Hello,
I'm not running McAfee but Norton AntiVirus 7.6 ...
WBR Peter

I checked the requirements and I cannot find a problem there.
1. Pentium 1 166 MHz
2. 128MB Ram (384-512 Virtual)
3. On installation drive 3GB free, system 1GB free
4. 800x600 16Bit
5. DSL
6. W2000

It is a fresh W2000 installation only with NAV, ZoneLabs and Spybot
installed (same as on my other running machines).

Now I deinstalled and installed WCG agent again, but the same...
registering, downloading 0 from 0, then x from 16xxx and in the
same moment after some kb downloading the agent paused message
pops up like described in your link...
I have no more idea...

WBR Peter

It's not necessarily a problem with only new installations. I have the Grid Agent running on two machines, and both are now suffering from the "Agent paused" problem. Here's a rundown of hopefully relevant info:

• both machines worked successfully before
  
• my configuration has not changed
  
• the Grid Agent on both machines has been unable to upload results (it eventually times out, and then goes into the "Agent Paused" state)

The "Sending information to Grid server..." status would normally go away fairly quickly under normal operation. Now, it eventually times out, and is followed by the "Agent paused, see www.wcgrid.org/cause.html" status. As noted online, the Grid Agents automatically try again after an interval, so the whole process repeats.

Here's a timeline of sorts:

• This problem first surfaced at approximately 04:15 UTC this morning (an Agent completed a work unit, and was unable to upload the results). My other machine completed a work unit at approximately 06:21 UTC this morning. Both machines were unable to upload results (repeated cycles of attempts, followed by "Agent paused").
  • After double checking my configuration (ie. firewall settings, internet connectivity, etc.) I sent in a problem report.
    
  • For what it's worth, during this time the World Community Grid web site was also very slow.
• At about 11:20 UTC, both Grid Agents started new work units (within a minute of each other).
  
• One Agent completed its work unit by 13:00 UTC.
  
• The other Agent completed its work unit about a half hour later (13:33).
  
• Both were unable once again to upload the results (ie. they went back into the cycle of sending, failing/timing out, pausing, retrying).
  
• Well, while writing this, one of the Agents finally started a new work unit (20:12 UTC). If nothing else, that success uploading shows that my configuration is not the problem. The status on the other Agent is still "Sending results"
  
• Update -- my second Agent started a new work unit at about 20:45 UTC),
  

Hope that helps.

Rod
(update was just to add another item to the timeline)

Yeah, these threads are sounding somewhat similar. At least I haven't had a problem signing in to the web site.

DNS (as mentioned in some of the posts of the other thread) is not the issue for me. I didn't detail it in my first post, but when I mentioned:
here's what I tried (where "Host" was server.worldcommunitygrid.org):

• verified firewall settings
  
• nslookup Host (to verify DNS)
  
• ping Host (success would a route, although failure here might simply mean the host does not respond to pings)
  
• tracert Host (to see the path)
  
• netstat /a while the Grid Agent indicated it was sending results (none of the above are specific to port 443) -- connection on port 443 was listed as established

All completed OK, so DNS, and/or my firewall and/or my ISP connection was not the problem. Something else was the root cause behind my Grid Agents inability to upload results.

knreed mentioned tracert, and then sending those results in. Would that be of use for you, even though all indications are that DNS is not an issue for me? In any case, I'd like to make clear that my machines haven't had a problem (that I've noticed ) before this round of "Agent paused". In general, the grid works great!

Thanks for your help.

Rod
[update was just to fix a typo or two...]