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Re: Should You Shut Down a Computer When It's Not in Use?
[Re: family]
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04/14/22 09:31 AM
04/14/22 09:31 AM
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Draclvr
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I leave mine on all day because I use it often. I put it to sleep at night mostly to turn off the fans which are pulling in dust and cat hair. Then I wake it up in the morning. Once a week on Sunday night, I completely shut it down to clear out the virtual memory.
Gardens put to bed for the winter. Time to take a break!
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Re: Should You Shut Down a Computer When It's Not in Use?
[Re: oldbroad]
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04/14/22 01:33 PM
04/14/22 01:33 PM
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Marian
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I leave mine on all day but shut it down completely when I go to bed, unless I am downloading something. I've never liked "sleep mode" as I've always had trouble"waking" it up. Sometimes I leave my older computer on over night though but usually just for one night (for my own weird reason). This is pretty much what I do. Another reason I shut mine down completely before I go to bed is in case there is a power outage (which we have far too many of here - they have ultra-sensitive settings for the power lines due to fire danger, and this has made things even worse during the months of June through October).
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Re: Should You Shut Down a Computer When It's Not in Use?
[Re: family]
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04/14/22 02:17 PM
04/14/22 02:17 PM
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I used to have problems with my computers waking up from sleep when I was running XP and Windows 7. But now that I'm running Windows 10, I've never had any issues at all. I never use the hibernate option because it takes so long to come back.
I finally got everything on an uninterruptible power supply, so I feel a little better about outages around here. We don't have the issues you do, Marian, but storms seem to take power lines down at least once or twice a year.
Gardens put to bed for the winter. Time to take a break!
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