On 5 Jul 2006 13:51:07 -0700, "Al" <astronomer@mailinator.com> wrote:

f/fgeorge wrote:

In the Windows version go to the tasks tab, right click o nthe bad
unit and then in the left column click abort. It will ask 'are you
sure', say yes and Berkley will be notified on your next update that
the unit needs to be sent to someone else. Not a problem.
There are ALOT of bad units out there, after 15 people have aborted or
otherwise not crunched the unit, Berkeley tries to crunch it.

I've had one of those beasties, too.  However, I don't see an 'Abort'
option. Is it for later BOINC clients?  I'm using 4.19.

Yes, you should upgrade asap! The problem with your older version is
that it still tries to get credit thru the amount of time it thinks
you spent crunching. The newer version, the newest is 5.4.9, uses the
actual time spent as a basis for requesting credit. MUCH more
accurate, and in your case you will probably get more credits per unit
using the newer version.