Chris 20,

The projects, both UD aka WCG agent and BOiNC run 3 processes simultaneous.

1. The Manager: Either UD.exe or BOiNCmgr.exe
2. The Daemon aka Core Client: Either a UD_xxxxxxx.exe or BOiNC.exe
3. The Science: They all begin with wcg_xxxxxxxxx and with the UD/WCG agent have a 'exe' extension

The Daemon/Core Client (2) takes care of the communications between the science and the front end (1), that u see on the screen. In BOiNC, it's a bit more complicated, even if BOiNCmgr.exe looses contact with BOiNC.exe, will the latter continue running. That contact loss very rarely happens and is often Security software related... something for a rainy day to discuss. A simple terminate in the Taskmanager of BOiNCmgr.exe and restart will re-establish that communication.

Item 2 for UD and 3 for both agents change their number with each different science project you run. Usually in BOiNC, the science program includes a version number like 'wcg_fcg1_ssearch_5.10_windows_intelx86'. It also tells for which operating system and CPU family.

Let me make a note to create a reference table of what each process is u see and try to keep it current. We'll put it in the 'Start Here FAQ' section which is 'Read Only' ;>). Saw this at an other distributed computing website. Often security software needs to be told that these processes are save before they let them run uninterruptedly.

cheers