diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 4091d16cf7..465ee89584 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -9212,3 +9212,11 @@ Rom    13 Nov 2009
         boincsvcctrl.vcproj
         boinctray.vcproj
         libboinc.vcproj
+
+David  13 Nov 2009
+    - client: fix exclusive_gpu_app feature so that it responds
+        within 10 sec instead of 60 sec
+
+    client/
+        app.cpp
+        log_flags.cpp
diff --git a/client/app.cpp b/client/app.cpp
index 8661997629..f1d6d654d2 100644
--- a/client/app.cpp
+++ b/client/app.cpp
@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@ void ACTIVE_TASK_SET::free_mem() {
 bool app_running(vector<PROCINFO>& piv, const char* p) {
     for (unsigned int i=0; i<piv.size(); i++) {
         PROCINFO& pi = piv[i];
+        //msg_printf(0, MSG_INFO, "running: [%s]", pi.command);
         if (!strcmp(pi.command, p)) {
             return true;
         }
@@ -348,6 +349,7 @@ void ACTIVE_TASK_SET::get_memory_usage() {
     }
 
     exclusive_app_running = false;
+    bool old_egar = exclusive_gpu_app_running;
     exclusive_gpu_app_running = false;
     for (i=0; i<config.exclusive_apps.size(); i++) {
         if (app_running(piv, config.exclusive_apps[i].c_str())) {
@@ -361,6 +363,9 @@ void ACTIVE_TASK_SET::get_memory_usage() {
             break;
         }
     }
+    if (old_egar != exclusive_gpu_app_running) {
+        gstate.request_schedule_cpus("Exclusive GPU app status changed");
+    }
 
 #if 0
     // the following is not useful because most OSs don't
diff --git a/client/log_flags.cpp b/client/log_flags.cpp
index 5486705f42..c0da02e046 100644
--- a/client/log_flags.cpp
+++ b/client/log_flags.cpp
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ static void show_gpu_ignore(vector<int>& devs, const char* name) {
 // TODO: show other config options
 //
 void CONFIG::show() {
+    unsigned int i;
     if (config.ncpus>=0) {
         msg_printf(NULL, MSG_INFO, "Config: use at most %d CPUs", config.ncpus);
     }
@@ -192,6 +193,18 @@ void CONFIG::show() {
     }
     show_gpu_ignore(ignore_cuda_dev, "NVIDIA");
     show_gpu_ignore(ignore_ati_dev, "ATI");
+    for (i=0; i<exclusive_apps.size(); i++) {
+        msg_printf(NULL, MSG_INFO,
+            "Config: don't compute while %s is running",
+            exclusive_apps[i].c_str()
+        );
+    }
+    for (i=0; i<exclusive_gpu_apps.size(); i++) {
+        msg_printf(NULL, MSG_INFO,
+            "Config: don't use GPUs while %s is running",
+            exclusive_gpu_apps[i].c_str()
+        );
+    }
 }
 
 CONFIG::CONFIG() {