TEST MENU
The PrimeNet menu choice lets you configure the type of work you get from the
server. The "Use PrimeNet..."
option can be turned on to switch from the manual method to the automatic
method. The "Request
whatever..." box should be left checked.
However, if you are running a slow computer and don't mind waiting
several months for a single Lucas-Lehmer
test to complete OR you are running a faster computer and would rather do
factoring, then uncheck this box and choose a different type of work to
do. The "Always have at least this
many days of work queued up" value should be changed based on how often
you connect to the Internet. As long as
you connect at least once in the given time period, prime95 will have an
uninterrupted stream of work. However,
the program will not checkout more than 20 exponents no matter what this value
is set at.
The User
Information menu choice lets you change your
name and email address. Your name will
be used in credits and "top producers" web pages. Your email address may be used to send you a
newsletter once every few months.
Select the "Receive occasional newsletters..." checkbox to
enable these emails. The userid you use
will appear in the status pages on the PrimeNet server. You can also set the ComputerID field if you
have several computers and want to keep track of which computers produced which
results. You can create a team by
choosing the "Create a team..." checkbox. The user name you entered becomes the team name and a message is
sent to the server which prevents the team name from changing. Thus, you can handout the userid and
password for others to join your team and these team members are not able to
accidentally or maliciously change the team name that appears on the statistics
page.
The Vacation/Holiday menu choice lets prime95 update the expected completion dates on the PrimeNet server. This will prevent one of your exponents from
being reassigned while you're gone.
Also, if you are taking a long vacation, prime95 will get extra
exponents to test. For example, if you
are leaving for a 6 week vacation, connect to the Internet and choose 42 days.
The Status menu choice will tell you what exponents you are working on. It will
also estimate how long that will take and your chances of finding a new
Mersenne prime.
The Continue menu choice lets you resume prime95 after you have stopped it.
The Stop menu choice lets you stop the program. When you continue, you will pick up right where you left
off. This is the same as hitting the
ESC key.