click it there if you want to bring it back up.

If it is interfering with your other applications, you can set your general preference to NOT run while you are using your computer. You can also set it you only run during certain hours of the day.

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