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<title>Tor MS Windows Install Instructions</title>
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<meta name="Author" content="Roger Dingledine">
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<h1>Running the <a href="http://tor.eff.org/">Tor</a> client on MS Windows</h1>
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<a name="installing"></a>
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<h2>Step One: Download and Install Tor</h2>
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<b>Note that these are the installation instructions for running a
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client on MS Windows (98, 98SE, NT4, 2000, XP, Server)
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If you want to run a server (please do), read the "Configuring a server" section at
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<a href="tor-doc.html#server">tor-doc.html</a>.</b>
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<p>
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This document was updated June 09 2005.
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<p>
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The latest beta release of Tor for MS Windows is
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<a href="http://tor.eff.org/dist/win32/tor-0.1.0.9-rc-win32.exe">0.1.0.9-rc</a>.
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Download it by clicking the link. You may be able to find experimental versions
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<a href="http://tor.eff.org/dist/win32/">here</a>, if you're looking for
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new features and new bugs.
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If you want to run Tor in the system
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tray and/or as a service have a look at this <a
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href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#Win32SystemTrayService">FAQ
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entry</a>. If you dont mind running in a window (so you can see its logs
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and errors) our Tor installer should make everything pretty simple. Below
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is a screenshot of the setup page (your version will probably be newer
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than the version printed in this screenshot):
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</p>
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<img alt="tor installer splash page"
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src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-installer-splash.jpg" />
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By default, Tor is not configured to run at startup.
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<!--We highly recommend that you enable that feature, however. -->
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You can enable this by checking the "Run at startup" box as shown below.
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Be sure to leave the other boxes checked.
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<img alt="select components to install"
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src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-installer-components.jpg" />
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<p>Once the installer is finished, it will run Tor in a window so
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you can see its logs and errors. (You can minimize this window, but do
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not close it.)
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<img alt="tor window screenshot"
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src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-dos-window.jpg" />
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<p>Tor comes configured as a client by default. It uses a built-in
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default configuration file, and most people won't need to change any of
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the settings. Tor is now installed.</p>
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<a name="privoxy"></a>
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<h2>Step Two: Install Privoxy for Web Browsing</h2>
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<p>After installing Tor, you need to configure your applications to use it.
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The first step is to set up web browsing. Start by installing <a
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href="http://www.privoxy.org/">Privoxy</a> (click on 'recent releases',
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then scroll down to the MS Windows installer packages). Privoxy is a filtering
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web proxy that integrates well with Tor. Once it's installed, it should
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appear in your system tray as a "P" in a circle, as pictured below:
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<img alt="privoxy icon in the system tray"
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src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-privoxy-icon.jpg" />
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<p>You need to configure Privoxy to use Tor.
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Open Privoxy's main config file by selecting it from Start Menu|All
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Programs:
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<img border="1" alt="editing privoxy config"
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src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-privoxy-config.jpg" />
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<p>Add the line <br>
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<tt>forward-socks4a / localhost:9050 .</tt><br>
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to Privoxy's config file. Don't forget to add the dot at the end.
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The easiest way is to select the above line and copy/paste it into
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the file. Be sure to save.
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<img border="1" alt="privoxy points to tor"
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src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-privoxy-edit.jpg" />
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<a name="using"></a>
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<h2>Step Three: Configure your applications to use Tor</h2>
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<p>Then change your browser to HTTP proxy at localhost port 8118.
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(That's where Privoxy listens.)
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In Firefox it's Tools|Options|General|Connection Settings.
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In Mozilla, this is in Edit|Preferences|Advanced|Proxies.
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In Opera 7.5x it's Tools|Preferences|Network|Proxy servers.
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In IE, it's Tools|Internet Options|Connections|LAN Settings|Advanced.
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You should also set your SSL proxy (IE calls it "Secure") to the same
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thing, to hide your SSL traffic too. In IE, this looks something like:</p>
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<img alt="LAN settings in IE"
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src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-ie-lan.jpg" />
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<img alt="Proxy settings in IE"
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src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-ie-proxies.jpg" />
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<p>Using privoxy is <strong>necessary</strong> because <a
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href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#SOCKSAndDNS">browsers
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leak your
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DNS requests when they use a SOCKS proxy directly</a>, which is bad for
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your anonymity. Privoxy also removes certain dangerous headers from your
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web requests, and blocks obnoxious ad sites like Doubleclick.</p>
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<p>To test if it's working, you need to know your normal IP address so you can
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verify that the address really changes when running Tor.
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Go to the Start menu, click Run and enter <tt>cmd</tt>.
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At the command prompt, enter <tt>ipconfig</tt>. If you are behind a NAT/Firewall
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you can use one of the sites listed below to check which IP you are using.
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When that is done, start Tor and Privoxy and visit any of the sites again.
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If everything works, your IP address should have changed.
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</p>
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<p>
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<!--<a href="http://peertech.org/privacy-knoppix/">peertech</a>, -->
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<a href="http://www.showmyip.com/">showmyip.com</a> and
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<a href="http://ipid.shat.net">ipid.shat.net</a>
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are sites that show your current IP so you can see
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what address and country you're coming from.
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If you have a personal firewall that limits your computer's ability
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to connect to itself, be sure to allow connections from your local
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applications to
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local port 8118 and port 9050. If your firewall blocks outgoing connections,
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punch a hole so it can connect to at least TCP ports 80, 443, and 9001-9033.
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For more troubleshooting suggestions, see <a
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href="http://wiki.noreply.org/wiki/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ">the FAQ</a>.
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<p>To Torify another application that supports HTTP, just point it at Privoxy
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(that is, localhost port 8118). To use SOCKS directly (for example, for
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instant messaging, Jabber, IRC, etc), point your application directly at
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Tor (localhost port 9050). For applications that support neither SOCKS
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nor HTTP, take a look at <a
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href="http://www.socks.permeo.com/Download/SocksCapDownload/index.asp">SocksCap</a>,
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<a href="http://www.freecap.ru/eng/">FreeCap</a>,
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or the <a
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href="http://www.hummingbird.com/products/nc/socks/index.html?cks=y">Hummingbird</a>
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SOCKS client. (FreeCap is free software; the others are proprietary.)<br />
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For more information how to Torify other applications in detail visit
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the <a href="http://wiki.noreply.org/wiki/TheOnionRouter/TorifyHOWTO">Torify HOWTO</a>.
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<p>If you have suggestions for improving this document, please <a
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href="mailto:tor-bugs@freehaven.net">send them to us</a>. Thanks!</p>
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