Fight Cancer with your PC--->BOINC

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Over at Techpowerup we have been using our spare PC power to fight different diseases such as Cancer, Child Hood Cancer, Aids, Influenza Antiviral Drug Search, and many more.

I run this program on my PC at 100% full time, and can not tell that it is ever on at all. In some games you may have to turn it off, or turn it down a little, because it may lag a little. Almost all the time you can not tell that it is on.

Any PC will work, fast or slow it does not matter. It runs in your task bar next to the clock.

To install it it is very easy

While this is a rather simple task, i do understand that it can be complicated to those of us that may be a little less tech inclined as others.
To get started first click HERE
to register under TPU's team.

then download this... HERE

you should now have this installer..... (double click it to launch)

you'll see this screen first, click next to continue...

decide whether or not you agree and click next...

IF you want a standard instal just click next at the following screen. if you want to specify any specific location to store the data, disable use of the WCG screensaver or run BOINC as a service then click advanced...

(ADVANCED SCREEN)

click next and you'll be greeted with this fine screen...

click install and BOINC will install and you'll see this screen when its finished....

click finish.

once the installer closes you'll get this prompt...

your pc needs to be restarted before running BOINC for the first time. you may select yes to reboot now or no if you plan to reboot after taking care of something else first.

After Reboot
once the machine has rebooted you'll have this upon booting to the desktop... click next

you need to attach your machine to a project. the project we are working on is called World Community Grid. find it, select it, and click next.

type in your username and password and click next...

once connected you are set. click finish

you will now have this screen...

after a few seconds it should have downloaded the work unit data and begun to work and you'll see this screen...

now you can click the advanced view button at the lower right hand corner and you'll see all the details you may want...

this is a basic setup of BOINC. you can now explore and learn all the tricks to get your machine to run faster. one tip i will give you though... if you run a 64bit OS then you should use 64bit BOINC as its performs a bit better than the 32bit version. you can find it here... Download BOINC client software
Enjoy
NOTE: you may or may not see all the screens depicted above. as BOINC gets updated some options may be combined onto one screen.

To see your stats(DC is the best, but it only counts at x2)

Where to find stats...
Official WCG site ---> https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/team/viewTeamMemberDetail.do?sort=points&teamId=S8TLJ6TFV1
Free-DC stats ---> Team Stats for TechPowerUp! in World Community Grid
Stats-N-Stones ---> World Community Grid Team stats for TechPowerUp! at Stats 'N Stones
Boinc Synergy ---> World Community Grid BOINC Team Statistics for TechPowerUp!
Boinc Stats ---> BOINCstats - BOINC Statistics / BAM! - BOINC Account Manager - Detailed user, host, team and country statistics with charts for BOINC.
All Project Stats ---> Index - Boinc all project statistics - Distributed computing statistics

If you need any help don't stop yourself from popping in the fourm to ask any questions.

Here is a direct link
World Community Grid (WCG) - techPowerUp! Forums


Also there is a contest to win a new PC, if you can gather the points. More details here.
TechPowerUp Community Crunching/Folding Contest Announced, Score Your Way to a DC-PC - techPowerUp! Forums
If you have a office to run a bunch of machines you could win this LOL.