[writesong]

Greetings:

This problem has also been posted on the SETI Message Board, as I seek assistance from any and all resources.

For the past several weeks, I've been unable to download any new work from SETI, nor could I complete any work for any other BOINC project.

The file or directory, "C:Program Files\BOINC\slots\0" is not accessible because it is corrupted and unreadable.

The folder cannot be opened or removed.

When trying to delete the file, I get this error message:

"Error 0x80070091: The directory is not empty."

"0"

"Date created: 30-Dec-06 16:46"

It is necessary to remove this folder in order to completely remove BOINC from my system, before installing it again.

I have tried repeatedly, without success, to either repair or uninstall, and then reinstall BOINC.

If that corrupted file could be removed from my computer, I'm certain that would resolve the problem.

I've been running the SETI program on three (03) different computers since 07 February 2001, with no difficulty until now.

I've run SETI on this computer since 04 July 2006.

My personal desktop computer is a Hewlett-Packard Pavilion m7463w, originally equipped with Windows XP Media Center Edition, but upgraded to Windows Vista Home Premium.

My high speed Internet connection is through Comcast Cable Television.

I use the free AVG anti-virus and anti-spam programs from Grisoft.

Thank you.

[writesong]

Greetings:

Thanks to the advice from posters at the SETI Message Board, my problem is solved.

BOINC had to be installed into a "BOINC" folder on the "C" drive, and NOT in the "C" drive Program Files.

It's a problem that's peculiar to the Windows Vista operating system.

So, now I'm back to using my personal home computer as a volunteer in the global cooperative effort to analyze data from Outer Space in our search for any possible sign of intelligent life elsewhere in our universe.

Maybe some of you would like to join me?

Thank you.