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Running the Tor client
on Microsoft Windows
Note that these are
advanced installation instructions for running Tor. If you want to use Tor just
for anonymous web browsing, simply download the Tor Browser Bundle and you are done.
If you want to relay
traffic for others to help the network grow (please do), read the Configuring a relay guide.
Freedom House has
produced a video on how to install Tor. You can view it at How to install Tor on Windows. Know of a better
video, or one translated into your language? Let us know!
The Vidalia Bundles for
Windows contain Tor and Vidalia (a graphical user interface for
Tor). They come in different flavors, preconfigured for a convenient setup: The
Relay bundle is set to forward traffic for other Tor users, the Bridge bundle
turns your computer into a bridge.
Apart from that preconfiguration, all Vidalia bundles are the same and can
easily be reconfigured.
For anonymous web
browsing, please use Tor Browser and not one of the Vidalia
bundles. If you want to use Tor as a client for other applications, download
one of the Vidalia bundles and turn it into a client (Settings -> Sharing
-> Run as a client only).
If you have previously
installed Tor and Vidalia you can deselect whichever components you do not need
to install in the dialog shown below.
After you have completed
the installer, the components you selected will automatically be started for
you.
If you want to use Tor
for anonymous web browsing, please use the Tor Browser Bundle. It comes with readily
configured Tor and a browser patched for better anonymity. To use SOCKS
directly (for instant messaging, Jabber, IRC, etc), you can point your
application at Tor (localhost port 9050), but see this FAQ entry for why this may be
dangerous. For applications with HTTP proxy support, but no support for Tor's
SOCKS proxy, try polipo. For applications that support neither
SOCKS nor HTTP, take a look at SocksCap or FreeCap.
(FreeCap is free software; SocksCap is proprietary.)
For information on how
to Torify other applications, check out the Torify HOWTO.
Check to see that
Vidalia is running. Vidalia uses a small green onion to indicate Tor is running
or a dark onion with a red "X" when Tor is not running. You can start
or stop Tor by right-clicking on Vidalia's icon in your system tray and
selecting "Start" or "Stop" from the menu as shown below:
If you have a personal
firewall that limits your computer's ability to connect to itself, be sure to
allow connections from your local applications to local port 9050. If your
firewall blocks
outgoing connections,
punch a hole so it can connect to at least TCP ports 80 and 443, and then see this FAQ entry.
If it's still not
working, look at this FAQ entry for hints.
Once it's working, learn
more about what Tor does and does not offer.
The Tor network relies
on volunteers to donate bandwidth. The more people who run relays, the faster
the Tor network will be. If you have at least 50 kilobytes/s each way, please
help out Tor by configuring your Tor to be a relay too. We have many features
that make Tor relays easy and convenient, including rate limiting for
bandwidth, exit policies so you can limit your exposure to abuse complaints,
and support for dynamic IP addresses.
Having relays in many
different places on the Internet is what makes Tor users secure. You may also get stronger anonymity yourself,
since remote sites can't know whether connections originated at your computer
or were relayed from others.
Read more at our Configuring a relay guide.
If you have suggestions
for improving this document, please send them to us. Thanks!
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