SMP-install guide

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Before you do anything it is essential to be logged into Windows with administrator rights which has password (or trouble will arise at step 8)

This is guide is done with Windows XP 32Bbit.
So time to upgrade the smp-client to version 6.22. Old expires 2nd of August!
No I will only install MPICH -version since it is working with my machine now ok.
Do not know much install actually differs from XP32bit, this client should work in
Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008.

STEP 1:
Get it here
Copy it for example to the desktop, size 4.9MB.


STEP 1.1: (or two )
Double click the installer which just downloaded. Start installing, "welcome"

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STEP 2
Readme information... keep this summary in mind, there is an error. Between 3. and 4. should be something which we'll come later on (at step 9)!

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next we press for now...


STEP 3:
For all users, why not?

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and then next


STEP 4:
I strongly suggest (or even insist) that you create a somewhat similar and easy place to remember for install location, but do not install it under program files! This is exceptionally important in Vista. In Vista should install under users-location.

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STEP 5:
Nothing special...

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(At this stage I had old client still at that folder... installer detects it and... yes of course uninstalled the old version... and needed to restart windows after that... )


STEP 6:
Extraction (installation) finished...

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STEP 7:
(now we remember step 2)
Next we run install.bat located in folder where we installed the client

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double click


STEP 8:

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(my domain/user are what they are... most important they have administrator rights)
account:... just press enter
input your password
and again (yes it isn't supposed to show, stays black while you type it in)
If everything is fine... press then key... and now MPI is satisfied.

(...if your windows account do not have proper rights or password... then this MPI will whine about IIRC
invalid account credentials... can't remember exact words)
(and I believe this part could be tricky with Vista... somebody could chime me in with this one )


STEP 9:
Remember that I told in step 2 there is an error. Before we can run the client we have to make sure that we put our f@h account detail and create few shortcuts with flags (for example -smp-flag ).
We run the client but WITH -CONFIGONLY-flag at first. There are few ways to run exes with flags (or arguments) but I tell just how I do this.
I make, like I said, few shortcuts (and there are few ways to make shortcuts too )...

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Drag with right mouse button down the fah exe to desktop, from the folder I installed my f@h
(one solution to run the client straight out of the box... is to open fah.exe via Start->Run->*open f@h exe from the fah folder and then add the essential flags like -smp*->OK)


STEP 10:

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STEP 11:
then right click to properties of the shortcut which just made

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STEP 12:

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this is the line where we add all sorts of flags or arguments or switches or...
Looks like this... no need of (quotes=)" " cause there is no gaps between words... but one space is needed before the actual flag!

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STEP 13:
(BTW: I renamed that sc to that 6_22_smp_configonly for the convenience...)
Double click to run client configuration (with -configonly sc). This is how I did set it up, you put of course your own account details:

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(interesting here is cpu affinity lock part which I might have to come back later...as well machine IDs if you run other fah clients too and then comes -local-flag into play also)


STEP 14:
Now we're almost there... at least one shortcut to do, the one which launches the glory

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I just tend to drag&drop with right mouse button these icons... and cloned that exe... (can use any other method to make shortcuts for exes).


STEP 15:
Now put the -smp -verbosity 9-flag there

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If you want to try DEINO, but previously been folding MPICH-version of the client, you cannot do this in the middle of a wu. Run what you got right now with -oneunit-flag make sure it has been uploaded back to Stanford CS=Collection Server. After that I strongly suggest to delete Work-folder, queue.dat, unitinfo- and FAHlog-text files, to avoid any conflicts with another type of client.
If all set for DEINO... just add -smp -deino -verbosity 9-flag to the shortcut.
I don't use deino, on my experience it's considerably slower client On the other hand it could be more stable.


STEP 16:
renamed it as well

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STEP 17:
NOW! Happy folding!


Double clicking that shortcut, and...

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...everything is fine... cpu usage 100%... takes almost one gig of ram in total...


First procent already folded...

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Congratulations!!! You have made it through!




BTW: I have couple shortcuts more on my desktop...

e.g. -send all, -onenit...