Good morning and have a good trip John


Now I am all confused here , some of you say UD is better and others Boing ..


I have 4 machines and only two working, my tech is gone with the wind all four are connected to a router

Can´t understand why one is called Jean Pierre. and the other one Jean Pierre.1

What happends if I uninstall everything, surely I loose all isn´t

The UD agent (software) doesn't download more than one WU at a time without using a thrid party software like UD monitor. It will look a lot like the agent you were using at UD grid and that might be helpful for you. When you send a WU back to WCG the WU is applied to your credit at the next update.

The boinc agent will download as many days worth of WUs as you have set it the boinc preferences. When you send a WU back to WCG it is held until the same WU is turned in by 2 other people. so it can be verified, (which can take a few days at times) before you get credit for it. The boinc agent does seem to give more credit per WU.

Hope that helps..

1. Should I uninstall the ones in my two pcs and install the Boing one ?

They both work, but you may feel more comfortable with the UD agent as you have run it before. if you are not concerned about having extra WUs on hand or getting a some extra points stick with the UD agent.

2. How to register the other ones ,

Download the UD device (software) or boinc. If you do the UD device just install the device software restart your computer and the registration form will come up tick the box that you are an (existing user) put in your user name and password (you used when you registered with WCG) and you should be good to go.

If you decide to use boinc download boinc and install the software restart your computer and boinc should start. At the bottom of the boinc device click on (advanced view) then click on the (tools tab) and (attach to project) a little box will pop up click the next button, tick the (existing user) box put this ulr in the space on the box (http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org) click (attach) then another box will come up, put your user name and password (you used when you registered with WCG) in and click next.

Evenin Ted... I was hoping you'd grab it, that's why I put it out there, for you to hang on to... It's stored on my website...

Hi JP,

I see where the problem lies here - you have registered twice at WCG according to the Team List - once as Jean Pierre. and again as Jean Pierre.1 - this means you have 2 accounts here. Unfortunately you will not be able to merge them - but the points already accrued will stay with The Edwardians.

What you need to do is un-attach the client that is using the Jean Pierre.1 account details and re-attach again using the Jean Pierre. account .

Then follow TLD's instructions for attaching your 2 new machines and then all 4 will be running under the same account.

I hope this helps, Ady


Edit: You ask about Boinc v UD Client - personally I would use Boinc every time as it is far more flexible - but if you feel more at home with the UD client, then stick with it.

Whichever way you go, remember as TLD said to check the 'existing user' option when installing and input your 'Jean Pierre.' username/password otherwise you will end up creating another account.