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1.)Download the folding program from Stanford University's folding download page http://folding.stanford.edu/download.html . Type in your desired username. 2) Type in 36120 for the team number. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT - if you get the number wrong, you won't be folding for our FreeRepublic member team! 3) The third question asks, "Launch automatically at machine startup, installing this as a service?" - We recommend you answer YES. Otherwise you will have to manually start the program after every reboot.
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Not quite true... the GUI version sets itself up to start when you log on to Windows (XP, at least). If you stay logged on it keeps running. Plus, if you're going to advise people to run as a service, please at least mention which of the various Windows versions should be downloaded.
I personally find the GUI version to be quite suitable where only one instance is to be run: it's stable and permits one to readily check on the progress. I fear that in the interest of trying to squeeze an extra per-cent or so of progress each day, some people have been talked into running the console version and now find that they are in over their head when trying to find out information about the progress of the Work Unit.
Other's opinions and mileage may vary.