Ok, here we go:
1) Your graphics card is not supported - I have a 1950 card myself.
Now you know what to ask for for your B-day. (Nvidia 260 or better)
2) First, let's get your old stuff, outta there, starting with:
Control Panel >> Add or Remove Programs and look for fah (anything with fah or FAH. and click on remove.
Backup your current registry first:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756
Click on the download button. Follow the directions and it will backup your registry for you.
Now open up Windows Explorer and look at your directories. Two areas especially: Program Files and Document and Settings\YourName\Application Data.
You must have your Windows Explorer options set to show hidden files and folders, to see the Application Data sub folder.
If you have a fah folder under Application Data, then look for a file with a red
X through the name: Gkui20.exe or similar. That is the uninstaller utility. Run that.
Repeat that procedure in the Program Files\fah\ folder.
Now, look in both folders and delete any remaining files, or sub folders to those fah directories - work folder may still be there. Delete all it's files, and the work directory, as well. Then delete the fah directory, in both places, if it's still there.
Now for the real nuts and bolts:
Click on "Start" >> run >> and type in enter regedit. In the registry editor, you're going to click on the Edit tab at the top, and search for three words:
1) fah 2) FAH 3) Pande and 4) SMP
Look carefully at any key the search can find (F3 key is your bud, here), and make sure it refers to FAH, or fah, somehow. Pande Group may be the parent key, but the sub key may show it to be a fah key, and nothing else.
Delete those keys, and ONLY those keys. Some keys you choose to delete may not be deleted (you'll get a message to that effect). Just move on to the next fah-related key. Be calm and deliberate about this!
When you're done, be sure to close the registry and it will save itself.
Now, let's get you going with a systray version of the FAH client:
http://folding.stanford.edu/English/Download
You'd like the systray version. (The viewer doesn't work in the systray version yet, so don't trust it).
Yes, this is the SMP version, 6.23. It will also fold the non-smp work units.
Your system is very close to mine, which is a C2D E6700, with very similar spec's, also running WinXP SPC2 NTFS.
So, now you need to be sure you reboot and you must sign in to your administrative account, with your password. That's a must.
Now put the d/l file from Stanford, into it's own directory like FAH_1, and double click on it, and let it do it's thing. Your files should now be separated.
double click on "Install.bat" and let it do it's thing. It will give you a blurb like this, from Harlam's fine sticky on this:
MPICH2 Process Manager, Argonne National Lab installed.
account (domain\user) [(your domain)\(your username)]:
- Be sure to look at what the installer presents as (your domain)\(your username). If they look correct (i.e. 'the name of your machine'\'your current account name'), just Press Enter - you will see the following:
password:
- type your user password (the password you use to login to Windows) -> Press Enter
confirm password:
- do it again... type your user password -> Press Enter
- You should now see the following messages:
Password encrypted into the Registry.
If you see this twice, MPI is working
If you see this twice, MPI is working
Press a key to continue...
but in just black and white, of course.
Type your password VERY carefully both times, because the letters you type, will not be put up onto the screen!
Now, it's time to configure the fah client program. It runs this just once, unless you ask it to do so again. Start the program. and enter your unique folding name, and our team number - 32. Accept the defaults for the other questions. You don't want to add any start up "flags" or entries.
We'll do that via a shortcut which is far easier to change as we like.
After the last question, the client will begin running, and d/l'ing it's first WU.
There should be a fah icon on your desktop. Right click on it, and see what it has in the "target" line. If you have the smp flag showing: -smp , then you'll get smp WU's, if available. If no -smp flag is there, then you will fold regular uniprocessor WU's. Please add -verbosity 9 to the very tail end of that shortcut's target line - one space, one hyphen and no space, then the word verbosity with one space after it, and the number 9
Click on Apply and OK to save that.
And that, should get you up and folding. Your verbosity setting will take effect the next time the fah client is starting up (that's the only time it reads the configuration file).
Let me know how it goes.