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<title>Preferences</title>
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<h2>Preferences</h2>
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<p>
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You can specify <b>preferences</b> determining and limiting
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how BOINC uses your computers.
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Preferences are divided into two groups:
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<h3>Global preferences</h3>
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<b>Global preferences</b> apply to all projects in which you participate.
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They include:
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<ul>
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<li> Whether work (computation and network transfer) should be done
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while the host is being used (i.e. during keyboard and mouse input).
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<li> Whether work should be done while the computer is being powered
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by batteries (for laptop users).
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<li> Whether to wait for user confirmation before making network connections.
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<li> Min and max days of work to keep on disk.
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If the host is frequently disconnected from the Internet, the min
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should be at least as long as the typical period of disconnection.
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The larger the difference between min and max, the less often
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the BOINC client will connect to the Internet.
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<li> Maximum disk space used by BOINC.
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<li> Maximum percentage of free space used by BOINC.
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<li> Minimum disk space to keep free.
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</ul>
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You can view and edit your global preferences through a web interface,
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at the site of any project in which you participate.
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Changes are automatically propagated to all your hosts;
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this is done the next time the host contacts the project's server,
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so there may be some delay.
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<h3>Per-project preferences</h3>
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There is a separate set of <b>per-project preferences</b>
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for each project in which you participate.
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They include:
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<ul>
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<li> Resource share: if projects contend for resources,
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the amount allocated to a project is proportional to this number.
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<li> Whether to show email address on web site
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<li> Whether project should send emails to user
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<li> Project-specific preferences (defined by the project;
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e.g., to specify graphics color schemes).
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</ul>
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<p>
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You can view and edit per-project preferences through
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a web interface at the project's web site.
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