A brief guide for installing and running the BOINC sofware, attaching to projects, and joining our team... (borrowed heavily from the BOINK wiki...)

1. Go to the BOINC website
LINK...

2. Download the BOINC project manager software.
latest windows version...
all versions...

3. Install the BOINC project manager software.
Choose single user, shared user, or service installation...
During installation, the manager may ask you if you want to attach to a project (I can't remember). Don't worry if you miss it during installation, you can attach to projects after you run the BOINC Manager
Windows installation...
Mac OS_X installation...
Linux installation...

4. Run the BOINC Manager software.
BOINC Manager overview...

It can be run in two modes...
Simple View...
Advanced View...

5. Attach to a project.
In Simple View mode - Click Attach to project button.
In Advanced Mode - Click Tools on the Menu Bar, select "Attach to project"
In either mode, a dialog box will popup with a dropdown list of the major active projects... just click the name of the project you want to attach to (the link will take you to the project webpage)... alternatively, if you want to join a lesser known project, or one that is in development, you can enter the url of the project home page where indicated... click "next"...

If you are new to the project, click the new user radio button (default), and enter your email address and password... click next and if the attempt to attach was successful, the project will respond that you are attached...

If you are an exiting user, click the existing user radio button, enter your email address and password... click next and if the attempt to attach was successful, the project will respond that you are attached...

On rare occasions, I have found (especially with developmental projects), that you cannot join directly from the BIONC Manager, but will have to join from the pjoject home page first, then use the BOINC Manager program to attach as an existing user...

6. Configure the client
Go to the project webpage (you can find a link from the "Projects" tab in the advanced view mode of the BOINC Manager)...
Click the "Your account" link or something to that effect... usually if you have navigated to the project page from the BOINC manager, you will arrive to the project page logged in (but not always - it does time out after a period)... Log in if necessary...

Set your Account Information... Email address and password are obvious... Other Account Information will allow you to change the nickname you use on the project (make sure your nicknames match on all of your projects, or some stats sites will be confused)

Set your Client Preferences... for how and when the client should run... you can pre-set up to 4 different useage profiles (default, home, school, and work)... you can override these preferences from within the BOINC manager itself with "run always" and "run never" options as well, available by clicking "Activity" in the menu bar...

Set your Community Preferences... heres where you will manage your team selection... if you attached to the projct as a "new user", you will need to select a team here... click "find a team" and in the search keywords box, enter "The Pirate Fleet"... click on "The Pirate Fleet" and it will take you to a team information page... you must click "join this team" to do so... now under the community preferences it will indicate that you are a member of "The Pirate Fleet"...

Welcome to the team...

Tutorial Written by 1fast6