Windows XP SP3
BOINC version 6.2.28
Norton FW

5/31/2010 6:38:21 PM||Starting BOINC client version 6.2.28 for windows_intelx86
5/31/2010 6:38:21 PM||log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops
5/31/2010 6:38:22 PM||Libraries: libcurl/7.19.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8i zlib/1.2.3
5/31/2010 6:38:22 PM||Data directory: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\BOINC
5/31/2010 6:38:22 PM||Running under account HP_Administrator
5/31/2010 6:38:23 PM||Processor: 2 AuthenticAMD AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ [x86 Family 15 Model 75 Stepping 2]
5/31/2010 6:38:23 PM||Processor features: fpu tsc pae nx sse sse2 3dnow mmx
5/31/2010 6:38:23 PM||OS: Microsoft Windows XP: Professional x86 Editon, Service Pack 3, (05.01.2600.00)
5/31/2010 6:38:23 PM||Memory: 1.94 GB physical, 3.78 GB virtual
5/31/2010 6:38:23 PM||Disk: 224.07 GB total, 191.18 GB free
5/31/2010 6:38:23 PM||Local time is UTC -4 hours
5/31/2010 6:38:23 PM||No general preferences found - using BOINC defaults
5/31/2010 6:38:23 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 991.24MB
5/31/2010 6:38:23 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 1784.23MB
5/31/2010 6:38:23 PM||Preferences limit disk usage to 9.31GB
5/31/2010 6:38:25 PM||This computer is not attached to any projects
5/31/2010 6:38:26 PM||Visit http://boinc.berkeley.edu for instructions
5/31/2010 6:39:43 PM||Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site
5/31/2010 6:39:45 PM||BOINC can't access Internet - check network connection or proxy configuration.
5/31/2010 6:40:23 PM||Running CPU benchmarks
5/31/2010 6:40:23 PM||Suspending computation - running CPU benchmarks
5/31/2010 6:40:54 PM||Benchmark results:
5/31/2010 6:40:54 PM|| Number of CPUs: 2
5/31/2010 6:40:54 PM|| 2157 floating point MIPS (Whetstone) per CPU
5/31/2010 6:40:54 PM|| 3917 integer MIPS (Dhrystone) per CPU
5/31/2010 6:40:55 PM||Resuming computation
5/31/2010 6:41:13 PM|http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/|Fetching scheduler list
5/31/2010 6:41:28 PM|http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/|Fetching scheduler list
5/31/2010 7:12:48 PM||No general preferences found - using BOINC defaults
5/31/2010 7:12:48 PM||Reading preferences override file
5/31/2010 7:12:48 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 991.24MB
5/31/2010 7:12:48 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 1784.23MB
5/31/2010 7:12:48 PM||Preferences limit disk usage to 9.31GB
5/31/2010 8:25:18 PM|http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/|Fetching scheduler list

I found that there was a second firewall I didn't see that was blocking - I've cleared it up, and the connection has started working.

One more question if someone sees this - I am surprised that in the middle of the night, when I don't think anything is running, the computations stop continuously since the use of the processor is so high. The setting is at "25" - the default I believe - so I don't see an obvious issue.

Any ideas how to get that issue understood, and presumably corrected?

hi ruttleivey,

v.v. that 25% system load exceed pausing, plz visit this FAQ: https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread_thread,28585

WCG has not yet implemented this option on the web device profiles yet, it only existing in later 6.10 clients. Probably your windows is doing scheduled system main at night, such as disk defragging, then when the system is using more than 25% of the main core's CPU time, BOINC is being paused. To disable the pausing replace the 25% setting to zero.

edit: Don't know what version you have, but some early releases with this new feature confused BOINC's own science apps processes as source of system load... cat bites own tail kind of.