edit: Files are now uploaded and linked. Have at it!
edit2: Switched files over to new ISP.
edit3: unhappy_mage has written a graphical installer (for the console client) which is linked later in this thread: here This is better for your non-technical friends. The source is available, so you can change the defaults to help make sure your friends fold for you.
I recently instituted a new policy for anyone whose computer I help fix. Among requirements like using Firefox, patching every month, etc, I install (with permission of course) F@H on their box. Folding under my name, natch.
I came upon a problem: my limited-computer-skills sister lives 1500 miles away, and I don't trust her to set up F@H correctly. So I created a kit including a registry file, a client.cfg, and the F@H client. I wrote a batch file to create a F@H directory, copy the necessary files (fah client + client.cfg) there, add the registry entry, and then delete all the install files. I cannot hold a candle to the coding/config skills of someone like unhappy_mage, but consider this my small contribution to the Windows folders out there.
Here are the instructions.
1) create a new directory for all the files you will need (4 total)
2) download the batch file and the reg file into this directory
3) copy your client.cfg (Sample) into this directory (you may want to make adjustments, i.e. timeless if needed)
4) put a copy of FAH502-Console.exe in the directory
5) zip everything up
Send it to everybody you know! Oh, wait, you can't redistribute the client either. At least not legally. So...tell your friends to download F@H and send them the other 3 files.
Notes:
What do your borgee friends have to do?
1) unzip the files so that all 4 are in the same directory
2) double-click fah.bat
The way this works, it requires a reboot before it runs as a service. Even after the batch file runs, Windows doesn't see the F@H service until it reboots, and F@H won't run with the -svcstart tag from the command line. If you know how to fix this, please let me know.
The batch file's pretty simple. Feel free to open it, inspect it, make sure it doesn't do nasty things, poke it with a stick, and generally ridicule it.
edit2: Switched files over to new ISP.
edit3: unhappy_mage has written a graphical installer (for the console client) which is linked later in this thread: here This is better for your non-technical friends. The source is available, so you can change the defaults to help make sure your friends fold for you.
I recently instituted a new policy for anyone whose computer I help fix. Among requirements like using Firefox, patching every month, etc, I install (with permission of course) F@H on their box. Folding under my name, natch.
I came upon a problem: my limited-computer-skills sister lives 1500 miles away, and I don't trust her to set up F@H correctly. So I created a kit including a registry file, a client.cfg, and the F@H client. I wrote a batch file to create a F@H directory, copy the necessary files (fah client + client.cfg) there, add the registry entry, and then delete all the install files. I cannot hold a candle to the coding/config skills of someone like unhappy_mage, but consider this my small contribution to the Windows folders out there.
Here are the instructions.
1) create a new directory for all the files you will need (4 total)
2) download the batch file and the reg file into this directory
3) copy your client.cfg (Sample) into this directory (you may want to make adjustments, i.e. timeless if needed)
4) put a copy of FAH502-Console.exe in the directory
5) zip everything up
Send it to everybody you know! Oh, wait, you can't redistribute the client either. At least not legally. So...tell your friends to download F@H and send them the other 3 files.
Notes:
What do your borgee friends have to do?
1) unzip the files so that all 4 are in the same directory
2) double-click fah.bat
The way this works, it requires a reboot before it runs as a service. Even after the batch file runs, Windows doesn't see the F@H service until it reboots, and F@H won't run with the -svcstart tag from the command line. If you know how to fix this, please let me know.
The batch file's pretty simple. Feel free to open it, inspect it, make sure it doesn't do nasty things, poke it with a stick, and generally ridicule it.