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Getting Started on GIMPS Getting started is as easy as 1-2-3 !
For more including what it takes to participate, see
How GIMPS Works.
1. Register a new
user account login (Optional).
Your account login is the "container" that holds your preferences, your
computer and work assignments info, and your productivity statistics.
There is no limit to the number of computers you can have in your account.
Optional, but
required to check your
account details, computer status and performance statistics and to assign
computers to your user ID, and if you joined GIMPS before November 2008, to link
your PrimeNet V4.0 account(s) and transfer your CPU work credit.
2. Download and install Prime95 or
similar software onto your computer (or computers).
The
How it Works page
answers many questions you may have before downloading the software. Versions of the software program have been successfully
used since 1996 on hundreds of thousands of home, office, school
and business computers, but be sure to first get permission from the
computer's owner if it's not yours! The software program uses only
the leftover idle processor cycles unused by other programs.
3. Start the software program and enter your user account login (if you
created one).
The program will automatically 'bind' itself to your user account when
you enter your user account login into the program, and
starts working immediately! You can see each computer added to your account
using your Computer CPU Details page, as well as what it is working upon.
That's it!
Things to Do
Once you have your computers added to your
account and running work assignments, you can:
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