I use a dialup connection. The flashing icon means that a wu is finished and waiting to be sent in.
Using the energy saving feature still means that I would have to wake up the screen periodically to check work progress.
I really wanted to hear from someone from WCG about this for a definitive answer.

Hello mycrofth,
Thank you for responding. I don't use the screen saver. What I was referring to was the Primary Task Information screen. When a unit finishes, the Proteome_Folding Project explanation disappears along with the progress bar. At the bottom, to the right of the WCG logo, it says "Agent paused, see www.wcgrid.org/cause.html" At this point, I close the window, dial up my ISP and connect, reopen the agent and send the wu in.
When I was crunching for ud, their taskbar icon would add a flashing yellow exclamation point when a WU completed, drawing attention to it and making it easier to keep tabs on work progress without having the Task Info screen open all the time. Having this screen open all the time doesn't really matter on a crt, but on an lcd it can cause damage over a relatively short time.
I realize your people have more important things to do, but it seems that this feature may already be in the United Devices software we are using and it could be a matter of simply turning it on. I can't be the only member on dialup and this little item is most useful to us.
Once again, I appreciate your getting back to me in a timely manner.

John.

That would be fine. Anything to call attention to it.

Thanks,
John