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gprs1985
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2009-08-04 15:01:12

Hi there.
I woul like to remove my Name from all the Boinc Stats, but i cannot find my login & username. (made a new one now)
If the removal is possible, i would like to get a message from an Admin, so i can send him/her my name.
greets

GPRS
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2009-08-04 16:20:42

Sadly it is not possible to remove your data from the stats sites. When it would be done, within a few hours or at least within a day the data appears again, because all data is imported from the BOINC projects data.
If you want to get rid of all your data (what in principle is not possible),
you have to login with your email/password combination on all the projects where you were participating.
There you can change your nickname and give a new (fake) emailaddress/password combination and forget your data for ever.
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2009-08-05 03:01:51

The information found on the stats sites is taken straight from the projects, who export the data for public use. You can hide information about your computers (host stats), but not your account stats. If you really wanted to disassociate yourself with the stats, you could change your name to something random (as was suggested) but there is no way to make that information totally go away.

Do you mind if I ask why you want to do this?
gprs1985
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2009-08-05 12:07:24

i was dumb enuff to use my own name.. and i started a company with my surename, so now if someone googles me..... they find 50000 pages with my name, all from boincstats.com -.-
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2009-08-06 02:12:29

I would just change your account name, so you don't lose any of your stats... Have you done much crunching with this new account?
gprs1985
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2009-08-06 14:25:12

the problem with that is: i have checked every email adress i have, every password i can think off.. and every username i usually use, but nothing works to log in...
so the only way of removing the data is if there is an admin who could verify that i am me
Please contakt me ....
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2009-08-06 15:47:47

Are you still crunching for one or more projects?

If so, you can find in the Boinc data directory for each project an account_projectname.xml file.
Open that file with notepad and you will see on the third line an <authenticator>long hex number</authenticator>
On the most projects you can also login with this account key (long hex number) without a password.
When in, you can change your email address, name into nickname and/or password.
gprs1985
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2009-08-06 16:14:54

no, i removed all applications, and also reinstalled windows.... so there is nothing left... not even an applications folder...
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2009-08-07 01:43:10

Unless you have any of your account data to log in and change your name, I think you've got a sticky wicket on your hands... You might be able to get some project admins to delete or change your account info for you, but I doubt you'll be able to get them all...
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