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I started folding under my new name yesterday. Even before 1 WU has been completed i have been credited 511 points. It says that i have completed 1 WU. Is it normal for this to happen?

If not how can i reset my points back to zero?

Pick a different username. If you already have points, before submitting even one WU then you are folding under someone else's username.

since there is a passkey how can i fold under someone elses name? And i dont want to change my username

Passkeys and user names are not related like that. You can fold with any user name combined with any valid passkey.

If more than one person happens to fold under "Nilushan" you can still separate out your points. Search with that username and your passkey on the PG stats page. Only the points with your passkey will be shown. Or your name and specific team number, if you have one of those.

i check in the folding@home donor stats page as you said with my name and passkey. It showed me the result. Still it says 511 points

Are you sure you didn't complete a WU? I'm assuming from the point value that you have an ATI/AMD card, and AMD WUs don't take too long to finish.

If you want to check further, look at the log file. If you're running v7, go to C:\ProgramData\FAHClient, and open the file called log.txt. If you're running some version of v6, search for the file called FAHlog.txt. If you're having trouble parsing it, copy and paste ALL the contents in a new post here inside Code tags (selectable if you're in the Full Editor, and make sure to post the entire thing to ensure you don't leave any important bits out). Or, just search it yourself for "100%" to see if any WUs completed.

I cant find a folder named FAHclient in C:Program data

Can someone please give me a link as to where the log might be

Somebody named Nilushan folded for Team [KNIGHT] (177184) back in 2010-01-06. They completed 3 WUs for a total score of 5600. You probably won't find a log from that long ago.

To find the log for the Windows version of FAHClient, go to Start+All_Programs+FAHClient+Data_Directory.

That was me. I folded under that name a long time ago. But i stopped. Now recently i started folding again. This time i wanted to fold under the name [KNIGHT]

fah user names need to be alphanumeric, special characters are not supported.

FAH Download: How do I pick a user name?

Ah that explains minorly odd behavior I saw in the stats system when I used an apostrophe in a username once! By the way, does the v7 deny usernames with non-alphanumeric characters in them? I don't recall reading anything specifically about a feature like that.

There's more reading...

V7 Ticket #506: Add warning for Special Characters in Donor Field

A related ticket was listed in a FAH NEWS post: Progress to the v7 client release

* Handle XML special characters '"&<> in donor name in Windows installer.

Now i am really confused as to what characters are allowed and not allowed. Please tell me as to which is allowed and which is not

Only letters and numbers are officially supported. Other special characters may not be specifically denied, but neither are they documented either.

Use of any characters other than numbers or letters, with the noted exceptions of an at symbol "@" and a period "." to enter an email address as your user name, or an underscore "_" for a space are not supported. The use of other special characters is at your own risk.

Sorry, I can only be as clear as the documentation states.