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Jord: Some easier text, adding wikitable

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Some easier text, adding wikitable

Jord: adding wikitable

2017-02-13T22:27:18Z

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Jord: /* Network */ more =

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Jord: /* Editing project computing preferences */ layout

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‎Editing project computing preferences: layout

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Jord: /* Editing project computing preferences */ better mouse-over text

2016-09-05T19:45:36Z

‎Editing project computing preferences: better mouse-over text

Jord: /* Set via BOINC Manager */ better mouse-over text

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-With BOINC 7.6, the local computing preferences in BOINC Manager and the online computing preferences at the project are now one and the same. They have the same names, the same (mouse-over) descriptions and there are no more web-preferences that are only and not in the computing preferences in BOINC Manager. The only addition that BOINC Manager still has is the day-of-the-week override schedules, for when to do calculations and for when to contact projects.<br>
+Since BOINC 7.6, the computing preferences in BOINC Manager and on the project website have been made easier. They use the same names, the same (mouse-over) descriptions and there are no more web-preferences that are not in the computing preferences in BOINC Manager. The only addition that BOINC Manager still has is the day-of-the-week override schedules, for calculations and contact with projects.<br>
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-Preferences set at the project's computing preferences will be used by all the computers you have. Preferences set in the local computing preferences will be used on that computer only and will override the preferences set through the project's computing preferences or those set through an account manager.<br>
+Preferences set at the project's computing preferences will be used by all the computers you have.<br>
 == Two kinds of preferences ==
 BOINC has two kinds of preferences which you can set and change:<br>
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 * Changes will take effect immediately upon clicking OK in the dialog.
 * Changes will only affect the local computer.
-* Settings will override the preferences set through the project.[[Image: Project_prefs.jpg|300px|right|Project preferences, click for bigger image]]
+* Settings will override the preferences set through the project.[[Image: Project_prefs.jpg|300px|right|Project preferences, click for larger image]]
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 ===Project preferences===
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 (Note: the wording and links may be different on some projects. At least [[World Community Grid]] has them in a completely different place.)
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-This will show you the Computing preferences page. [[Image: Computing_prefs.jpg|300px|right|Computing preferences, click for bigger image]]<br>
+This will show you the Computing preferences page. [[Image: Computing_prefs.jpg|300px|right|Computing preferences, click for larger image]]<br>
 If you want to change anything, click on '''Edit preferences''' at the bottom of the screen.<br>
 : When you change your preferences on the web, the changes won't take effect immediately on your computer; they'll take effect the next time your computer connects to the project's server. <br>

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	* '''If no work for selected applications is available, accept work from other applications?'''		* '''If no work for selected applications is available, accept work from other applications?'''
	: When there is no work for an application as chosen in the previous preference, can the project else send you work for another application that does have work?		: When there is no work for an application as chosen in the previous preference, can the project else send you work for another application that does have work?
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		+	{\| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
		+	! Original site
		+	! Date
		+	\|-
		+	\| [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Preferences BOINC User Wiki]
		+	\| 28 August 2015
		+	\|-
		+	\|}

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-=== Network ===
+==== Network ====
 * '''''Usage limits'''''
 ** '''Limit download rate to N KB/second''': Limit the download rate of file transfers.
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 ** '''Disconnect when done''': Useful only if you have a modem, ISDN or VPN connection.
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 == Project preferences ==
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-=== Memory ===
+==== Memory ====
 ** '''When computer is in use, use at most N %''': Limit the memory used by BOINC when you're using the computer.
 ** '''When computer is not in use, use at most N%''': Limit the memory used by BOINC when you're not using the computer.
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 ** '''Page/swap file: use at most N %''': Limit the swap space (page file) used by BOINC.
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 === Network ===
 * '''''Usage limits'''''

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-=== Disk ===
+==== Disk ====
 * '''''Disk'''''
 ** '''Use no more than N GB''': Limit the total amount of disk space used by BOINC.
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 ** '''Use no more than N% of total''': Limit the percentage of disk space used by BOINC on the volume where BOINC stores data.
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 === Memory ===
 ** '''When computer is in use, use at most N %''': Limit the memory used by BOINC when you're using the computer.

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 The only project that has these preferences available for the time being is Seti@Home. All other projects use [[Preferences | older preferences]].
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-=== Computing ===
+==== Computing ====
 * '''''Usage limits'''''
 ** '''Use at most N % of the CPUs''': Keeps some CPUs free for other applications. Example: 75% means use 6 cores on an 8-core CPU.
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 ** '''Request tasks to checkpoint at most every N seconds''': This controls how often tasks save their state to disk, so they can be restarted later.
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 === Disk ===
 * '''''Disk'''''

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 If you want to change anything, click on '''Edit preferences''' at the bottom of the screen.<br>
 : When you change your preferences on the web, the changes won't take effect immediately on your computer; they'll take effect the next time your computer connects to the project's server. <br>
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 :: If you want this to happen immediately, bring up the BOINC Manager on your computer, select the project, and click ''Update''.<br>
-:: If you're running BOINC on several computers, preference changes will eventually propagate to all of them.
+:: If you're running BOINC on several computers, preference changes will eventually propagate to all of them.<br>
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 When you participate in multiple projects, each one has its own copy of your general preferences.
 When you edit your general preferences on a particular project, initially it changes only that one account. However, BOINC will eventually:
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 # propagate the new preferences to all computers added to that account, and
-# propagate the new preferences to all accounts that are 'coupled' to the first one (i.e. that have the same email address, and have at least one computer added to those accounts).
+# propagate the new preferences to all accounts that are 'coupled' to the first one (i.e. that have the same email address, and have at least one computer added to those accounts).<br>
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-This propagation is "piggybacked" onto the regular communication between your computers and project servers. You can accelerate the propagation by using the ''Update'' command in BOINC Manager. Be careful about editing general preferences at different projects. If you change your general preferences at project A, then edit them at project B before the first changes have propagated there, the second changes will overwrite the first. To avoid this, pick a "home project" and do all your edits there.
+This propagation is "piggybacked" onto the regular communication between your computers and project servers. You can accelerate the propagation by using the ''Update'' command in BOINC Manager. Be careful about editing general preferences at different projects. If you change your general preferences at project A, then edit them at project B before the first changes have propagated there, the second changes will overwrite the first. To avoid this, pick a "home project" and do all your edits there.<br>
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 Some [[Account_Manager,_what_is_that%3F|Account managers]] also provide a web-based interface for editing preferences.
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 == Location-specific preferences ==
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