On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 10:11:07 -0500, Claude J Ortega
<cj-usenet-01_SPAM@comcast.net> wrote:

In article <lvU6d.497$d_7.225@newssvr30.news.prodigy.com>, mutster8
_nospam_@netscape.net says...

FranticInFresno wrote:

Got a message logging on yesterday that BOINC 4.09 is available.

Any advantages/requirements to upgrading (from Win2k ver of BOINC v4.05)?
Special steps to avoid loss of data/credits?

TIA
FIF

Read in a BOINC forum that 4.09 is primarily a windows fix, one poster
mentioned that it gives a slower benchmark which would reduce your credits
over time.  Not sure if the slower benchmark remark is correct but am
leaving 4.05 on my system for the time being, it works fine in Linux.

I read that the programmers found that the compiler was optimizing out some of 
the benchmark code. They fixed that, so the benchmark is now producing the 
correct values.

4.09 works well on my WinXp systems.

I also read that if you upgrade to a new version, the benchmark will
auto run, after it runs just click and have it run again. The second
time the system will benchmark faster.