Hello all and any.
I am a very frustrated BOIC/Seti user.
I started with Seti Classic and moved on to Boinc - my experiences with Boinc however have been forever frustrating moving towards downright annoying.
I can not acquire tasks for some reason.
Every few months, when I get the desire to want to participate with Seti again, I open Boinc and try my darndest to figure out why it won't work.
I even come on here and ask for help - though never with success.
So, here I am, trying again - can any one help?

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I suggest you uninstall the one that is presently installed, download the current version & install it.
Attach to Seti & then if it still isn't working, post the messages from the Messages tab here so we can see what is going on.


EDIT- Keep in mind if you run a 3rd party firewall you will need to allow the BOINC manager to communicate with the client & will need to allow them to access the BOINC/Seti servers.

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Grant
Darwin NT

Sure. Which version of BOINC do you have at the moment, still 5.10.45?
Do you still only download the master file and scheduler list and then it stops working? (Referencing your last post 174 days ago).

Before we do anything rigorous, go to your computing preferences, edit them, set Suspend work while computer is in use? to No. The save the changes to the web site (with the option at the bottom of the preferences list).

Please post what your settings are for the Disk and memory usage there. Just to check up on some preferences.

Now then, BOINC 6 has been available for a while.
It's possibly best if you did a complete uninstall of your present BOINC, for as far as it is still on your system. So pass by Add/Remove programs and choose to remove BOINC. This will leave your BOINC directory intact, it'll only delete the executable and dynamic linked library files.

Go to Download BOINC and get 6.2.19, the latest flavour. Watch out as the installer has changed. By default BOINC will be installed as a service. See this FAQ for more information on that and why it was done.

Install BOINC 6.2.19, using the default directories. Don't go changing them about, or try to put the data directory in the same place as your BOINC goes into. This separation is done for a purpose, more about that in the FAQ.

Reboot the computer when asked.
Upon return, open BOINC manager->Advanced view->Projects tab->Select Seti and click Update. Also, just to be sure, go BOINC Manager->Advanced view->Advanced->Preferences->Clear. This is to make sure you're using the preferences from the web site.

If Seti isn't available, you will need to reattach to it first.
Go BOINC Manager->Tools->Attach to project, select Seti from the drop down list, check the Returning user option and fill in the email address of the account you're posting with and the password of that account. You can double check your email address in your account and also set a new password in case you forgot the last one. Make sure you do this before you try to let your BOINC communicate with the server.

When all this is done, go to the Messages tab and click the Copy all messages button. Post those messages here. Let's see what it does this time around.

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I suggest you uninstall the one that is presently installed, download the current version & install it.
Attach to Seti & then if it still isn't working, post the messages from the Messages tab here so we can see what is going on.


EDIT- Keep in mind if you run a 3rd party firewall you will need to allow the BOINC manager to communicate with the client & will need to allow them to access the BOINC/Seti servers.

I removed the old version last week and re-installed the latest.
I run McAffee v.10 firewall, but allowed Boinc access in McAffee config.
Thanks

Here's the message screen:

13/11/2008 8:33:13 PM||Starting BOINC client version 6.2.19 for windows_intelx86
13/11/2008 8:33:13 PM||log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops
13/11/2008 8:33:13 PM||Libraries: libcurl/7.18.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8e zlib/1.2.3
13/11/2008 8:33:13 PM||Data directory: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\BOINC
13/11/2008 8:33:13 PM||Running under account Owner
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz [x86 Family 15 Model 3 Stepping 4]
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||Processor features: fpu tsc sse sse2 mmx
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||OS: Microsoft Windows XP: Professional x86 Editon, Service Pack 3, (05.01.2600.00)
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||Memory: 1023.29 MB physical, 2.40 GB virtual
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||Disk: 465.75 GB total, 150.73 GB free
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||Local time is UTC +11 hours
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM|SETI@home|URL: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID: 3735457; location: home; project prefs: default
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 30-Jan-2006 12:38:35)
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||Computer location: home
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||Reading preferences override file
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 511.65MB
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 920.96MB
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||Preferences limit disk usage to 1.86GB
13/11/2008 11:00:48 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
13/11/2008 11:00:53 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
14/11/2008 1:33:23 AM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
14/11/2008 1:33:28 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
14/11/2008 4:24:47 AM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
14/11/2008 4:24:52 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
14/11/2008 7:37:27 AM||Suspending computation - user is active
14/11/2008 7:40:51 AM||Resuming computation
14/11/2008 8:21:26 AM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
14/11/2008 8:21:31 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
14/11/2008 11:43:49 AM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
14/11/2008 11:43:54 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
14/11/2008 5:27:33 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
14/11/2008 5:27:38 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
14/11/2008 8:30:36 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
14/11/2008 8:30:41 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
15/11/2008 1:39:45 AM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
15/11/2008 1:39:50 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
15/11/2008 3:28:24 AM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
15/11/2008 3:28:29 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
15/11/2008 9:41:07 AM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
15/11/2008 9:41:12 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
15/11/2008 12:01:11 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
15/11/2008 12:01:16 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
15/11/2008 1:02:28 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
15/11/2008 2:25:19 PM||Resuming computation
15/11/2008 4:11:24 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
15/11/2008 4:49:39 PM||Resuming computation
15/11/2008 4:52:37 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
15/11/2008 4:52:42 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
15/11/2008 6:45:22 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
15/11/2008 7:12:43 PM||Resuming computation
15/11/2008 7:21:31 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
15/11/2008 8:13:17 PM||Resuming computation
15/11/2008 8:13:18 PM||Running CPU benchmarks
15/11/2008 8:13:18 PM||Suspending computation - running CPU benchmarks
15/11/2008 8:13:49 PM||Benchmark results:
15/11/2008 8:13:49 PM|| Number of CPUs: 2
15/11/2008 8:13:49 PM|| 1051 floating point MIPS (Whetstone) per CPU
15/11/2008 8:13:49 PM|| 1994 integer MIPS (Dhrystone) per CPU
15/11/2008 8:13:50 PM||Resuming computation
15/11/2008 8:14:19 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
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15/11/2008 8:43:16 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
15/11/2008 8:57:38 PM||Resuming computation
15/11/2008 9:02:29 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
15/11/2008 9:02:49 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
15/11/2008 9:02:54 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
15/11/2008 9:18:41 PM||Resuming computation
15/11/2008 11:28:11 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
15/11/2008 11:48:23 PM||Resuming computation
16/11/2008 2:20:27 AM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
16/11/2008 2:20:32 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
16/11/2008 6:47:12 AM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
16/11/2008 6:47:17 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
16/11/2008 8:52:03 AM||Suspending computation - user is active
16/11/2008 8:59:05 AM||Resuming computation
16/11/2008 11:25:30 AM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
16/11/2008 11:25:35 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
16/11/2008 1:21:23 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
16/11/2008 1:21:28 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
16/11/2008 3:36:07 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
16/11/2008 3:36:12 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
16/11/2008 3:39:47 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
16/11/2008 3:41:48 PM||Resuming computation
16/11/2008 5:34:58 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
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16/11/2008 9:38:03 PM||Resuming computation
16/11/2008 10:15:57 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
16/11/2008 10:16:02 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
17/11/2008 2:17:39 AM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
17/11/2008 2:17:44 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
17/11/2008 5:49:55 AM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
17/11/2008 5:50:00 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
17/11/2008 7:26:44 AM||Suspending computation - user is active
17/11/2008 7:41:16 AM||Resuming computation
17/11/2008 10:37:50 AM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
17/11/2008 10:37:55 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
17/11/2008 1:50:48 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
17/11/2008 1:50:53 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
17/11/2008 7:11:28 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
17/11/2008 7:11:33 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
17/11/2008 8:45:27 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
17/11/2008 8:49:02 PM||Resuming computation
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17/11/2008 10:10:27 PM||Resuming computation
17/11/2008 10:16:49 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
17/11/2008 10:33:10 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
17/11/2008 10:33:15 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
17/11/2008 10:39:48 PM||Resuming computation
17/11/2008 10:41:05 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
17/11/2008 11:19:34 PM||Resuming computation
18/11/2008 3:42:17 AM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
18/11/2008 3:42:22 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
18/11/2008 7:15:21 AM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
18/11/2008 7:15:26 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
18/11/2008 7:21:28 AM||Suspending computation - user is active
18/11/2008 7:38:56 AM||Resuming computation
18/11/2008 1:05:11 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
18/11/2008 1:05:16 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
18/11/2008 7:27:13 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
18/11/2008 7:30:35 PM||Resuming computation
18/11/2008 7:52:29 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
18/11/2008 7:52:34 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
18/11/2008 7:57:46 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
18/11/2008 8:16:42 PM||Resuming computation
18/11/2008 10:22:01 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
18/11/2008 10:30:40 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
18/11/2008 10:30:45 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
18/11/2008 10:52:40 PM||Resuming computation
19/11/2008 3:46:21 AM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
19/11/2008 3:46:26 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
19/11/2008 7:25:43 AM||Suspending computation - user is active
19/11/2008 7:37:37 AM||Resuming computation
19/11/2008 7:40:58 AM||Suspending computation - user is active
19/11/2008 7:43:00 AM||Resuming computation
19/11/2008 8:34:58 AM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
19/11/2008 8:35:03 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
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19/11/2008 11:16:06 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
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19/11/2008 4:35:29 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
19/11/2008 7:05:00 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
19/11/2008 7:12:39 PM||Resuming computation
19/11/2008 7:22:27 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
19/11/2008 7:22:32 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
19/11/2008 8:50:22 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
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19/11/2008 10:19:23 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
19/11/2008 10:21:33 PM||Resuming computation
20/11/2008 12:22:15 AM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
20/11/2008 12:22:20 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
20/11/2008 5:15:44 AM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
20/11/2008 5:15:50 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
20/11/2008 8:06:17 AM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
20/11/2008 8:06:22 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
20/11/2008 1:58:10 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
20/11/2008 1:58:15 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
20/11/2008 8:13:50 PM||Running CPU benchmarks
20/11/2008 8:13:50 PM||Suspending computation - running CPU benchmarks
20/11/2008 8:14:21 PM||Benchmark results:
20/11/2008 8:14:21 PM|| Number of CPUs: 2
20/11/2008 8:14:21 PM|| 1311 floating point MIPS (Whetstone) per CPU
20/11/2008 8:14:21 PM|| 2422 integer MIPS (Dhrystone) per CPU
20/11/2008 8:14:22 PM||Resuming computation
20/11/2008 8:26:38 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
20/11/2008 8:26:43 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
20/11/2008 8:37:52 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
20/11/2008 9:17:27 PM||Resuming computation
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20/11/2008 9:57:46 PM||Resuming computation
20/11/2008 11:22:13 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
20/11/2008 11:22:18 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
21/11/2008 3:48:59 AM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
21/11/2008 3:49:05 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
21/11/2008 7:35:46 AM||Suspending computation - user is active
21/11/2008 7:54:11 AM||Resuming computation
21/11/2008 8:15:40 AM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
21/11/2008 8:15:45 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
21/11/2008 8:48:40 AM||Suspending computation - user is active
21/11/2008 8:51:32 AM||Resuming computation
21/11/2008 1:35:11 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
21/11/2008 1:35:16 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
21/11/2008 7:20:02 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
21/11/2008 7:20:07 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
21/11/2008 7:52:34 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
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22/11/2008 12:15:55 AM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
22/11/2008 12:16:00 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
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22/11/2008 2:45:17 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
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22/11/2008 7:50:27 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
22/11/2008 8:10:48 AM||Suspending computation - user is active
22/11/2008 8:18:00 AM||Resuming computation
22/11/2008 12:59:52 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
22/11/2008 12:59:57 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
22/11/2008 1:52:43 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
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22/11/2008 4:08:26 PM||Resuming computation
22/11/2008 4:27:37 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
22/11/2008 4:27:42 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
22/11/2008 6:22:46 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
22/11/2008 6:24:54 PM||Resuming computation
22/11/2008 7:04:39 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
22/11/2008 7:04:44 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
22/11/2008 10:54:02 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
22/11/2008 10:54:07 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
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23/11/2008 1:14:06 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
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23/11/2008 8:40:30 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
23/11/2008 9:42:52 AM||Suspending computation - user is active
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23/11/2008 12:00:16 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
23/11/2008 12:00:21 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
23/11/2008 12:02:16 PM||Resuming computation
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23/11/2008 1:37:22 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
23/11/2008 1:37:27 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
23/11/2008 1:44:00 PM||General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 30-Jan-2006 12:38:35)
23/11/2008 1:44:00 PM||Computer location: home
23/11/2008 1:44:00 PM||General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
23/11/2008 1:44:00 PM||Reading preferences override file
23/11/2008 1:44:00 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 511.65MB
23/11/2008 1:44:00 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 920.96MB
23/11/2008 1:44:00 PM||Preferences limit disk usage to 1.86GB
23/11/2008 1:44:00 PM||Resuming computation
23/11/2008 2:11:19 PM||General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 30-Jan-2006 12:38:35)
23/11/2008 2:11:19 PM||Computer location: home
23/11/2008 2:11:19 PM||General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
23/11/2008 2:11:19 PM||Reading preferences override file
23/11/2008 2:11:19 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 511.65MB
23/11/2008 2:11:19 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 920.96MB
23/11/2008 2:11:19 PM||Preferences limit disk usage to 1.86GB
23/11/2008 2:11:19 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
23/11/2008 2:30:01 PM||Resuming computation
23/11/2008 2:40:12 PM||Suspending computation - user is active

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I removed the old version last week and re-installed the latest.
I run McAffee v.10 firewall, but allowed Boinc access in McAffee config.

What ports did you allow BOINC on, and what part of BOINC did you tell to use those ports?
It should be boinc.exe that is able to use TCP ports 80 and 443

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Sure. Which version of BOINC do you have at the moment, still 5.10.45?
Do you still only download the master file and scheduler list and then it stops working? (Referencing your last post 174 days ago).
I used to select 'download new task' if I remember correctly.
Before we do anything rigorous, go to your computing preferences, edit them, set Suspend work while computer is in use? to No. The save the changes to the web site (with the option at the bottom of the preferences list).
I have this option selected as a default now.
See here:
23/11/2008 1:37:27 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
23/11/2008 1:44:00 PM||General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 30-Jan-2006 12:38:35)
23/11/2008 1:44:00 PM||Computer location: home
23/11/2008 1:44:00 PM||General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
23/11/2008 1:44:00 PM||Reading preferences override file
23/11/2008 1:44:00 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 511.65MB
23/11/2008 1:44:00 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 920.96MB
23/11/2008 1:44:00 PM||Preferences limit disk usage to 1.86GB
23/11/2008 1:44:00 PM||Resuming computation
23/11/2008 2:11:19 PM||General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 30-Jan-2006 12:38:35)
23/11/2008 2:11:19 PM||Computer location: home
23/11/2008 2:11:19 PM||General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
23/11/2008 2:11:19 PM||Reading preferences override file
23/11/2008 2:11:19 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 511.65MB
23/11/2008 2:11:19 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 920.96MB
23/11/2008 2:11:19 PM||Preferences limit disk usage to 1.86GB
23/11/2008 2:11:19 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
23/11/2008 2:30:01 PM||Resuming computation
23/11/2008 2:40:12 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
23/11/2008 2:49:43 PM||General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 30-Jan-2006 12:38:35)
23/11/2008 2:49:43 PM||Computer location: home
23/11/2008 2:49:43 PM||General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
23/11/2008 2:49:43 PM||Reading preferences override file
23/11/2008 2:49:43 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 511.65MB
23/11/2008 2:49:43 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 920.96MB
23/11/2008 2:49:43 PM||Preferences limit disk usage to 1.86GB


Please post what your settings are for the Disk and memory usage there. Just to check up on some preferences.

See above

Now then, BOINC 6 has been available for a while.
It's possibly best if you did a complete uninstall of your present BOINC, for as far as it is still on your system. So pass by Add/Remove programs and choose to remove BOINC. This will leave your BOINC directory intact, it'll only delete the executable and dynamic linked library files.

Go to Download BOINC and get 6.2.19, the latest flavour. Watch out as the installer has changed. By default BOINC will be installed as a service. See this FAQ for more information on that and why it was done.

I installed this version last week after a full uninstall.

Install BOINC 6.2.19, using the default directories. Don't go changing them about, or try to put the data directory in the same place as your BOINC goes into. This separation is done for a purpose, more about that in the FAQ.

I don't believe I did anything out of the ordinary . . .

Reboot the computer when asked.
Upon return, open BOINC manager->Advanced view->Projects tab->Select Seti and click Update. Also, just to be sure, go BOINC Manager->Advanced view->Advanced->Preferences->Clear. This is to make sure you're using the preferences from the web site.

Ok - I just did this . . .

If Seti isn't available, you will need to reattach to it first.
Go BOINC Manager->Tools->Attach to project, select Seti from the drop down list, check the Returning user option and fill in the email address of the account you're posting with and the password of that account. You can double check your email address in your account and also set a new password in case you forgot the last one. Make sure you do this before you try to let your BOINC communicate with the server.

Ok - I just did this . . . and after pc/server communications I got a 'you are now attached to this project'.
See here:
23/11/2008 2:52:43 PM||General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 30-Jan-2006 12:38:35)
23/11/2008 2:52:43 PM||Computer location: home
23/11/2008 2:52:43 PM||General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
23/11/2008 2:52:43 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 511.65MB
23/11/2008 2:52:43 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 920.96MB
23/11/2008 2:52:43 PM||Preferences limit disk usage to 0.93GB
23/11/2008 2:53:25 PM||Fetching configuration file from http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/get_project_config.php


When all this is done, go to the Messages tab and click the Copy all messages button. Post those messages here. Let's see what it does this time around.

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I suggest you uninstall the one that is presently installed, download the current version & install it.
Attach to Seti & then if it still isn't working, post the messages from the Messages tab here so we can see what is going on.


EDIT- Keep in mind if you run a 3rd party firewall you will need to allow the BOINC manager to communicate with the client & will need to allow them to access the BOINC/Seti servers.

I removed the old version last week and re-installed the latest.
I run McAffee v.10 firewall, but allowed Boinc access in McAffee config.
Thanks

Here's the message screen:

13/11/2008 8:33:13 PM||Starting BOINC client version 6.2.19 for windows_intelx86
13/11/2008 8:33:13 PM||log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops
13/11/2008 8:33:13 PM||Libraries: libcurl/7.18.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8e zlib/1.2.3
13/11/2008 8:33:13 PM||Data directory: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\BOINC
13/11/2008 8:33:13 PM||Running under account Owner
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz [x86 Family 15 Model 3 Stepping 4]
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||Processor features: fpu tsc sse sse2 mmx
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||OS: Microsoft Windows XP: Professional x86 Editon, Service Pack 3, (05.01.2600.00)
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||Memory: 1023.29 MB physical, 2.40 GB virtual
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||Disk: 465.75 GB total, 150.73 GB free
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||Local time is UTC +11 hours
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM|SETI@home|URL: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID: 3735457; location: home; project prefs: default
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 30-Jan-2006 12:38:35)
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||Computer location: home
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||Reading preferences override file
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 511.65MB
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 920.96MB
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||Preferences limit disk usage to 1.86GB
13/11/2008 11:00:48 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
13/11/2008 11:00:53 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
14/11/2008 1:33:23 AM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
14/11/2008 1:33:28 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
14/11/2008 4:24:47 AM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
14/11/2008 4:24:52 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
14/11/2008 7:37:27 AM||Suspending computation - user is active
14/11/2008 7:40:51 AM||Resuming computation
14/11/2008 8:21:26 AM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
14/11/2008 8:21:31 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
14/11/2008 11:43:49 AM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
14/11/2008 11:43:54 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
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14/11/2008 5:27:38 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
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14/11/2008 8:30:41 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
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15/11/2008 1:39:50 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
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15/11/2008 3:28:29 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
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15/11/2008 9:41:12 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
15/11/2008 12:01:11 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
15/11/2008 12:01:16 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
15/11/2008 1:02:28 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
15/11/2008 2:25:19 PM||Resuming computation
15/11/2008 4:11:24 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
15/11/2008 4:49:39 PM||Resuming computation
15/11/2008 4:52:37 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
15/11/2008 4:52:42 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
15/11/2008 6:45:22 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
15/11/2008 7:12:43 PM||Resuming computation
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15/11/2008 8:13:17 PM||Resuming computation
15/11/2008 8:13:18 PM||Running CPU benchmarks
15/11/2008 8:13:18 PM||Suspending computation - running CPU benchmarks
15/11/2008 8:13:49 PM||Benchmark results:
15/11/2008 8:13:49 PM|| Number of CPUs: 2
15/11/2008 8:13:49 PM|| 1051 floating point MIPS (Whetstone) per CPU
15/11/2008 8:13:49 PM|| 1994 integer MIPS (Dhrystone) per CPU
15/11/2008 8:13:50 PM||Resuming computation
15/11/2008 8:14:19 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
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15/11/2008 9:02:29 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
15/11/2008 9:02:49 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
15/11/2008 9:02:54 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
15/11/2008 9:18:41 PM||Resuming computation
15/11/2008 11:28:11 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
15/11/2008 11:48:23 PM||Resuming computation
16/11/2008 2:20:27 AM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
16/11/2008 2:20:32 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
16/11/2008 6:47:12 AM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
16/11/2008 6:47:17 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
16/11/2008 8:52:03 AM||Suspending computation - user is active
16/11/2008 8:59:05 AM||Resuming computation
16/11/2008 11:25:30 AM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
16/11/2008 11:25:35 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
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16/11/2008 1:21:28 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
16/11/2008 3:36:07 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
16/11/2008 3:36:12 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
16/11/2008 3:39:47 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
16/11/2008 3:41:48 PM||Resuming computation
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16/11/2008 9:38:03 PM||Resuming computation
16/11/2008 10:15:57 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
16/11/2008 10:16:02 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
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17/11/2008 2:17:44 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
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17/11/2008 5:50:00 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
17/11/2008 7:26:44 AM||Suspending computation - user is active
17/11/2008 7:41:16 AM||Resuming computation
17/11/2008 10:37:50 AM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
17/11/2008 10:37:55 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
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17/11/2008 1:50:53 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
17/11/2008 7:11:28 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
17/11/2008 7:11:33 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
17/11/2008 8:45:27 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
17/11/2008 8:49:02 PM||Resuming computation
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17/11/2008 10:10:27 PM||Resuming computation
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17/11/2008 10:33:10 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
17/11/2008 10:33:15 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
17/11/2008 10:39:48 PM||Resuming computation
17/11/2008 10:41:05 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
17/11/2008 11:19:34 PM||Resuming computation
18/11/2008 3:42:17 AM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
18/11/2008 3:42:22 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
18/11/2008 7:15:21 AM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
18/11/2008 7:15:26 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
18/11/2008 7:21:28 AM||Suspending computation - user is active
18/11/2008 7:38:56 AM||Resuming computation
18/11/2008 1:05:11 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
18/11/2008 1:05:16 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
18/11/2008 7:27:13 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
18/11/2008 7:30:35 PM||Resuming computation
18/11/2008 7:52:29 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
18/11/2008 7:52:34 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
18/11/2008 7:57:46 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
18/11/2008 8:16:42 PM||Resuming computation
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18/11/2008 10:30:40 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
18/11/2008 10:30:45 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
18/11/2008 10:52:40 PM||Resuming computation
19/11/2008 3:46:21 AM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
19/11/2008 3:46:26 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
19/11/2008 7:25:43 AM||Suspending computation - user is active
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19/11/2008 8:34:58 AM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
19/11/2008 8:35:03 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
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19/11/2008 11:16:06 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
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19/11/2008 4:35:29 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
19/11/2008 7:05:00 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
19/11/2008 7:12:39 PM||Resuming computation
19/11/2008 7:22:27 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
19/11/2008 7:22:32 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
19/11/2008 8:50:22 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
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20/11/2008 12:22:15 AM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
20/11/2008 12:22:20 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
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20/11/2008 5:15:50 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
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20/11/2008 8:06:22 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
20/11/2008 1:58:10 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
20/11/2008 1:58:15 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
20/11/2008 8:13:50 PM||Running CPU benchmarks
20/11/2008 8:13:50 PM||Suspending computation - running CPU benchmarks
20/11/2008 8:14:21 PM||Benchmark results:
20/11/2008 8:14:21 PM|| Number of CPUs: 2
20/11/2008 8:14:21 PM|| 1311 floating point MIPS (Whetstone) per CPU
20/11/2008 8:14:21 PM|| 2422 integer MIPS (Dhrystone) per CPU
20/11/2008 8:14:22 PM||Resuming computation
20/11/2008 8:26:38 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
20/11/2008 8:26:43 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
20/11/2008 8:37:52 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
20/11/2008 9:17:27 PM||Resuming computation
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20/11/2008 9:57:46 PM||Resuming computation
20/11/2008 11:22:13 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
20/11/2008 11:22:18 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
21/11/2008 3:48:59 AM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
21/11/2008 3:49:05 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
21/11/2008 7:35:46 AM||Suspending computation - user is active
21/11/2008 7:54:11 AM||Resuming computation
21/11/2008 8:15:40 AM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
21/11/2008 8:15:45 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
21/11/2008 8:48:40 AM||Suspending computation - user is active
21/11/2008 8:51:32 AM||Resuming computation
21/11/2008 1:35:11 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
21/11/2008 1:35:16 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
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21/11/2008 7:20:07 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
21/11/2008 7:52:34 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
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22/11/2008 12:15:55 AM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
22/11/2008 12:16:00 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
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22/11/2008 8:10:48 AM||Suspending computation - user is active
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22/11/2008 12:59:57 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
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22/11/2008 4:27:37 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
22/11/2008 4:27:42 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
22/11/2008 6:22:46 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
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22/11/2008 7:04:44 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
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23/11/2008 8:40:30 AM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
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23/11/2008 12:00:16 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
23/11/2008 12:00:21 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
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23/11/2008 1:16:11 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
23/11/2008 1:20:09 PM||Resuming computation
23/11/2008 1:22:16 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
23/11/2008 1:37:22 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
23/11/2008 1:37:27 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
23/11/2008 1:44:00 PM||General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 30-Jan-2006 12:38:35)
23/11/2008 1:44:00 PM||Computer location: home
23/11/2008 1:44:00 PM||General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
23/11/2008 1:44:00 PM||Reading preferences override file
23/11/2008 1:44:00 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 511.65MB
23/11/2008 1:44:00 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 920.96MB
23/11/2008 1:44:00 PM||Preferences limit disk usage to 1.86GB
23/11/2008 1:44:00 PM||Resuming computation
23/11/2008 2:11:19 PM||General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 30-Jan-2006 12:38:35)
23/11/2008 2:11:19 PM||Computer location: home
23/11/2008 2:11:19 PM||General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
23/11/2008 2:11:19 PM||Reading preferences override file
23/11/2008 2:11:19 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 511.65MB
23/11/2008 2:11:19 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 920.96MB
23/11/2008 2:11:19 PM||Preferences limit disk usage to 1.86GB
23/11/2008 2:11:19 PM||Suspending computation - user is active
23/11/2008 2:30:01 PM||Resuming computation
23/11/2008 2:40:12 PM||Suspending computation - user is active

Ummm . . . I never set any ports - should I have and where?
Thanks

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I suggest you uninstall the one that is presently installed, download the current version & install it.
Attach to Seti & then if it still isn't working, post the messages from the Messages tab here so we can see what is going on.


EDIT- Keep in mind if you run a 3rd party firewall you will need to allow the BOINC manager to communicate with the client & will need to allow them to access the BOINC/Seti servers.

I removed the old version last week and re-installed the latest.
I run McAffee v.10 firewall, but allowed Boinc access in McAffee config.
Thanks

Here's the message screen:

13/11/2008 8:33:13 PM||Starting BOINC client version 6.2.19 for windows_intelx86
13/11/2008 8:33:13 PM||log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops
13/11/2008 8:33:13 PM||Libraries: libcurl/7.18.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8e zlib/1.2.3
13/11/2008 8:33:13 PM||Data directory: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\BOINC
13/11/2008 8:33:13 PM||Running under account Owner
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz [x86 Family 15 Model 3 Stepping 4]
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||Processor features: fpu tsc sse sse2 mmx
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||OS: Microsoft Windows XP: Professional x86 Editon, Service Pack 3, (05.01.2600.00)
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||Memory: 1023.29 MB physical, 2.40 GB virtual
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||Disk: 465.75 GB total, 150.73 GB free
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||Local time is UTC +11 hours
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM|SETI@home|URL: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID: 3735457; location: home; project prefs: default
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 30-Jan-2006 12:38:35)
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||Computer location: home
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||Reading preferences override file
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 511.65MB
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 920.96MB
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||Preferences limit disk usage to 1.86GB

It appears to me you're still using the preferences in the BOINC Manager rather than the web settings. It also looks like you may need to check in the Boinc Manager under the setting in processor usage under "Computing allowed" and make sure you have a check next to "While computer is in use". Otherwise you need to do what Ageless said earlier:

open BOINC manager->Advanced view->Projects tab->Select Seti and click Update. Also, just to be sure, go BOINC Manager->Advanced view->Advanced->Preferences->Clear. This is to make sure you're using the preferences from the web site.

and then

go to your computing preferences, edit them, set Suspend work while computer is in use? to No. The save the changes to the web site (with the option at the bottom of the preferences list).

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Additionally, it seems you're able to set URLs in your trusted zone in McAffee. Please make sure you set http://setiboincdata.ssl.berkeley.edu as an allowed URL. This is the URL that BOINC uses to contact the Seti scheduler.

Perhaps it's also wise to set http://boinc2.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah/download_fanout/ as allowed in the trusted zone.

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Additionally, it seems you're able to set URLs in your trusted zone in McAffee. Please make sure you set http://setiboincdata.ssl.berkeley.edu as an allowed URL. This is the URL that BOINC uses to contact the Seti scheduler.

Perhaps it's also wise to set http://boinc2.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah/download_fanout/ as allowed in the trusted zone.

Thanks for all your help!
I have given Boinc.exe Boincmgr.exe and boincscr.exe acess in McAffee but can't see where (if??) I can add urls . . .

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I suggest you uninstall the one that is presently installed, download the current version & install it.
Attach to Seti & then if it still isn't working, post the messages from the Messages tab here so we can see what is going on.


EDIT- Keep in mind if you run a 3rd party firewall you will need to allow the BOINC manager to communicate with the client & will need to allow them to access the BOINC/Seti servers.

I removed the old version last week and re-installed the latest.
I run McAffee v.10 firewall, but allowed Boinc access in McAffee config.
Thanks

Here's the message screen:

13/11/2008 8:33:13 PM||Starting BOINC client version 6.2.19 for windows_intelx86
13/11/2008 8:33:13 PM||log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops
13/11/2008 8:33:13 PM||Libraries: libcurl/7.18.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8e zlib/1.2.3
13/11/2008 8:33:13 PM||Data directory: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\BOINC
13/11/2008 8:33:13 PM||Running under account Owner
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz [x86 Family 15 Model 3 Stepping 4]
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||Processor features: fpu tsc sse sse2 mmx
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||OS: Microsoft Windows XP: Professional x86 Editon, Service Pack 3, (05.01.2600.00)
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||Memory: 1023.29 MB physical, 2.40 GB virtual
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||Disk: 465.75 GB total, 150.73 GB free
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||Local time is UTC +11 hours
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM|SETI@home|URL: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID: 3735457; location: home; project prefs: default
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 30-Jan-2006 12:38:35)
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||Computer location: home
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||Reading preferences override file
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 511.65MB
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 920.96MB
13/11/2008 8:33:14 PM||Preferences limit disk usage to 1.86GB

It appears to me you're still using the preferences in the BOINC Manager rather than the web settings. It also looks like you may need to check in the Boinc Manager under the setting in processor usage under "Computing allowed" and make sure you have a check next to "While computer is in use". Otherwise you need to do what Ageless said earlier:

open BOINC manager->Advanced view->Projects tab->Select Seti and click Update. Also, just to be sure, go BOINC Manager->Advanced view->Advanced->Preferences->Clear. This is to make sure you're using the preferences from the web site.

and then

go to your computing preferences, edit them, set Suspend work while computer is in use? to No. The save the changes to the web site (with the option at the bottom of the preferences list).

I set the prefs to 'compute at all times' and here is the last message screen:
23/11/2008 2:49:43 PM||General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
23/11/2008 2:49:43 PM||Reading preferences override file
23/11/2008 2:49:43 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 511.65MB
23/11/2008 2:49:43 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 920.96MB
23/11/2008 2:49:43 PM||Preferences limit disk usage to 1.86GB
23/11/2008 2:52:43 PM||General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 30-Jan-2006 12:38:35)
23/11/2008 2:52:43 PM||Computer location: home
23/11/2008 2:52:43 PM||General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
23/11/2008 2:52:43 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 511.65MB
23/11/2008 2:52:43 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 920.96MB
23/11/2008 2:52:43 PM||Preferences limit disk usage to 0.93GB
23/11/2008 2:53:25 PM||Fetching configuration file from http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/get_project_config.php
23/11/2008 3:04:18 PM||General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 30-Jan-2006 12:38:35)
23/11/2008 3:04:18 PM||Computer location: home
23/11/2008 3:04:18 PM||General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
23/11/2008 3:04:18 PM||Reading preferences override file
23/11/2008 3:04:18 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 511.65MB
23/11/2008 3:04:18 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 920.96MB
23/11/2008 3:04:18 PM||Preferences limit disk usage to 0.93GB
23/11/2008 3:04:19 PM||Resuming computation

Thnaks for your assistance!

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I set the prefs to 'compute at all times' and here is the last message screen:
23/11/2008 2:49:43 PM||General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
23/11/2008 2:49:43 PM||Reading preferences override file
23/11/2008 2:49:43 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 511.65MB
23/11/2008 2:49:43 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 920.96MB
23/11/2008 2:49:43 PM||Preferences limit disk usage to 1.86GB
23/11/2008 2:52:43 PM||General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 30-Jan-2006 12:38:35)
23/11/2008 2:52:43 PM||Computer location: home
23/11/2008 2:52:43 PM||General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
23/11/2008 2:52:43 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 511.65MB
23/11/2008 2:52:43 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 920.96MB
23/11/2008 2:52:43 PM||Preferences limit disk usage to 0.93GB
23/11/2008 2:53:25 PM||Fetching configuration file from http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/get_project_config.php
23/11/2008 3:04:18 PM||General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 30-Jan-2006 12:38:35)
23/11/2008 3:04:18 PM||Computer location: home
23/11/2008 3:04:18 PM||General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
23/11/2008 3:04:18 PM||Reading preferences override file
23/11/2008 3:04:18 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 511.65MB
23/11/2008 3:04:18 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 920.96MB
23/11/2008 3:04:18 PM||Preferences limit disk usage to 0.93GB
23/11/2008 3:04:19 PM||Resuming computation

Thnaks for your assistance!

Ok, did you set them on the web or in the BOINC Manager? Also are you clicking on the update button on the Boinc Manager under the Projects tab? I show the last time any of your pc's had contact with Seti was 1 Feb 2008 12:01:45 UTC.

When you click the update button you should get a message in the Boinc Manager log:

11/22/2008 8:16:40 PM|SETI@home|Sending scheduler request: Requested by user. etc.....

Could you post the log from that point?

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I have given Boinc.exe Boincmgr.exe and boincscr.exe acess in McAffee but can't see where (if??) I can add urls . . .

I'm not running McAfee, so all I have to go by is what I read in various forums that my searches give me. It appears thus far that it's the browser one has to set them in, if it's URLs.

But you are able to set trusted IP addresses or ranges in the Mcafee software. If you can find that setting, set IP addresses 208.68.240.16 and 208.68.240.18 as trusted IP addresses.

How are you connecting to the internet?

Another thing, boincscr.exe? I don't know that one. ;-)
the other parts of BOINC are boinctray.exe (this one detects if your mouse and keyboard are in use, for the "in use" option that you just disabled) and boinc.scr (the screen saver part).

By the way, you still best go BOINC Manager->Advanced view->Advanced (on the menu at the top of BM)->Preferences->Clear. This will clear out the local preferences that you still use.

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I have given Boinc.exe Boincmgr.exe and boincscr.exe acess in McAffee but can't see where (if??) I can add urls . . .

I'm not running McAfee, so all I have to go by is what I read in various forums that my searches give me. It appears thus far that it's the browser one has to set them in, if it's URLs.

But you are able to set trusted IP addresses or ranges in the Mcafee software. If you can find that setting, set IP addresses 208.68.240.16 and 208.68.240.18 as trusted IP addresses.

How are you connecting to the internet?

Another thing, boincscr.exe? I don't know that one. ;-)
the other parts of BOINC are boinctray.exe (this one detects if your mouse and keyboard are in use, for the "in use" option that you just disabled) and boinc.scr (the screen saver part).

I use McAfee (though it's 2008 total protection version) and that should be in the config for the firewall. In my verion it's under Configure>internet and Network> then the Advanced button for the Firewall Protection and in that window under Networks. but I don't think it should be something he would have to do. Once the progam is set to trust Boinc that should be it. If there is more then McAfee should alert him and ask for permission. If it's set as a trusted program, when it tries to connect, if it's not already given permission it will ask.

He could try setting his Security Level to "Automatic" if not already set to that. It could be he has the setting too high. That's also in the same area in my version that I gave the preveious directions for.

Edit:

Please go Windows Start button->Run, type cmd and click OK.
In the command line window that just opened, type:

ping setiboincdata.ssl.berkeley.edu >> c:\ping1.txt

also type:

ping boinc2.ssl.berkeley.edu >> c:\ping2.txt

Yep that should tell what's up

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Additionally...

Please go Windows Start button->Run, type cmd and click OK.
In the command line window that just opened, type:

ping setiboincdata.ssl.berkeley.edu >> c:\ping1.txt

also type:

ping boinc2.ssl.berkeley.edu >> c:\ping2.txt

Then navigate to your C:\ drive and open ping1.txt and ping2.txt
Post their contents here.

Just to see if you can get through to those addresses with your computer.

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I set the prefs to 'compute at all times' and here is the last message screen:
23/11/2008 2:49:43 PM||General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
23/11/2008 2:49:43 PM||Reading preferences override file
23/11/2008 2:49:43 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 511.65MB
23/11/2008 2:49:43 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 920.96MB
23/11/2008 2:49:43 PM||Preferences limit disk usage to 1.86GB
23/11/2008 2:52:43 PM||General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 30-Jan-2006 12:38:35)
23/11/2008 2:52:43 PM||Computer location: home
23/11/2008 2:52:43 PM||General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
23/11/2008 2:52:43 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 511.65MB
23/11/2008 2:52:43 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 920.96MB
23/11/2008 2:52:43 PM||Preferences limit disk usage to 0.93GB
23/11/2008 2:53:25 PM||Fetching configuration file from http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/get_project_config.php
23/11/2008 3:04:18 PM||General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 30-Jan-2006 12:38:35)
23/11/2008 3:04:18 PM||Computer location: home
23/11/2008 3:04:18 PM||General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
23/11/2008 3:04:18 PM||Reading preferences override file
23/11/2008 3:04:18 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 511.65MB
23/11/2008 3:04:18 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 920.96MB
23/11/2008 3:04:18 PM||Preferences limit disk usage to 0.93GB
23/11/2008 3:04:19 PM||Resuming computation

Thnaks for your assistance!

Ok, did you set them on the web or in the BOINC Manager? Also are you clicking on the update button on the Boinc Manager under the Projects tab? I show the last time any of your pc's had contact with Seti was 1 Feb 2008 12:01:45 UTC.

When you click the update button you should get a message in the Boinc Manager log:

11/22/2008 8:16:40 PM|SETI@home|Sending scheduler request: Requested by user. etc.....

Could you post the log from that point?

I set the prefs in the Boinc Mgr not on the web . . .
I did click update in the projects tab on the Mgr . . .
Here's the log:
23/11/2008 3:04:19 PM||Resuming computation
23/11/2008 4:15:20 PM|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list
23/11/2008 4:15:25 PM|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded

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I have given Boinc.exe Boincmgr.exe and boincscr.exe acess in McAffee but can't see where (if??) I can add urls . . .

I'm not running McAfee, so all I have to go by is what I read in various forums that my searches give me. It appears thus far that it's the browser one has to set them in, if it's URLs.

But you are able to set trusted IP addresses or ranges in the Mcafee software. If you can find that setting, set IP addresses 208.68.240.16 and 208.68.240.18 as trusted IP addresses.

How are you connecting to the internet?

Another thing, boincscr.exe? I don't know that one. ;-)
the other parts of BOINC are boinctray.exe (this one detects if your mouse and keyboard are in use, for the "in use" option that you just disabled) and boinc.scr (the screen saver part).

By the way, you still best go BOINC Manager->Advanced view->Advanced (on the menu at the top of BM)->Preferences->Clear. This will clear out the local preferences that you still use.

Boinc.scr is what I meant . . . :-)
I did click clear a few posts ago . . should I do it again?

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Additionally...

Please go Windows Start button->Run, type cmd and click OK.
In the command line window that just opened, type:

ping setiboincdata.ssl.berkeley.edu >> c:\ping1.txt

also type:

ping boinc2.ssl.berkeley.edu >> c:\ping2.txt

Then navigate to your C:\ drive and open ping1.txt and ping2.txt
Post their contents here.

Just to see if you can get through to those addresses with your computer.

Response text for initial:
Pinging setiboincdata.ssl.berkeley.edu [208.68.240.16] with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 208.68.240.16: bytes=32 time=167ms TTL=53

Reply from 208.68.240.16: bytes=32 time=169ms TTL=53

Reply from 208.68.240.16: bytes=32 time=166ms TTL=53

Reply from 208.68.240.16: bytes=32 time=166ms TTL=53



Ping statistics for 208.68.240.16:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 166ms, Maximum = 169ms, Average = 167ms

Response text for second:


Pinging boinc2.ssl.berkeley.edu [208.68.240.13] with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 208.68.240.13: bytes=32 time=169ms TTL=53

Reply from 208.68.240.13: bytes=32 time=169ms TTL=53

Reply from 208.68.240.13: bytes=32 time=169ms TTL=53

Reply from 208.68.240.13: bytes=32 time=168ms TTL=53



Ping statistics for 208.68.240.13:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 168ms, Maximum = 169ms, Average = 168ms

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Response text for initial:
Pinging setiboincdata.ssl.berkeley.edu [208.68.240.16] with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 208.68.240.16: bytes=32 time=167ms TTL=53

Reply from 208.68.240.16: bytes=32 time=169ms TTL=53

Reply from 208.68.240.16: bytes=32 time=166ms TTL=53

Reply from 208.68.240.16: bytes=32 time=166ms TTL=53



Ping statistics for 208.68.240.16:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 166ms, Maximum = 169ms, Average = 167ms

Response text for second:


Pinging boinc2.ssl.berkeley.edu [208.68.240.13] with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 208.68.240.13: bytes=32 time=169ms TTL=53

Reply from 208.68.240.13: bytes=32 time=169ms TTL=53

Reply from 208.68.240.13: bytes=32 time=169ms TTL=53

Reply from 208.68.240.13: bytes=32 time=168ms TTL=53



Ping statistics for 208.68.240.13:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 168ms, Maximum = 169ms, Average = 168ms

I agree with Ageless

By the way, you still best go BOINC Manager->Advanced view->Advanced (on the menu at the top of BM)->Preferences->Clear. This will clear out the local preferences that you still use.

At this point you should only use your computing preferences page to edit the settings, so we can narrow down the problem. Once you've cleared the settings in the Manager go to the preferences page and copy the settings you have there and post them here.

From what the ping shows you are able to contact Seti so it doesn't appear to me as likely it's McAfee preventing you from gettng work and still seems more likely to be the settings.

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Or if you want us to compare things, post the contents of your global_prefs.xml and global_prefs_override.xml files. You will only have the global_prefs_override.xml file when you are using the local preferences.

These files can be found in your BOINC Data directory, at C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\BOINC

You can open them with Notepad, or any browser.

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