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= Running BOINC =

BOINC lets you contribute computing power on your home PC to projects doing research in many scientific areas. You can contribute to a single project, or to any combination of them.

 1. [//projects.php Choose] projects
 1. [//download.php Download] and run BOINC software
 1. Enter the project URLs and your account information. 

Or, if you run several projects, try an account manager such as [http://www.gridrepublic.org/ GridRepublic] or [http://bam.boincstats.com/ BAM!]. 

If you would like more information about BOINC, or need help installing BOINC, you can [//help.php talk or chat with a BOINC volunteer].

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== BOINC Reference ==

    * [IntroUser How BOINC works]
    * [UsageRules Usage rules and privacy policy]
    * [BoincAccounts Choosing and joining projects]
    * [SystemRequirements System requirements]
    * [ReleaseNotes Installing and uninstalling BOINC]
    * [wiki:Manager The BOINC Manager]
          * [ManagerSimple Simple view]
          * [ManagerAdvanced Advanced view]
    * [ScreenSaver The BOINC screensaver]
    * [GlobalPrefs Preferences]
    * [//addons.php Add-on software]
    * [DialUp Using BOINC with modem, ISDN and VPN connections]
    * [EnergyUsage Heat and energy considerations]
    * [MultiProjects Participating in multiple projects]
    * [CreditSystem Computation credit]
    * [BenchMark Benchmarks]
    * [BoincTeams Teams]
    * [AccountManagers Account managers]
    * [ClientMessages Client configuration]

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== Advanced Reference ==

    * [RpcAuth Controlling BOINC remotely] 
    * [UnixClient Client configuration (advanced)]
    * [BoincCmd The boinc_cmd command-line tool (Unix)]
    * [AutoStart Starting BOINC on boot (Linux, OS X)]
    * [AnonymousPlatform Make your own client software].
      Run BOINC on uncommon platforms, or inspect the source code before you run it.
    * [MacAdminTools Tools for Mac OS X]
    * [WeakAuth Weak account keys]
    * [http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/manual/v6.7/3_13Setting_Up.html#SECTION004139000000000000000 BOINC as a Condor backfill job]
    * [GridIntegration Grid integration]
    * [ProxyServer Proxy servers] (why BOINC doesn't have them).
    * [ClientSched Client Scheduling Policies]
    * [HostId Host identification and merging]
    * [ManagerSkin Creating a skin for the BOINC Manager]
    * [WinDeploy Deploying BOINC on Windows networks]
    * [BoincPapers Papers and talks on BOINC]
    * [SandboxUser Client security and sandboxing]
    * [StolenComputers Locating stolen computers]
    * [CoreClient Core client executable]

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== Help and troubleshooting ==
 * [//help.php Interactive help]
 * [TroubleshootClient Troubleshooting BOINC]

== About BOINC ==
 * [VersionHistory Version history]
 * [DownloadOther Other sources of BOINC client software]
 * [OtherVolunteer Other ways to volunteer]