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catherine1will

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Re: Leaving the Computer On
« Reply #30 on: August 21, 2010, 06:45:39 am »
can ot leave computor on will get lots ovirus :-

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Re: Leaving the Computer On
« Reply #31 on: August 21, 2010, 11:08:24 am »
I put it in Sleep mode during the day and fully shut it down at night.

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Re: Leaving the Computer On
« Reply #32 on: August 23, 2010, 08:30:39 am »
it may be good enough to leave it on then let him finish. once he's done again then if your done for the day you can turn it off - you dont want it to crash when you need it most. on and off again takes a while and has to load the programs over and over.

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Re: Leaving the Computer On
« Reply #33 on: August 23, 2010, 02:13:03 pm »
You really should leave the computer on 24/6 (doing a reboot or shutting it down once a week). Turning on and off the computer causes undue stress on components (esp. hard-drives which causes the most headache for people to lose!). Even overnight, the computer should be put into Sleep (aka Standby) or Hibernation mode, not turned off esp. if you are going to be turning it on the next day. It's sort of like a car: driving in the city with a lot of stop-and-go traffic is harder on the car and causes worse fuel efficiency than does driving at a constant speed along the highway. Some of the newer computers are very energy efficient now. They allow you to specify exactly what you want powered down and after how much time of inactivity (so I can have it switch to screen saver after 10 minutes of inactivity, turn off the monitor after 20 minutes., power down the hard-drives after 3 hours, etc.).

The difference between Sleep and Hibernate is that Hibernate mode will turn off more components and uses less power than Sleep mode. With both modes, all non-essential components are turned off (usually the monitor and other components like external hard-drives, web-cams, and some printers). In sleep mode, all data that resides on RAM will still reside there, and so some power needs to go into your RAM memory to maintain the current state of the computer. In Hibernation mode, however, all data residing in RAM gets stored onto the hard-drive. Thus it will take a little more time to wake-up a computer from Hibernation since it need to reload the RAM from the data stored on the hard drive. The Hibernating computer may still use some power, mostly to sense when the user wants to wake the computer up, but more components are able to power down in Hibernating mode, including the RAM and hard-drives. Also, a computer in Hibernation mode that has power disrupted can still reboot into the last state it was in, whereas in Sleep mode if power is disrupted, everything in RAM is lost and so the computer needs to reboot like normal (thus laptops that are not plugged in should be set to Hibernate instead of Sleep mode in case the battery dies before the unit can be plugged in again). Depending on the configuration, some computers will turn off network connections in either mode while others will only turn them off if in Hibernation mode to allow background transfers to occur in Sleep mode (eg anti-virus updates, etc.). Also different services may be kept running or turned off depending on how the Sleep mode is configured; most Server operating systems (eg Windows Server 2008) keeps all services running and network connections open since the server is usually not actively being used directly by an administrator, but rather indirectly by client computers which need the services and network running but not extraneous components like monitors etc.

There are a few things to be cautious about when setting computers to Sleep and / or Hibernation mode. Because both states keep the same state of memory between sessions, it is a good idea to reboot and / or shut-down the computer at least once a week. This will clear out the memory in case there are any lingering memory leaks from poorly written applications (esp. for the old version of Solitaire on Win 98 machines (I'm not sure about XP....)). Also, when saving the data to hard-drive in Hibernation mode will use any hard-drive space it finds instead of contiguous segments. Thus the hard-drive files will become more fragmented as a result of Hibernating the computer. So you should run the defragmentation application every few months to keep your hard-drive running at optimal speeds. Finally both modes keep an active power supply running so unless the system is plugged into some type of power surge protector, the computer should be turned off and unplugged (including any Ethernet cables plugged into it) during electrical storms (also disconnect cable / phone lines going into any modems to protect those as well).

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Re: Leaving the Computer On
« Reply #34 on: August 23, 2010, 05:28:13 pm »
Please leave it on.  It takes more energy to turn it on and off all of the time.

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Re: Leaving the Computer On
« Reply #35 on: September 01, 2010, 05:56:38 am »
the best thing is to put ur pc to sleep

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Re: Leaving the Computer On
« Reply #36 on: September 01, 2010, 06:02:34 am »
I just put mine in sleep mode. it does so after 15 minutes of non-use.
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Re: Leaving the Computer On
« Reply #37 on: September 01, 2010, 06:32:26 am »
My computer is usually on 24/7 except when I am away on vacation. 

Most of my computer maintenance is set to run when I am at work.
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Re: Leaving the Computer On
« Reply #38 on: September 01, 2010, 06:43:29 am »
I belong in the leave it on camp. I have run pc's for years 24/7 except for the occasional reboot / restart. I've burned up 3. One bios, one cpu, one mystery.

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Re: Leaving the Computer On
« Reply #39 on: September 01, 2010, 07:25:39 am »
I thought it's better for your computer to turn it off to give it a break? I know leaving it on contributes to environmental problems.

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Re: Leaving the Computer On
« Reply #40 on: September 01, 2010, 06:49:25 pm »
I turn off mine when I don't use it.

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Re: Leaving the Computer On
« Reply #41 on: September 01, 2010, 07:49:47 pm »
My comp usually stays on all day and the nights I run malwarebytes. If I am not at the comp or close by when it is on my kitten likes to get on it. Some of the sites she visits are some thing else though  hehe even have her typing to people if I have a chat room up lol just can not understand what she says lol

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Re: Leaving the Computer On
« Reply #42 on: September 01, 2010, 08:02:59 pm »
I have always shut mine off at night but I will be changing my ways. I did not realize that it is hard on my computer to shut it completely down.

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Re: Leaving the Computer On
« Reply #43 on: October 14, 2010, 08:56:20 am »
Well there are some things to also consider in this as well. Yes leaving your computer on all the time is much better than off and on periodically throughout the day, however; if you're going to go this route, you need to ensure that you are plugged into a grounded surge protector. Not a power strip, a real surge protector. Brownouts happen periodically especially during the hot summer months and could potentially surge your machine risking you component loss.

Also, if you're away from your home and a storm comes, you're safegaurding your machine if the house experiences other power issues.

But yes, leaving it on is much better for it. I would recommend though removing your battery from time to time if it's a laptop so it's not constantly charging it. Batteries can die if left in constant power charge mode.

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Re: Leaving the Computer On
« Reply #44 on: October 14, 2010, 09:26:45 am »
My computer is on all day.... ::) I think I need to turn it off sometime during the day.

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