IMO blockchain won't do anything in the event of the UASF anyways

Sure!
We did another update (the one that also updated Claymore 9.7).
It is important that you clear the benchmark (otherwise it will wait up to 24h before attempting the hardware benchmark again, currency benchmark happens continuously).
Settings > Benchmark results > Clear > Save

Let us know if problem solved.

Latest fixes (v1.62a):
(1)   We believe we traced down and fixed the password strength error.
(2)   We believe we also traced down and fixed the benchmarking error – it seems to be related to non-English OS languages.

Please check and let us know if we can put these behind us

not all people. in FH there are generous people raining BTC and other altcoins.

since i am still on a start, maybe i will shift my interest. maybe not focus anymore on making faucets, but maybe focus how to bring them down.

(1)   Make sure you are using version 1.61 (the update should happen automatically when clicking the “Start” button. Look at the top left corner of the WinMiner window to see the version number)
(2)   Go to Settings and on the “General” tab - check the “enable debug log” option
(3)   Go to the “Benchmark results” tab – and press “clear” to remove the previous limited benchmark results
(4)   Exit WinMiner by clicking right click on the WinMiner icon in the tray and choosing “Exit”
(5)   Run WinMiner, wait for Benchmarking to complete, and send us the logs (Help > Send Error Report)

as i have said i am just new. anyway thanks for all your efforts.

faucet scripts are made available for free.

and a single modification of that free script costs $35

Yes it is possible but sorry i can't do it for free, and i guess nobody will do it for free or share their code.
You can hire someone

All you need now is a little patience while WinMiner is benchmarking

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Welcome back and thanks for sending the logs.
We believe we found the issue and resolved it (Apparently a wrong OS architecture identification).
Please try again and let us know if you still have issues.
Team WinMiner

it's add on. what i am thinking is when you click Claim Reward Button -> Goto Shorten Link -> Skip Ad -> Send Reward -> Back to Index.

If your 1080 ti can do 750 sols on equihash which is blood amazing then less electricity you will earn 3.40 per day.