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Visit the ethstats website to check last block number, and compare it with the block you are syncing on your machine. Once they are the same, you know your client is synced.

Run parity on Windows 10 OS.

Steps

1. Download the following pre-release(1.2.0-unstable-1bead4a).
   1. https://github.com/remyroy/parity/releases/tag/v1.2.0-unstable-1bead4a
   2. Extract the file.
      
      
2. Run parity.exe and you would see a command line like the one below pop up.
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3. Then your default browser should navigate to the following URL 'http://localhost:8080/home/, ' automatically.
    if not type in the address bar 'http://localhost:8080/home'. 
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4. Configure your proxy by following the instructions when you click 'Learn More'
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      1. Navigate to settings, click 'Advanced settings', under 'Network' click change proxy settings, 
      2. Click 'LAN settings' 
      3. Select 'automatic configuration script' and copy and paste the following: http://localhost:8080/proxy/proxy.pac  into the address input box.
      4. Click Ok.
         
         
5. Point your URL in your browser to http://home.parity/ , you should see the following image if it worked perfectly. You would notice the absence of a yellow triangle.
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6. That's it, your all set.
   
   
   
   

Errors:

1. Ethereum wallet(Mist) does not detect sync completion. 
2. Mist always thinks it's 90+% done since the "final block" is never more than a little bit higher than the latest block.
   
   1. Solution: None currently for 1 and 2, you can track the issue here:[https://github.com/ethcore/parity/issues/1404]

See also

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• Ethereum official websit
• Parity wiki on Ethcore github
• Ethdocs: choose a client
• Ethdocs: connecting to the network
• Ethereum forum: mist
• Parity FAQ