I installed SETI@home two days ago, but I'm not sure if I did it correctly. When the screensaver pops up, it does indeed say BOINC, but it says that I have "0 credits", which leads me to think that it's not actually working. Is there any way I can tell if SETI@home is working?

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Obviously, you installed BOINC correctly and attached your computer to SETI@home, since it has downloaded a task on 2 Jul 2011 | 2:16:06 UTC.

Whether it's really running, you can see with the BOINC manager (simple or advanced view) and/or with the windows task manager.

Gruß,
Gundolf

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Actually, when I open up the BOINC manager, it says I have 0.00 work done. Something is wrong. Is there any way I can uninstall BOINC and then reinstall? Or is there a way to fix this without having to uninstall?

Are you speaking of the % completed column on the Tasks tab or about your credits?

What's the local status of your one downloaded task (29ap11ai.17214.2521.11.10.241_0)?

Have you found the BOINC event log yet? ;-)

Gruß,
Gundolf

I don't know what credits are, but I clicked on "Projects" and it says "Work Done -- 0.00".

I don't know what the event log is. I don't know what a local status is.

However, on "Tasks", there is a meter that is increasing by percentage. At the present, it is 17% complete. I suppose this is a good sign.

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I don't know what credits are, but I clicked on "Projects" and it says "Work Done -- 0.00".

That are the credits. They are increased when you return finished work and the computer that had been sent the same task has returned similar results.

I don't know what the event log is.

No problem. ;-)

I don't know what a local status is.

However, on "Tasks", there is a meter that is increasing by percentage. At the present, it is 17% complete. I suppose this is a good sign.

That's exactly what I meant with "local status", as opposed to the online status, which only says "In progress".

Meanwhile, your BOINC client has downloaded three more tasks, so all seems well.

Gruß,
Gundolf

That's great. Thanks guys. It's great to be part of something that could change the way humans see the universe.