Jiggmin's Village

Want to cure diseases and take over the world at the same time? Double win! Here's how to install Folding@Home.

Point your browser to Folding@Home's start page, and download the version that appears on the page (it should auto-detect your operating system).

Before installing, make sure you have admin permissions on your computer.  If you don't, you'll want to get your computer's administrator nearby since Folding@Home requires admin permissions to be installed.

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Open the installer you just downloaded and click next.


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Choose Express Install.


Fill in the fields as follows:

• Put whatever username you want (typically your PR2 username) in the Donor field.
  
• Set your team number to 143016. (That's our team!)
  
• You can get a passkey by pointing your browser to https://apps.foldingathome.org/passkey/create.  You don't need to use a passkey, but you can get way more points if you do!
  
• Leave the Preferred Mode set to SMP. You can also change it to GPU if you know what you're doing.
  

When you're finished, click install.  The program will do its thing, and after a while, click finish, yo. Congratulations! Folding@Home is now installed and running on your computer.


A window like this may appear. It shows you what Folding@Home is working on. You can just x out of this or minimize it. No worries, Folding@Home will keep running in the background.


If you ever want to check on a work unit's progress, double-click the Folding@Home icon in your system tray.  Note: work units are automatically cashed in for points when they're completed.


Doubling-clicking the Folding@Home icon will bring up the window again, and then bake you some delicious brownies. For science.

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For a more advanced guide (including how to get more points), see AmbientFiction's Beta Client Install Guide.
For more resources, try the links listed on JV's old Folding@Home Directory.

Happy folding!