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Message 76824 - Posted: 11 Jun 2014, 9:47:41 UTC

Task exited with zero status but no finished file...if this happens repeatedly you may have to reset the project.
When I started getting this bogus message last year everyday of the week I solved the "problem" by removing Rosetta from my list of active projects, since neither re-setting the project nor re-installing BOINC stopped them.
This year when the same bogus messages started up again I finally noticed that many of them were about the same tasks over and over and over again...see my edited message list below in which I re-arranged some entries to make this obvious
I also had another amazing epiphany (at least by my admittedly low standards) and actually looked up the status of all these "zero status...no finished file" tasks and lo and behold...I've been getting credit for all of them.
BTW I don't run BOINC as a service in case that has any relevancy here.
Just in case I haven't been the only clueless cruncher here maybe this info will help someone else...

6/10/2014 11:09:23 PM | | Starting BOINC client version 7.2.42 for windows_x86_64
6/10/2014 11:09:23 PM | | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
6/10/2014 11:09:23 PM | | Libraries: libcurl/7.25.0 OpenSSL/1.0.1 zlib/1.2.6
6/10/2014 11:09:23 PM | | Data directory: C:ProgramDataBOINC
6/10/2014 11:09:23 PM | | CAL: ATI GPU 0: AMD Radeon HD 6570/6670/7570/7670 series (Turks) (CAL version 1.4.1848, 1024MB, 991MB available, 1248 GFLOPS peak)
6/10/2014 11:09:23 PM | | OpenCL: AMD/ATI GPU 0: AMD Radeon HD 6570/6670/7570/7670 series (Turks) (driver version 1445.5 (VM), device version OpenCL 1.2 AMD-APP (1445.5), 1024MB,991MB available, 1248 GFLOPS peak)
6/10/2014 11:09:23 PM | | OpenCL CPU: AMD FX(tm)-4300 Quad-Core Processor (OpenCL driver vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., driver version 1445.5 (sse2,avx,fma4), device version OpenCL 1.2 AMD-APP (1445.5))
6/10/2014 11:09:23 PM | | Processor: 4 AuthenticAMD AMD FX(tm)-4300 Quad-Core Processor [Family 21 Model 2 Stepping 0]
6/10/2014 11:09:23 PM | | Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 htt pni ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt
aes syscall nx lm svm sse4a osvw ibs xop skinit wdt lwp fma4 tce tbm topx page1gb rdtscp
6/10/2014 11:09:23 PM | | OS: Microsoft Windows 7: Ultimate x64 Edition, Service Pack 1, (06.01.7601.00)
6/10/2014 11:09:23 PM | | Memory: 7.90 GB physical, 15.81 GB virtual
6/10/2014 11:09:23 PM | | Disk: 398.07 GB total, 286.34 GB free
6/10/2014 11:09:23 PM | rosetta@home | URL https://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/; Computer ID 1651978; resource share 100
6/10/2014 11:09:23 PM | | Reading preferences override file
6/10/2014 11:09:23 PM | | Preferences:
6/10/2014 11:09:23 PM | | max memory usage when active: 6070.20MB
6/10/2014 11:09:23 PM | | max memory usage when idle: 6879.55MB
6/10/2014 11:09:23 PM | | max disk usage: 11.94GB
6/10/2014 11:09:23 PM | | Not using a proxy
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6/10/2014 11:20:57 PM | rosetta@home | Task T0763_jump_13_70_71_90_hybrid_withlookback_169118_11418_0 exited with zero status but no 'finished' file
6/10/2014 11:44:14 PM | rosetta@home | Task T0763_jump_13_70_71_90_hybrid_withlookback_169118_11418_0 exited with zero status but no 'finished' file
6/11/2014 12:22:15 AM | rosetta@home | Task T0763_jump_13_70_71_90_hybrid_withlookback_169118_11418_0 exited with zero status but no 'finished' file
6/10/2014 11:44:14 PM | rosetta@home | If this happens repeatedly you may need to reset the project.
6/10/2014 11:54:37 PM | rosetta@home | Task rb_06_09_45660_94534_ab_stage0_h001___robetta_IGNORE_THE_REST_03_09_169132_4_0 exited with zero status but no 'finished' file
6/11/2014 12:17:03 AM | rosetta@home | Task rb_06_09_45660_94534_ab_stage0_h001___robetta_IGNORE_THE_REST_03_09_169132_4_0 exited with zero status but no 'finished' file
6/11/2014 12:24:15 AM | rosetta@home | Task rb_06_09_45660_94534_ab_stage0_h001___robetta_IGNORE_THE_REST_03_09_169132_4_0 exited with zero status but no 'finished' file
6/11/2014 2:11:48 AM | rosetta@home | Task rb_06_09_45660_94534_ab_stage0_h001___robetta_IGNORE_THE_REST_03_09_169132_4_0 exited with zero status but no 'finished' file
6/10/2014 11:54:37 PM | rosetta@home | If this happens repeatedly you may need to reset the project.
6/11/2014 12:01:29 AM | rosetta@home | Task T0763_jump_13_70_71_90_hybrid_withlookback_169118_11418_0 exited with zero status but no 'finished' file
6/11/2014 12:13:18 AM | rosetta@home | Task T0763_jump_13_70_71_90_hybrid_withlookback_169118_11418_0 exited with zero status but no 'finished' file
6/11/2014 12:13:18 AM | rosetta@home | If this happens repeatedly you may need to reset the project.



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Message 76889 - Posted: 26 Jun 2014, 23:48:39 UTC

This is apparently a BOINC issue that affects all projects at random, not just Rosetta. The last post I saw on this subject mentioned the developers were still trying to identify the source, but a common theme seems to be anti-virus/anti spyware software.

If you have security software installed with "on-access" scanning it will sometimes prevent or delay BOINC from creating files. When this occurs the system can't find the file it created and registers an error.

To get around this you can exclude the BOINC data directory from your security software's scan. Please note though that the BOINC data directory is probably different to your BOINC installation directory. Search online for "BOINC data directory" for help tracking it down (its location varies between OSs).
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Message 76894 - Posted: 28 Jun 2014, 4:36:27 UTC - in response to Message 76889.  

Thanks Murasaki for the reply!

I've already excluded BOINC Projects and part of the BOINC Data directories (the parts relating to Rosetta) from my Private Firewall 7 & Avast 2014 AV real-time scanning (which helped to some extent I think) but I'll try excluding the entire BOINC & BOINC Data directories for awhile - or until the same error pops up again.

BTW I've run MilkyWay@Hm, QMC@Hm & LHC@Hm in the past and I've been running Einstein@Hm for several yrs now and I don't recall any of them being as error prone as Rosetta. On the other hand I've done some rough calculations and apparently about 10% of my CPU time spent on Rosetta tasks ends up with errors ie time wasted on tasks with no valid result; so maybe I'm being too anal-retentive here...

I don't seem to have GZIP.exe in the BOINC Directory & I wonder if that's the root of this problem. Despite all the gobbledeegook data/info listed for each task there's nothing listed about what causes the gzip.exe errors.
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Message 76895 - Posted: 28 Jun 2014, 10:25:07 UTC - in response to Message 76894.  

BTW I've run MilkyWay@Hm, QMC@Hm & LHC@Hm in the past and I've been running Einstein@Hm for several yrs now and I don't recall any of them being as error prone as Rosetta. On the other hand I've done some rough calculations and apparently about 10% of my CPU time spent on Rosetta tasks ends up with errors ie time wasted on tasks with no valid result; so maybe I'm being too anal-retentive here...

I don't seem to have GZIP.exe in the BOINC Directory & I wonder if that's the root of this problem. Despite all the gobbledeegook data/info listed for each task there's nothing listed about what causes the gzip.exe errors.


See my reply on your other thread about the GZIP issue. It appears to be a problem affecting several users and is not caused by your machine. One of the scientists has speculated that the length of the task name could be exceeding the character limit of some processes in some versions of Windows - that is why tasks with shorter names are still working. They are going to try reducing the names of tasks to see if that resolves the problem.

I am not familiar with all of the projects you mentioned there, but in general most BOINC projects I have encountered run several experiments a year with large batch runs. Rosetta on the other hand can run several experiments a day with much smaller batch runs. Every time you start a new experiment you are more likely to encounter an error in the task design, so Rosetta probably has a higher risk of new errors occuring frequently but the other projects have a higher risk of their infrequent errors affecting a larger number of their user base.

In terms of the amount of CPU time that you are wasting, you are probably overestimating it at 10%. Rosetta scientists have confirmed previously that they can often retrieve useful data from a task that registers as "compute error" or "validate error" - it is often the final decoy that has a fault and the other decoys produced by the task are perfectly fine. Also, even failed tasks are useful to the scientists as it helps them improve the next generation of the Rosetta software (several versions released each year) or correct faults in future task runs before they are issued.

See also the comment in my previous reply (linked above) about earning credit for "failed" tasks.
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Message 76917 - Posted: 29 Jun 2014, 18:54:29 UTC - in response to Message 76895.  

One of the scientists[/url] has speculated that the length of the task name could be exceeding the character limit of some processes in some versions of Windows - that is why tasks with shorter names are still working. They are going to try reducing the names of tasks to see if that resolves the problem.
I very recently noticed that Rosetta does use 7ZIP to decompress downloaded files and presumably to compress files for uploading - (since 7ZIP is the only compression/decompression program I have) although maybe 7ZIP balks at filenames less than the Windows limitation of 260 characters* Although I couldn't find a file name with this many characters in my "client/computer error" results check this out it's about 245 characters long (on my last count that is):
WARNING! attempt to create gzipped file ../../* projects/boinc.bakerlab.org_rosetta/benchmark_0014_alex_metric_58c8eb0a169e5c49e1cef5331416f2432f6d8260_ploops_32_input_0002_no_lig_fragments_contact_opt_iteration_1_dbe4269ef4fb4de99e2f824cdcbaf1c6_fold_SAVE_ALL_OUT_170252_2287_1_0 failed.
*(Apparently C:/Program Data/BOINC is left out here)

*For more fascinating (sic) info on Naming Files, Paths and Namespaces see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247%28VS.85%29.aspx

In terms of the amount of CPU time that you are wasting, you are probably overestimating it at 10%. Rosetta scientists have confirmed previously that they can often retrieve useful data from a task that registers as "compute error" or "validate error" - it is often the final decoy that has a fault and the other decoys produced by the task are perfectly fine. Also, even failed tasks are useful to the scientists as it helps them improve the next generation of the Rosetta software (several versions released each year) or correct faults in future task runs before they are issued.
I was even willing to put up with a 10% error rate - a figure I arrived at by simply counting all completed tasks as using 10,000 cpu seconds regardless of the result, and then dividing the total # of completed tasks by the # of tasks ending with errors and/or invalid results. Thanks to your feedback I now understand that even failed tasks are useful and not the complete waste of time I thought they were. Well if nothing else at least I did try to think things out for a change (and ask for help) instead of employing my usual solution to puzzling BOINC problems (real or imagined) which has been to ditch the "problem" project like a hot potato and switching over to another one.
Thanks again for your feedback, which will hopefully inspire me to have an attitude adjustment - and learn a wee bit more about the projects my PC is working on.
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Message 77722 - Posted: 9 Dec 2014, 0:52:27 UTC
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I've been a BOINC member for 15 yrs now, mostly running SETI but I used to run Rosetta years back and, since SETI has been having WU issues, decided to start Rosetta up again. Anyway, I've been getting the exact same msg (see below). I noticed it when, after running Rosetta for a week or so, I had accumulated no points at all. I read some of the answers to the other posts concerning this issue, something about anti-virus software possibly conflicting with reporting. If it matters, I use ZoneAlarm Firewall & AVG anti-virus. Just to make it easier for anyone who may reply, I've had some severe health problems the last 4 yrs (Leukemia, sepsis resulting in my being in a coma for 11 days & having 5 strokes while in the coma), right when I turned 40. Not to brag, but, before all this happened, I scored 149 on my college IQ test in my early 30s, but it's quite difficult for me to comprehend a lot now. I got a bit confused at the answers that were given. Any help is GREATLY appreciated.
I am.....
Sincerely,
JC

07/12/2014 16:27:14 | rosetta@home | Task 4_input_0050_0001_ss1_2_ss2_1_ss3_2_ss4_2_ss5_3_0001_0001_fold_SAVE_ALL_OUT_231269_23_0 exited with zero status but no 'finished' file
07/12/2014 16:27:14 | rosetta@home | If this happens repeatedly you may need to reset the project.
07/12/2014 18:00:21 | rosetta@home | Task 4_input_0050_0001_ss1_2_ss2_1_ss3_2_ss4_2_ss5_3_0001_0001_fold_SAVE_ALL_OUT_231269_23_0 exited with zero status but no 'finished' file
07/12/2014 18:00:21 | rosetta@home | If this happens repeatedly you may need to reset the project.
07/12/2014 18:22:18 | rosetta@home | Task 4_input_0050_0001_ss1_2_ss2_1_ss3_2_ss4_2_ss5_3_0001_0001_fold_SAVE_ALL_OUT_231269_23_0 exited with zero status but no 'finished' file
07/12/2014 18:22:18 | rosetta@home | If this happens repeatedly you may need to reset the project.
07/12/2014 18:33:48 | rosetta@home | Task 4_input_0050_0001_ss1_2_ss2_1_ss3_2_ss4_2_ss5_3_0001_0001_fold_SAVE_ALL_OUT_231269_23_0 exited with zero status but no 'finished' file
07/12/2014 18:33:48 | rosetta@home | If this happens repeatedly you may need to reset the project.
07/12/2014 18:39:58 | rosetta@home | Task 4_input_0050_0001_ss1_2_ss2_1_ss3_2_ss4_2_ss5_3_0001_0001_fold_SAVE_ALL_OUT_231269_23_0 exited with zero status but no 'finished' file
07/12/2014 18:39:58 | rosetta@home | If this happens repeatedly you may need to reset the project.
07/12/2014 19:59:40 | | Windows is suspending operations
07/12/2014 19:59:40 | | Suspending computation - requested by operating system
07/12/2014 19:59:40 | | Suspending network activity - requested by operating system
07/12/2014 19:59:48 | | Resuming after OS suspension
08/12/2014 05:14:09 | | Resuming computation
08/12/2014 05:14:09 | | Resuming network activity
08/12/2014 05:14:15 | | Windows is resuming operations
08/12/2014 05:14:15 | | Suspending computation - computer is in use
08/12/2014 05:16:19 | | Resuming computation
08/12/2014 06:52:28 | rosetta@home | Computation for task 4_input_0050_0001_ss1_2_ss2_1_ss3_2_ss4_2_ss5_3_0001_0001_fold_SAVE_ALL_OUT_231269_23_0 finished
08/12/2014 06:52:32 | rosetta@home | Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
08/12/2014 06:52:32 | rosetta@home | Requesting new tasks for CPU
08/12/2014 06:52:33 | | A new version of BOINC is available. (7.4.27) <a href=http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php>Download</a>
08/12/2014 06:52:33 | rosetta@home | Started upload of 4_input_0050_0001_ss1_2_ss2_1_ss3_2_ss4_2_ss5_3_0001_0001_fold_SAVE_ALL_OUT_231269_23_0_0
08/12/2014 06:52:33 | rosetta@home | Scheduler request completed: got 1 new tasks
08/12/2014 06:52:35 | rosetta@home | Started download of flags_rb_12_08_52193_97938__t000__3_C1_robetta
08/12/2014 06:52:35 | rosetta@home | Started download of input_rb_12_08_52193_97938__t000__3_C1_robetta.zip
08/12/2014 06:52:37 | rosetta@home | Finished upload of 4_input_0050_0001_ss1_2_ss2_1_ss3_2_ss4_2_ss5_3_0001_0001_fold_SAVE_ALL_OUT_231269_23_0_0
08/12/2014 06:52:37 | rosetta@home | Finished download of flags_rb_12_08_52193_97938__t000__3_C1_robetta
08/12/2014 06:52:43 | rosetta@home | Finished download of input_rb_12_08_52193_97938__t000__3_C1_robetta.zip
08/12/2014 06:52:43 | rosetta@home | Starting task rb_12_08_52193_97938__t000__3_C1_SAVE_ALL_OUT_IGNORE_THE_REST_231716_44_0
08/12/2014 07:53:26 | rosetta@home | Sending scheduler request: To report completed tasks.
08/12/2014 07:53:26 | rosetta@home | Reporting 1 completed tasks
08/12/2014 07:53:26 | rosetta@home | Requesting new tasks for CPU
08/12/2014 07:53:28 | rosetta@home | Scheduler request completed: got 1 new tasks
08/12/2014 07:53:30 | rosetta@home | Started download of rb_11_11_51222_97177_ab_stage0_t000___robetta_FLAGS
08/12/2014 07:53:30 | rosetta@home | Started download of rb_11_11_51222_97177_ab_stage0_t000___robetta.zip
08/12/2014 07:53:32 | rosetta@home | Finished download of rb_11_11_51222_97177_ab_stage0_t000___robetta_FLAGS
08/12/2014 07:53:32 | rosetta@home | Finished download of rb_11_11_51222_97177_ab_stage0_t000___robetta.zip
08/12/2014 07:53:32 | rosetta@home | Started download of rb_11_11_51222_97177_ab_stage0_t000___robetta_t000_.200.3mers.gz
08/12/2014 07:53:32 | rosetta@home | Started download of rb_11_11_51222_97177_ab_stage0_t000___robetta_t000_.200.9mers.gz
08/12/2014 07:53:36 | rosetta@home | Finished download of rb_11_11_51222_97177_ab_stage0_t000___robetta_t000_.200.3mers.gz
08/12/2014 07:53:37 | rosetta@home | Finished download of rb_11_11_51222_97177_ab_stage0_t000___robetta_t000_.200.9mers.gz
08/12/2014 10:19:29 | rosetta@home | Computation for task rb_11_24_51843_97710_ab_stage0_t000___robetta_cstwt_3.0_IGNORE_THE_REST_03_09_226955_8292_0 finished
08/12/2014 10:19:29 | rosetta@home | Starting task rb_11_11_51222_97177_ab_stage0_t000___robetta_cstwt_3.0_IGNORE_THE_REST_03_09_225208_1221_0
08/12/2014 10:19:36 | rosetta@home | Started upload of rb_11_24_51843_97710_ab_stage0_t000___robetta_cstwt_3.0_IGNORE_THE_REST_03_09_226955_8292_0_0
08/12/2014 10:19:42 | rosetta@home | Finished upload of rb_11_24_51843_97710_ab_stage0_t000___robetta_cstwt_3.0_IGNORE_THE_REST_03_09_226955_8292_0_0
08/12/2014 10:34:11 | rosetta@home | Task rb_11_11_51222_97177_ab_stage0_t000___robetta_cstwt_3.0_IGNORE_THE_REST_03_09_225208_1221_0 exited with zero status but no 'finished' file
08/12/2014 10:34:11 | rosetta@home | If this happens repeatedly you may need to reset the project.
08/12/2014 10:47:41 | rosetta@home | Task rb_11_11_51222_97177_ab_stage0_t000___robetta_cstwt_3.0_IGNORE_THE_REST_03_09_225208_1221_0 exited with zero status but no 'finished' file
08/12/2014 10:47:41 | rosetta@home | If this happens repeatedly you may need to reset the project.
08/12/2014 11:20:09 | rosetta@home | Sending scheduler request: To report completed tasks.
08/12/2014 11:20:09 | rosetta@home | Reporting 1 completed tasks
08/12/2014 11:20:09 | rosetta@home | Not requesting tasks: don't need (job cache full)
08/12/2014 11:20:12 | rosetta@home | Scheduler request completed
08/12/2014 11:41:13 | rosetta@home | Task rb_11_11_51222_97177_ab_stage0_t000___robetta_cstwt_3.0_IGNORE_THE_REST_03_09_225208_1221_0 exited with zero status but no 'finished' file
08/12/2014 11:41:13 | rosetta@home | If this happens repeatedly you may need to reset the project.
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Message 77723 - Posted: 9 Dec 2014, 15:15:11 UTC - in response to Message 77722.  

I've been a BOINC member for 15 yrs now, mostly running SETI but I used to run Rosetta years back and, since SETI has been having WU issues, decided to start Rosetta up again. Anyway, I've been getting the exact same msg (see below). I noticed it when, after running Rosetta for a week or so, I had accumulated no points at all. I read some of the answers to the other posts concerning this issue, something about anti-virus software possibly conflicting with reporting. If it matters, I use ZoneAlarm Firewall & AVG anti-virus. Just to make it easier for anyone who may reply, I've had some severe health problems the last 4 yrs (Leukemia, sepsis resulting in my being in a coma for 11 days & having 5 strokes while in the coma), right when I turned 40. Not to brag, but, before all this happened, I scored 149 on my college IQ test in my early 30s, but it's quite difficult for me to comprehend a lot now. I got a bit confused at the answers that were given. Any help is GREATLY appreciated.
I am.....
Sincerely,
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I've just had a look at your tasks and nothing much seems to be wrong. It does look like you were unlucky to run into a couple of bad tasks, one with a similar error to what I've come on here to report, so I'll mention yours at the same time. Nothing you can correct at your end. Your firewall and AV ought to be fine.

You ought to have had some credits by now. You should be showing around 738.
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Message 77725 - Posted: 10 Dec 2014, 8:36:20 UTC - in response to Message 77723.  

I've been a BOINC member for 15 yrs now, mostly running SETI but I used to run Rosetta years back and, since SETI has been having WU issues, decided to start Rosetta up again. Anyway, I've been getting the exact same msg (see below). I noticed it when, after running Rosetta for a week or so, I had accumulated no points at all. I read some of the answers to the other posts concerning this issue, something about anti-virus software possibly conflicting with reporting. If it matters, I use ZoneAlarm Firewall & AVG anti-virus. Just to make it easier for anyone who may reply, I've had some severe health problems the last 4 yrs (Leukemia, sepsis resulting in my being in a coma for 11 days & having 5 strokes while in the coma), right when I turned 40. Not to brag, but, before all this happened, I scored 149 on my college IQ test in my early 30s, but it's quite difficult for me to comprehend a lot now. I got a bit confused at the answers that were given. Any help is GREATLY appreciated.
I am.....
Sincerely,
JC

I've just had a look at your tasks and nothing much seems to be wrong. It does look like you were unlucky to run into a couple of bad tasks, one with a similar error to what I've come on here to report, so I'll mention yours at the same time. Nothing you can correct at your end. Your firewall and AV ought to be fine.

You ought to have had some credits by now. You should be showing around 738.


Sid, Many thanks to your response to my post. I just noticed today that I do actually have about 689 credits now. It's just weird, because, when I saw the msgs sasying that there were no "finished files", it was showing that I had no credits. But, they are there now so I'm not going to worry about it. Thank you very nuch for the help!

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Message 77726 - Posted: 10 Dec 2014, 10:31:52 UTC - in response to Message 77725.  

I've been a BOINC member for 15 yrs now, mostly running SETI but I used to run Rosetta years back and, since SETI has been having WU issues, decided to start Rosetta up again. Anyway, I've been getting the exact same msg (see below). I noticed it when, after running Rosetta for a week or so, I had accumulated no points at all. I read some of the answers to the other posts concerning this issue, something about anti-virus software possibly conflicting with reporting. If it matters, I use ZoneAlarm Firewall & AVG anti-virus. Just to make it easier for anyone who may reply, I've had some severe health problems the last 4 yrs (Leukemia, sepsis resulting in my being in a coma for 11 days & having 5 strokes while in the coma), right when I turned 40. Not to brag, but, before all this happened, I scored 149 on my college IQ test in my early 30s, but it's quite difficult for me to comprehend a lot now. I got a bit confused at the answers that were given. Any help is GREATLY appreciated.
I am.....
Sincerely,
JC

I've just had a look at your tasks and nothing much seems to be wrong. It does look like you were unlucky to run into a couple of bad tasks, one with a similar error to what I've come on here to report, so I'll mention yours at the same time. Nothing you can correct at your end. Your firewall and AV ought to be fine.

You ought to have had some credits by now. You should be showing around 738.

Sid, Many thanks to your response to my post. I just noticed today that I do actually have about 689 credits now. It's just weird, because, when I saw the msgs sasying that there were no "finished files", it was showing that I had no credits. But, they are there now so I'm not going to worry about it. Thank you very nuch for the help!

JC

One of the reasons your points are lagging is you don't initially get any points for those faulty tasks - because they're faulty. But a follow-up job runs on the website that finds these problems and credits you for all the work you did - just that it runs a day or so later. You are getting credited for everything you've done. Eventually.

Also, you seem to have set yourself up to run each task for 10 hours, so it's a long time before your Boinc visits again to collect the points for the tasks you uploaded the previous time.

If you look under your name here in the message area, after you posted you're now showing 1127 points when you say your own Boinc only shows you having 689. If you force an update at your end 5 minutes after you send tasks, those points should show with you too.

Also, from the log you posted earlier, you're running Boinc 7.4.8 while the latest version is now 7.4.27. That'll give you the latest stable version of Boinc and get rid of another line in your log.
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