diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index b64914d423..6d54d227a1 100755
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -26915,3 +26915,15 @@ David  8 April 2005
         app_graphics.C
     html/inc/
         host.inc
+
+David  8 April 2005
+	- Manager: removed extraneous stuff from About box
+	- Manager: don't show version number in status bar
+
+	clientgui/
+		DlgAbout.cpp
+		DlgSelectComputer.cpp
+		MainFrame.cpp
+	lib/
+		gui_rpc_client.C
+
diff --git a/clientgui/DlgAbout.cpp b/clientgui/DlgAbout.cpp
index b8295b07cb..fea54762c0 100644
--- a/clientgui/DlgAbout.cpp
+++ b/clientgui/DlgAbout.cpp
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ void CDlgAbout::CreateControls() {
 
     wxStaticText* itemStaticText3 = new wxStaticText;
     itemStaticText3->Create(itemDialog1, wxID_STATIC, _("BOINC Manager"), wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize, wxALIGN_CENTRE);
-    itemStaticText3->SetFont(wxFont(24, wxDEFAULT, wxNORMAL, wxBOLD, FALSE, _T("")));
-    itemBoxSizer2->Add(itemStaticText3, 0, wxALIGN_CENTER_HORIZONTAL|wxALL|wxADJUST_MINSIZE, 5);
+    itemStaticText3->SetFont(wxFont(16, wxDEFAULT, wxNORMAL, wxBOLD, FALSE, _T("")));
+    itemBoxSizer2->Add(itemStaticText3, 0, wxALIGN_CENTER_HORIZONTAL|wxALIGN_CENTER_VERTICAL|wxALL|wxADJUST_MINSIZE, 5);
 
     wxBoxSizer* itemBoxSizer4 = new wxBoxSizer(wxHORIZONTAL);
     itemBoxSizer2->Add(itemBoxSizer4, 0, wxALIGN_CENTER_HORIZONTAL|wxALL, 5);
@@ -119,11 +119,6 @@ void CDlgAbout::CreateControls() {
     wxBoxSizer* itemBoxSizer5 = new wxBoxSizer(wxVERTICAL);
     itemBoxSizer4->Add(itemBoxSizer5, 0, wxALIGN_CENTER_VERTICAL|wxALL, 5);
 
-    wxBitmap itemStaticBitmap6Bitmap(itemDialog1->GetBitmapResource(wxT("res/boincsm.xpm")));
-    wxStaticBitmap* itemStaticBitmap6 = new wxStaticBitmap;
-    itemStaticBitmap6->Create(itemDialog1, wxID_STATIC, itemStaticBitmap6Bitmap, wxDefaultPosition, wxSize(50, 50), 0);
-    itemBoxSizer5->Add(itemStaticBitmap6, 0, wxALIGN_LEFT|wxALL, 5);
-
     wxFlexGridSizer* itemFlexGridSizer7 = new wxFlexGridSizer(0, 2, 0, 0);
     itemBoxSizer4->Add(itemFlexGridSizer7, 0, wxALIGN_CENTER_VERTICAL|wxALL, 5);
 
@@ -135,14 +130,6 @@ void CDlgAbout::CreateControls() {
     itemStaticText9->Create(itemDialog1, wxID_STATIC, _T(""), wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize, 0);
     itemFlexGridSizer7->Add(itemStaticText9, 0, wxALIGN_LEFT|wxALIGN_CENTER_VERTICAL|wxLEFT|wxRIGHT|wxADJUST_MINSIZE, 5);
 
-    wxStaticText* itemStaticText10 = new wxStaticText;
-    itemStaticText10->Create(itemDialog1, wxID_STATIC, _("Licence type:"), wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize, 0);
-    itemFlexGridSizer7->Add(itemStaticText10, 0, wxALIGN_RIGHT|wxALIGN_CENTER_VERTICAL|wxLEFT|wxRIGHT|wxADJUST_MINSIZE, 5);
-
-    wxStaticText* itemStaticText11 = new wxStaticText;
-    itemStaticText11->Create(itemDialog1, wxID_STATIC, _("Lesser GNU Public License"), wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize, 0);
-    itemFlexGridSizer7->Add(itemStaticText11, 0, wxALIGN_LEFT|wxALIGN_CENTER_VERTICAL|wxLEFT|wxRIGHT|wxADJUST_MINSIZE, 5);
-
     wxStaticText* itemStaticText12 = new wxStaticText;
     itemStaticText12->Create(itemDialog1, wxID_STATIC, _("Copyright:"), wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize, 0);
     itemFlexGridSizer7->Add(itemStaticText12, 0, wxALIGN_RIGHT|wxALIGN_TOP|wxLEFT|wxRIGHT|wxADJUST_MINSIZE, 5);
@@ -155,10 +142,6 @@ void CDlgAbout::CreateControls() {
     itemStaticText14->Create(itemDialog1, wxID_STATIC, _("Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing"), wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize, 0);
     itemBoxSizer2->Add(itemStaticText14, 0, wxALIGN_CENTER_HORIZONTAL|wxALL|wxADJUST_MINSIZE, 5);
 
-    wxStaticText* itemStaticText15 = new wxStaticText;
-    itemStaticText15->Create(itemDialog1, wxID_STATIC, _("A software platform for distributed computing using volunteered computer resources"), wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize, 0);
-    itemBoxSizer2->Add(itemStaticText15, 0, wxALIGN_CENTER_HORIZONTAL|wxALL|wxADJUST_MINSIZE, 5);
-
     wxStaticText* itemStaticText16 = new wxStaticText;
     itemStaticText16->Create(itemDialog1, wxID_STATIC, _("http://boinc.berkeley.edu/"), wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize, 0);
     itemBoxSizer2->Add(itemStaticText16, 0, wxALIGN_CENTER_HORIZONTAL|wxALL|wxADJUST_MINSIZE, 5);
diff --git a/clientgui/DlgSelectComputer.cpp b/clientgui/DlgSelectComputer.cpp
index 388e7cb07a..9d31a6ebe8 100644
--- a/clientgui/DlgSelectComputer.cpp
+++ b/clientgui/DlgSelectComputer.cpp
@@ -154,8 +154,7 @@ void CDlgSelectComputer::CreateControls()
  * Should we show tooltips?
  */
 
-bool CDlgSelectComputer::ShowToolTips()
-{
+bool CDlgSelectComputer::ShowToolTips(){
     return TRUE;
 }
 
diff --git a/clientgui/MainFrame.cpp b/clientgui/MainFrame.cpp
index 80eae7b0b9..ef6944eb41 100644
--- a/clientgui/MainFrame.cpp
+++ b/clientgui/MainFrame.cpp
@@ -1136,8 +1136,7 @@ void CMainFrame::OnConnectError(CMainFrameEvent&) {
     wxLogTrace(wxT("Function Start/End"), wxT("CMainFrame::OnConnectError - Function Begin"));
 
     ::wxMessageBox(
-        _("The BOINC client you have attempted to connect too could not be reached. Please "
-          "check the computer name/password and try again."),
+        _("Connection failed.\nIf using a Client Firewall, please try again."),
         _("Connection Error"),
         wxICON_ERROR
     );
@@ -1328,12 +1327,8 @@ void CMainFrame::OnFrameRender(wxTimerEvent &event) {
                         strTitle.Printf(_("%s - (%s)"), m_strBaseTitle.c_str(), strComputerName.c_str());
                         strStatusText.Printf(_("Connecting to %s"), strComputerName.c_str());
                     } else {
-                        setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, "C");
-                        strBuffer.Printf(wxT("%.2f"), pDoc->GetCoreClientVersion()/100.0);
-                        setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, strLocale.c_str());
-
                         strTitle.Printf(_("%s - (%s)"), m_strBaseTitle.c_str(), strComputerName.c_str());
-                        strStatusText.Printf(_("Connected to %s (%s)"), strComputerName.c_str(), strBuffer.c_str());
+                        strStatusText.Printf(_("Connected to %s"), strComputerName.c_str());
                     }
 
                     SetTitle(strTitle);
diff --git a/lib/gui_rpc_client.C b/lib/gui_rpc_client.C
index e75e2dd4fa..4f9f7e0eb7 100644
--- a/lib/gui_rpc_client.C
+++ b/lib/gui_rpc_client.C
@@ -975,11 +975,14 @@ int RPC_CLIENT::init(const char* host) {
     }
     retval = connect(sock, (const sockaddr*)(&addr), sizeof(addr));
     if (retval) {
+#ifdef _WIN32
+        printf( "connect 1: Windows Socket Error '%d'\n", WSAGetLastError() );
+#endif
         addr.sin_port = htons(GUI_RPC_PORT);
         retval = connect(sock, (const sockaddr*)(&addr), sizeof(addr));
         if (retval) {
 #ifdef _WIN32
-            printf( "Windows Socket Error '%d'\n", WSAGetLastError() );
+            printf( "connect 2: Windows Socket Error '%d'\n", WSAGetLastError() );
 #endif
             perror("connect");
             close();