diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 01cf3eba0f..cdda96ae62 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -8782,6 +8782,9 @@ David  23 Oct 2009
     sched/
         sched_shmem.cpp,h
 
+David  23 Oct 2009
+    - back out the above
+
 Charlie 26 Oct 2009
     - MGR: Add View menu with Cmd+Shift+A to Mac Simple GUI for disabled users 
         because Mac manager cannot eliminate menu bar or detect active screen 
@@ -8812,3 +8815,10 @@ Charlie 29 Oct 2009
     mac_build/
         boinc.xcodeproj/
             project.pbxproj
+
+David  29 Oct 2009
+    - user web: fix bug in "allow beta work" pref.
+        The presence of a bool doesn't mean it's true.
+
+    html/inc/
+        prefs.inc
diff --git a/doc/boinc_news.php b/doc/boinc_news.php
index a4539c8087..29152bee88 100644
--- a/doc/boinc_news.php
+++ b/doc/boinc_news.php
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 <?
 
 $project_news = array(
+array("October 28, 2009",
+    "The Windows builds of 6.6.41 has been pulled from the <a href=http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php>Download</a>
+    page due to a application version mismatch with some Microsoft components. Please use the 6.6.38 version until
+    6.10 is released."
+),
 array("October 21, 2009",
     "An <a href=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703816204574483481567116994.html>article in the Wall Street Journal</a>
     discusses the use of volunteer computing in medical research."
diff --git a/html/inc/prefs.inc b/html/inc/prefs.inc
index 298ded89f0..adf39ff13f 100644
--- a/html/inc/prefs.inc
+++ b/html/inc/prefs.inc
@@ -1547,7 +1547,7 @@ function project_prefs_make_xml($prefs, $primary=true) {
     if ($prefs->resource_share) {
         $xml = $xml ."<resource_share>$prefs->resource_share</resource_share>\n";
     }
-    if (isset($prefs->allow_beta_work)) {
+    if ($prefs->allow_beta_work) {
         $xml = $xml . "<allow_beta_work>1</allow_beta_work>\n";
     }
     if ($prefs->no_cpu) {