The error is probably not with SoB. It seems that the IP-addy for the default server (sb.pns.net) is not correct. However you can download the results and get new WUs from the server "www.seventeenorbust.com".
Here is a "How to":
Caution: for this fix to work you need to edit the registry. If you mess up the registry, your comp may not work properly and you may loose data and time. Therefore: if you do not know what to do and how to edit the keys in the registry, do not do it.
If you mess up, the responsibility is yours.
Read the whole How-to before doing any changes to the registry. If you are not sure how to do this don't. The addy will correct it self after some time and it is not worth the risk.
A. Before doing the following shut down sb.exe either by clicking first the stop-button and then the exit button or - if you have installed it as a service - by stopping it using the service manager.
You can not change the addy using sb.exe config option because the server addy is too long (I have tried it). therefore:
B. Change the sb.exe-keys in the registry:
1. Go to the "Run"-box and start "Regedit".
2. Search (by going to the Edit-menu and choosing "search") for the string
sb.pns.net. It should be in the key "server".
3. Click on the word "server", and a editing box containing the string sb.pns.net should open.
4. Replace the string
sb.pns.net with the string
www.seventeenorbust.com.
5. Close "regedit".
C. Start the sb.exe or start the service (using the service manager) or restart the computer.
D. Check that the program connects to the server: click the config button and see what server is registered or wait until the program has crunched a block and sent it away ...
Read a little bit more about this here:
http://www.free-dc.org/forum/s...8298f5a2b318fe&t=13309