Did you download GUI version 5.03 or console version 5.04?
If you have a red flower in the system tray then you are running the GUI version. It works just fine, except that it doesn’t start folding until you have passed the login prompt when Winders starts.
I ran the GUI version for a very long time, until I put in multiple user accounts for my children. Then it would sit there waiting for some one to login before folding.
If you don’t have a login screen then leave it as is. We will watch for your first completed protein segment here:
http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_list.php?s=&a=2&t=36120
It should complete and show up there in a couple of days.
I downloaded 5.04; no flower in the system tray; it’s completed 1250 out of 125,000 steps so far.
The machine gets restarted maybe once a week, other than that it’s always on. I just don’t know if I have to keep the program open for it to continue folding.