mirror of https://github.com/BOINC/boinc.git
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PHP
304 lines
11 KiB
PHP
<?php
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require_once("docutil.php");
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page_head("BOINC Menubar v4.43 (4)");
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echo "
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<h1>Introduction</h1>
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<p>
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BOINC Menubar is a graphical front end for BOINC,
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a software platform developed at Berkeley which allows volunteers
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such as yourself to contribute unused processor cycles to help
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solve problems in physics, medicine, climatology, astronomy, and more.
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Combining tens of thousands of computers,
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BOINC users form what is effectively the most powerful supercomputer
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on the planet.
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<p>
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BOINC Menubar provides a simple interface for BOINC,
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eliminating the need for any command-line typing.
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It does not have a main window, application menu, or dock icon.
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Instead, everything is controlled from a small icon which
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appears in the upper right hand corner of your screen.
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Clicking on this icon produces a menu which provides you
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access to all the features of BOINC Menubar.
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<p> <img src=screenshots/menu.jpg width=299 height=474><br>
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(Figure 1)
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<h1>Getting Started</h1>
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<h3>First-time BOINC Participants</h3>
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<p>
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If you are new to BOINC,
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then you need to create accounts for projects
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in which you would like to participate.
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Please visit the main BOINC site
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(<a href=http://boinc.berkeley.edu/>http://boinc.berkeley.edu/</a>)
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for a list of popular projects.
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<p>
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When you create an account, you will be sent an email containing a URL
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and Account Key.
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Collect this information and skip down to the 'Project Manager'
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section for information on how to set up BOINC Menubar to run these projects.
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<h3>Returning BOINC Participants</h3>
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<p>
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If you already have a BOINC account and have run the 'boinc'
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command-line on this computer, you will need to move existing files
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to a new location.
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Locate the folder which served as the launch path when you ran the 'boinc'
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command.
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It should contain such files and folders as 'client_state.xml',
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'slots', and 'projects'.
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<p>
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Copy all these files (not the enclosing folder itself)
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into '~/Library/Application Support/BOINC Data/'
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<p>
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Now when you run BOINC Menubar and select 'Manage Projects...' from the
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status menu,
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you should find a list of the projects you are currently participating in.
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<h1>Managing Projects</h1>
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<h3>Adding Projects</h3>
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<p>
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Before adding projects, collect the emails containing the URLs
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and Account Keys for each project.
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Select 'Manage Projects...' from the status menu.
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<p>
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<img src=screenshots/menuMouseOnManageProjects.jpg width=300 height=473><br>
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(Figure 2)
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This will open up the 'Project Manager'.
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<img src=screenshots/projectManager.jpg width=499 height=262><br> (Figure 3)
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<p>
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Click the 'Add' button.
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This will produce a new sheet in which you can paste in a URL and Account Key.
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<p>
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<img src=screenshots/projectManagerWithAddProjectSheet.jpg width=502 height=263><br>
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(Figure 4)
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<p>
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After you have finished, click 'OK' and the project will be added.
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<p>
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<strong>Note: </strong>Please be patient as it can take a few moments for a project to be added.
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<h3>Updating, Resetting, and Removing Projects:</h3>
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Select 'Manage Projects...' from the status menu (Figure 2).
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This will open up the 'Project Manager' (Figure 3).
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<p>
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Highlight the project you wish to update, reset, or remove
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by clicking its name.
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The 'Remove', 'Reset', and 'Update' buttons
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at the bottom of the project manager window will be enabled.
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<p>
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<img src=screenshots/projectManagerButtonsEnabled.jpg width=498 height=261><br>
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(Figure 5)
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<p>
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Clicking 'Update' causes BOINC to contact a project's web site
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to obtain new preferences.
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This will also report completed results and get new work if needed.
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<p>
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Clicking 'Reset' clears all pending work for a project.
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Use this if there is a problem that is preventing your computer from working.
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<p>
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Clicking 'Remove' will remove the selected project.
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<p>
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<strong>Hint:</strong> As indicated in the project manager,
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double clicking a project's name or URL will take you to a projects web site.
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This is particularly convenient if you want to change
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a project's preferences or view statistics.
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<h1>The Status Menu</h1>
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<p>
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<img src=screenshots/menu.jpg width=299 height=474><br>
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(Figure 6)
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<h3> </h3>
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<h3>Controlling BOINC Using BOINC Menubar</h3>
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<p>
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Once BOINC Menubar has some projects to run,
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you can now use the menu to start and stop BOINC.
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<p>
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To start BOINC running, simply select 'Start' from the status menu.
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BOINC will start running in the background.
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<p>
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If you wish to see exactly what BOINC is doing while it is running,
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select 'Display Log' from the status menu.
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This will display a window containing all the output produced by BOINC.
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<p>
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<img src=screenshots/logWindow.jpg width=685 height=332><br>
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(Figure 7)
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<p>
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If you want to stop BOINC running for any reason, simply select 'Stop'.
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Quitting BOINC Menubar automatically stops BOINC if it is running.
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<p>
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You may force BOINC to run CPU benchmarks by selecting
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'Run CPU Benchmarks' from the status menu.
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Note that you only need to do this if you have recently modified
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your computer's hardware.
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<h3>Menu Statistics</h3>
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<p>
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The status menu contains four pieces of information:
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<p>
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The 'Current Project' is simply the project or projects currently
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being run by BOINC.
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The current project will change from time to time
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as BOINC stops and starts other projects.
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<p>
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The 'Work Completed' indicates what percentage of the current work
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unit has been completed for the current project.
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The 'Project Credit' is the amount of credit you have received
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for the project which is currently running.
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This is the same amount as appears on the project's web site
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and includes credit which you have received by running BOINC
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on other computers as well.
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<p>
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The 'Total Credit' is the amount of credit you have received
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for all projects which BOINC Menubar knows about.
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That is, if you are participating in four projects on this computer,
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then the total credit will be the sum of all four project credits.
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<p>
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<strong>Note: </strong>The amount of credit displayed by BOINC Menubar
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may not be <em>exactly</em> the same as you find on project web sites.
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This is because credit is only updated when a computer contacts
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the projects web site to send results or receive new data.
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If the amount of credit differs from what you see on the web,
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the amount will be updated next time the project contacts its web site.
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<h3>Menubar Statistics</h3>
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<p>
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The menubar contains two pieces of information:</p>
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<p>
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A small icon indicates the current project or projects. Listed below are the most common projects and their corresponding icons.</p>
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<p><img src=screenshots/CPIcon.jpg width=15 height=15> - climateprediction.net
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<p><img src=screenshots/EAHIcon.jpg width=15 height=15> - Einstein@home
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<p><img src=screenshots/PPAHIcon.jpg width=15 height=15> - Predictor@home
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<p><img src=screenshots/SAHIcon.jpg width=15 height=15> - SETI@home
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<p><img src=screenshots/BOINCIcon.jpg width=15 height=15> - Default icon for all other projects
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<p>
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The menubar also displays a graphical representation of the completed percentage of the current work unit as a vertical 'progress bar'.</p>
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<h1>Preferences</h1>
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<p> <img src=screenshots/preferencesWindow.jpg width=534 height=296><br>
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(Figure 8)
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<h3>General Settings: </h3>
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<p>
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Select 'Start BOINC On Application Launch' if you want BOINC to
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start running every time you open BOINC Menubar.
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You might find this particularly useful if you want BOINC
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to be running all the time.
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<p>
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<strong>Hint:</strong> You can set BOINC Menubar to auto-launch
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whenever you login by adding BOINC Menubar to the login items
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in the 'Accounts' pane in 'System Preferences'.
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Combining this with 'Start BOINC On Application Launch'
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will ensure that BOINC is running at all times.
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<p>
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Select 'Display Log On Application Launch' if you wish the Log window to
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open automatically every time you open BOINC Menubar.
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<p>
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Select 'Share Data With Other Users' if you wish data to be shared
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with other users running BOINC Menubar on your computer.
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The data will be moved to a location where other users can access
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and contribute to it.
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<p>
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<strong>Note:</strong> Only administrative users can set up BOINC Menubar
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to share data with other users, but all users can contribute.
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<p>
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Select 'Unlimited Scrollback' if you would like to keep all
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the output produced by BOINC.
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By default, the BOINC Menubar keeps the last 10,000 lines output by BOINC.
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<h3>Proxy Settings:</h3>
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<p>
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If you need to use a proxy, first select the type of proxy you are using:
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HTTP or SOCKS.
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Next, enter the address of the proxy.
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If the proxy requires a username and password,
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click the "Set password..." button.
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This will produce a new sheet in which you can enter your username
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and password (Figure 9).
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<p><img src=screenshots/preferencesWindowWithProxyPasswordSheet.jpg width=528 height=294><br>
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(Figure 9)
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<p>Click "OK" to save
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<h1>Acknowledgements and Support</h1>
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<p>
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BOINC Menubar was developed by
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<a href=http://www.greenkeepersoftware.com>GreenKeeper Software</a>,
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which has made BOINC Menubar freely available for all BOINC participants.
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If you wish, you can make a
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<a href=http://www.greenkeepersoftware.com/donate.html>donation</a>
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to GreenKeeper Software to support further development of BOINC Menubar
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and future GreenKeeper Software products.
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<p>
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If you have questions about, problems with, or comments concerning
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BOINC Menubar, please contact GreenKeeper Software directly by
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email (<a href=mailto:developer@greenkeepersoftware.com>support@greenkeepersoftware.com</a>).
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If you are reporting a bug, please be as specific as possible.
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<p>
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Also, please be aware that some problems may be a result of BOINC or
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projects running on the BOINC platform and not BOINC Menubar itself.
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If you are unsure of the source of the problem,
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go ahead and contact GreenKeeper Software anyway and we will do
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our very best to help you or refer you to people who can.
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<p>
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<em><strong>Disclaimer:</strong></em> Every effort has been made on the part
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of GreenKeeper Software to fully test and debug BOINC Menubar.
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It should, therefore, not cause you to have any problems.
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However, you are using BOINC Menubar at your own risk.
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Any harm caused as a result of this software is not the fault of
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GreenKeeper Software or the BOINC developers.
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<h1> History </h1>
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<p>
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<strong>Version 4.25 (1) </strong>
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<ul>
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<li>First Release (Based on GreenKeeper Software's Deep Thought v1.1)</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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<p><strong>Version 4.25 (2)</strong></p>
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<ul>
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<li>Adds support for HTTP and SOCKS proxies</li>
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<li>Adds support for dual processor machines </li>
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<li>Fixes a bug which caused the menubar to disappear while leaving BOINC running in the background </li>
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<li>Fixes a bug which caused the application to freeze when choosing "Stop" or "Quit BOINC Menubar"</li>
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<li>Various other fixes and improvements</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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<p><strong>Version 4.37 (3)</strong></p>
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<ul>
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<li>Includes improved BOINC client</li>
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<li>Fixes a problem which prevented some users from using proxies</li>
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<li>Now displays the current status in the menubar by changing the icon and indicating the amount of work completed</li>
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<li>Fixes a bug on dual processor machines where the status of both processes was not always being displayed </li>
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<li>Adds a preference to share data between users </li><li>Improves security by hiding and encrypting proxy password</li>
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<li>Adds ability to manually run benchmarks</li>
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<li>Improved efficiency</li>
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</ul>
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<p><strong>Version 4.43 (4)</strong></p>
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<ul>
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<li>Includes improved BOINC client</li></ul>
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?>
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