In article <vdm665hu22e7qs9l2bjlgd71ph8dn40eqa@4ax.com>,
 DaveT <svirtftcyt@yahoo.com> wrote:

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"By any chance", do you happen to know how to get it to request work 
when there are a bunch of failed uploads standing in the way?

Sorry, no. Those who do know can probably be found in the BOINC forums at

<http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_forum.php?id=10> (Qs & Problems)
<http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_forum.php?id=1> (BOINC Manager), or
<http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_forum.php?id=2> (BOINC core client)

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Odysseus