On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 23:37:32 +0100, Alonzo <n_matter@hotmail.com>
wrote:

the proxy settings are ok now, but our clients are restricted and
cannot dl exe files (and other stuff) and this will stop 98% of our
clients from crunching, i am afraid.

Hmm, can you successfully download wu, but not the *.exe-files?

If so, you can use the "Anonymous platform"-mechanism.
By using this method the *.exe will never be upgraded, only your
self-compiled version is being used.

The optimized seti-applications is using this method, by users
downloading optimized seti-application, unzipping (if windows), and
putting the two files setiathome_4.11_windows_intelx86.exe and
app_info.xml under
boinc-dir\projects\setiathome.berkeley.edu\ 

If you don't want to rely on someone else's optimized compilation and
don't want to build your own version, but instead use the official
SETI@Home-version, download on one computer, and afterwards copy *.exe
to your installs and generate your app_info.xml looking something
like:

<app_info>
   <app>
      <name>setiathome</name>
   </app>
   <file_info>setiathome_4.18_windows_intelx86.exe</name>
      <executable/>
   </file_info>
   <app_version>
      <app_name>setiathome</app_name>
      <version_num>418</version_num>
         <file_ref>setiathome_4.18_windows_intelx86.exe</file_name>
         <main_program/>
      </file_ref>
   </app_version>
</app_info>



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