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I made this section by Operating System.
Covered are Windows, Linux , and Mac ( comming soon )
for Basic Install guides please visit My Site
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WINDOWS
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Setting up Folding@Home as a service in Win98/Me
DO NOT USE THIS FOR BORGING COMPUTERS THAT YOU DONT HAVE PERMISSION TO INSTALL IT ON, ITS AGAINST THE LAW
Step 1- Open the registry by typing "regedit" in "Run". This will open the registry window.
Step 2- Click on the "+" next to the "HKEY_CURRENT_USER" directory
Step 3- Then click "software", then "Microsoft", then "Windows", then "Current Version" and then finally "run"
Setp 4- Click on "Edit" in the tool bar and then "New" and select "String Value". This places a new string in the Run key (the windows on the right).
Step 5- Right click on "new value#1" and rename it to "Folding@Home4"
Step 6- now right click the "Folding@Home" string and select "Modify" and type in the full path to the Folding@Home console (ie C
rogram files\Folding@home\FAH4console.exe)
---Step 7 is OPTIONAL-- it is only needed if the console is not hidden on startup.---
Step 7- At this point you should use hideit X to automatically hide the client. You can find it here http://home.comcast.net/~wxdude1/emsite/hideitx.html This can be done by placing "hideItx.exe" in the same directory that FAH is installed to. Next, make a short cut to "Hideitx" and place it in the start up folder. Right click on the shortcut and click "properties". Look at the target box and put after " C:\Progeam Files\HideItX.exe" ( ir whatever the path is , dont change it) make a space then put in " -starthide " then a space then put in the path to the folding exe. , it should look like " " -starthide C:\Program Files\Folding@home\FAH4-Console.exe"
Now go back to the registry and add another string ( like you did before) and name it "hideitX". Right click on the string and then click modify and put in the target you just edited.
All this should end up with you automatically starting folding and hiding it completely. NOTE: you may have to start the client with the -service( Run in service mode) for this to work. This method has worked for me on some computers, while on others it simply refused to work.
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If the above method does not work for you, then try this:
NOTE: These instructions were written using the Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP Graphical client.
This is because Windows will shut the GUI client down when you turn off the computer. It will cause a warning when you shut down the comp if you use the Text Only version.
These instructions are for installing the 4.x Folding@Home client as a hidden service for Windows 9x/ME. They involve making changes to the Windows registry. If you are uncomfortable doing this or you have no idea what regedit is then you may wish to reconsider. You should also make a backup of the registry before continuing.
Step 1- Install the client as you normally would, then run it and input your user information.
Once your username and team name have been entered and the client downloads a user ID the close the client.
Step 2- Check your startup folder for a shortcut to the client. If one exists then delete it.
Step 3- Now that the folding client has been installed and configured you can begin to make the necessary changes to the registry so that it starts automatically when Windows boots.
Open Regedit and go to the following key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Step 4- You will need to create a new string here. The string can be called whatever you wish to call it, but I recommend "FAH4" so that it can be easily identified.
If you let the installer install the client in its default location then the value for the string would be as follows:
C:\Program Files\Folding@Home\winFAH4-Console.exe -service
Step 5- Once this string has been entered you can close regedit and restart your computer. Once it restarts you should not see the Folding@Home tray icon in the system tray. If it is there then you need to go back to the startup folder and delete the winFAH shortcut and restart.
Finally- If there is no icon then you should check to make sure the client is running. If you have any programs that will monitor your currently running applications then you should check there, or use the CTRL-Alt-Delete command to bring up a list of all currently running apps. If you see winFAH and core_65 in that list then congratulations. You are done
if you need more instuctions for HIDE IT X this is from the weathermans website
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Dial-up folding- how to make your computer auto-dial
good guide, got it off another forum/
WINDOWS 98/ME GUIDE:
Step 1- Goto Control Panel> Internet Options> Connections
Step 2- Click "Always Connect"
Step 3- Highlight default connection then click "setting"
Step 4- Click last (right most) tab
Step 5- set Retry to 10 and Interval to 60 seconds
Step 6- set disconnect to 3 minutes or whatever works for you
Step 7- Check the box "Do not ask to disconnect".
WINDOWS 2000 GUIDE
Look in the Win2k help files in the index and look up dialup connections and under it there is an entry for automating.
Click on it and in the right hand pane is a link to autodial, click on it. It then shows a couple of links to configure autodial and to start the remote access auto connection manager.
You will have to go into both of them and follow the steps, which are fairly easy. While you are in the RAACM, configure it to start the service automatically as it set set on manual by default. After you've done this it will be configured and close out the help files.
The first time that it goes to connect after starting the remote access auto connection manager and enabling auto dialup, it will ask if you want to connect. Then, it will ask you which connection to use, even if you only have 1 dialup account on the computer. Then it will ask if you want to be asked all this again before dialing the next time.
Be sure to tell it not to ask again or the next time it finishes a WU, it will come up with this same dialogue again. Also, be sure to set the dialup to automatically disconnect after 5-10 minutes instead of relying on your ISP to knock you off for inactivity.
WINDOWS XP GUIDE
Step 1- Go to Control Panel - Internet Properties. In the Connections tab, select "Dial whenever a network connection is not present". This will allow Windows to dial your ISP whenever a program of any description requests internet access.
Step 2- Select your default dialup, right click, choose Properties - Find Target.
Step 3- Right click on your connection and choose "Set as default connection" (if not already your default connection". Then right click and choose properties. Under the Options tab, set Idle Time to Hanging up to 5 minutes.
Step 4- To see if it works or not disconnect and launch your browser and see if your computer tries to autodial. Hopefully your computer will, then disconnect after 5 minute of inactivity.
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Utilitys to Hide or minimize your Clients!
DO NOT USE THIS FOR BORGING COMPUTERS THAT YOU DONT HAVE PERMISSION TO INSTALL IT ON, ITS AGAINST THE LAW
Hide your clients!
HideItX from the Weatherman. Top Pick!
Firedaemon
HideIt
Minimize your clients ( great for console versions )
4t Tray Minimizer
Tray It!
Shelltoys
Covered are Windows, Linux , and Mac ( comming soon )
for Basic Install guides please visit My Site
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WINDOWS
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Setting up Folding@Home as a service in Win98/Me
DO NOT USE THIS FOR BORGING COMPUTERS THAT YOU DONT HAVE PERMISSION TO INSTALL IT ON, ITS AGAINST THE LAW
Step 1- Open the registry by typing "regedit" in "Run". This will open the registry window.
Step 2- Click on the "+" next to the "HKEY_CURRENT_USER" directory
Step 3- Then click "software", then "Microsoft", then "Windows", then "Current Version" and then finally "run"
Setp 4- Click on "Edit" in the tool bar and then "New" and select "String Value". This places a new string in the Run key (the windows on the right).
Step 5- Right click on "new value#1" and rename it to "Folding@Home4"
Step 6- now right click the "Folding@Home" string and select "Modify" and type in the full path to the Folding@Home console (ie C
rogram files\Folding@home\FAH4console.exe) ---Step 7 is OPTIONAL-- it is only needed if the console is not hidden on startup.---
Step 7- At this point you should use hideit X to automatically hide the client. You can find it here http://home.comcast.net/~wxdude1/emsite/hideitx.html This can be done by placing "hideItx.exe" in the same directory that FAH is installed to. Next, make a short cut to "Hideitx" and place it in the start up folder. Right click on the shortcut and click "properties". Look at the target box and put after " C:\Progeam Files\HideItX.exe" ( ir whatever the path is , dont change it) make a space then put in " -starthide " then a space then put in the path to the folding exe. , it should look like " " -starthide C:\Program Files\Folding@home\FAH4-Console.exe"
Now go back to the registry and add another string ( like you did before) and name it "hideitX". Right click on the string and then click modify and put in the target you just edited.
All this should end up with you automatically starting folding and hiding it completely. NOTE: you may have to start the client with the -service( Run in service mode) for this to work. This method has worked for me on some computers, while on others it simply refused to work.
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If the above method does not work for you, then try this:
NOTE: These instructions were written using the Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP Graphical client.
This is because Windows will shut the GUI client down when you turn off the computer. It will cause a warning when you shut down the comp if you use the Text Only version.
These instructions are for installing the 4.x Folding@Home client as a hidden service for Windows 9x/ME. They involve making changes to the Windows registry. If you are uncomfortable doing this or you have no idea what regedit is then you may wish to reconsider. You should also make a backup of the registry before continuing.
Step 1- Install the client as you normally would, then run it and input your user information.
Once your username and team name have been entered and the client downloads a user ID the close the client.
Step 2- Check your startup folder for a shortcut to the client. If one exists then delete it.
Step 3- Now that the folding client has been installed and configured you can begin to make the necessary changes to the registry so that it starts automatically when Windows boots.
Open Regedit and go to the following key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Step 4- You will need to create a new string here. The string can be called whatever you wish to call it, but I recommend "FAH4" so that it can be easily identified.
If you let the installer install the client in its default location then the value for the string would be as follows:
C:\Program Files\Folding@Home\winFAH4-Console.exe -service
Step 5- Once this string has been entered you can close regedit and restart your computer. Once it restarts you should not see the Folding@Home tray icon in the system tray. If it is there then you need to go back to the startup folder and delete the winFAH shortcut and restart.
Finally- If there is no icon then you should check to make sure the client is running. If you have any programs that will monitor your currently running applications then you should check there, or use the CTRL-Alt-Delete command to bring up a list of all currently running apps. If you see winFAH and core_65 in that list then congratulations. You are done
if you need more instuctions for HIDE IT X this is from the weathermans website
Code:
HideItX - Starts, Hides, Shows, and Kills almost any program!
Put a shortcut to HideItX in your startup folder to start everything when
Windows starts. Put a space between the command and the program
info. If you are hiding, showing, or stopping a program, be sure to put
the exact title of the process including upper and lowercase letters.
You can use multiple commands.
Just separate them with a semi-colon (;). See the example below.
If you start HideItX with no flags HideItX will look in the folder it
is running in and try to find the FAH3Console.exe file. If it finds
the file, HideItX will start the FAH3Console.exe with the following flags
and it will hide the console: -local -forceasm -advmethods
This allows you an easy and simple method of starting your FAH client.
Startup Commands :
-start......Starts any listed client. (use full path info)
-startmin...Starts any listed client minimized (use full path info)
-starthide..Starts and hides any listed client. (use full path info)
-hide.......Hides all open listed client windows.
-delete.....Deletes any file. (use full path info)
-stop.......Shuts down all listed clients.
-show.......Shows all listed client windows currently running.
-ontop......Shows the client and makes it the topmost window.
-offtop.....Shows the client and removes topmost status.
-yespill....Restores UD's icon to system tray.
-nopill.....Removes UD's icon from system tray.
-help.......Shows this message box.
-delay......Puts an X second delay before next command is executed.
Examples:
-starthide c:\Program Files\F@H3\FAH3Console.exe
-start c:\Program Files\F@H3\FAH3Console.exe -service -forceasm;-hide
-hide FAH3Console
-delete C:\Program Files\Distributed Folding Project\foldtrajlite.lock
-stop FAH3Console
-delay 5 (puts a 5 second delay between last command and next one)
-nopill (nothing else, UD specific)
-show UD (UD specific)
-hide UD (UD specific)
Example of a Multi-Command line using semi-colon:
-start c:\Program Files\United Devices\ud.exe;-delay 2;-nopill----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dial-up folding- how to make your computer auto-dial
good guide, got it off another forum/
WINDOWS 98/ME GUIDE:
Step 1- Goto Control Panel> Internet Options> Connections
Step 2- Click "Always Connect"
Step 3- Highlight default connection then click "setting"
Step 4- Click last (right most) tab
Step 5- set Retry to 10 and Interval to 60 seconds
Step 6- set disconnect to 3 minutes or whatever works for you
Step 7- Check the box "Do not ask to disconnect".
WINDOWS 2000 GUIDE
Look in the Win2k help files in the index and look up dialup connections and under it there is an entry for automating.
Click on it and in the right hand pane is a link to autodial, click on it. It then shows a couple of links to configure autodial and to start the remote access auto connection manager.
You will have to go into both of them and follow the steps, which are fairly easy. While you are in the RAACM, configure it to start the service automatically as it set set on manual by default. After you've done this it will be configured and close out the help files.
The first time that it goes to connect after starting the remote access auto connection manager and enabling auto dialup, it will ask if you want to connect. Then, it will ask you which connection to use, even if you only have 1 dialup account on the computer. Then it will ask if you want to be asked all this again before dialing the next time.
Be sure to tell it not to ask again or the next time it finishes a WU, it will come up with this same dialogue again. Also, be sure to set the dialup to automatically disconnect after 5-10 minutes instead of relying on your ISP to knock you off for inactivity.
WINDOWS XP GUIDE
Step 1- Go to Control Panel - Internet Properties. In the Connections tab, select "Dial whenever a network connection is not present". This will allow Windows to dial your ISP whenever a program of any description requests internet access.
Step 2- Select your default dialup, right click, choose Properties - Find Target.
Step 3- Right click on your connection and choose "Set as default connection" (if not already your default connection". Then right click and choose properties. Under the Options tab, set Idle Time to Hanging up to 5 minutes.
Step 4- To see if it works or not disconnect and launch your browser and see if your computer tries to autodial. Hopefully your computer will, then disconnect after 5 minute of inactivity.
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Utilitys to Hide or minimize your Clients!
DO NOT USE THIS FOR BORGING COMPUTERS THAT YOU DONT HAVE PERMISSION TO INSTALL IT ON, ITS AGAINST THE LAW
Hide your clients!
HideItX from the Weatherman. Top Pick!
Firedaemon
HideIt
Minimize your clients ( great for console versions )
4t Tray Minimizer
Tray It!
Shelltoys