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Shut your computer down

TooBigTooBig Member Posts: 28,559 ✭✭✭
edited March 2015 in General Discussion
and then restart it and see if it works[:0]
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  • victorj19victorj19 Member Posts: 3,642 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Well hell's bells. Mine stopped working altogether. [:0][:0][xx(][xx(] Now what do I do?
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  • mogley98mogley98 Member Posts: 18,291 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yep
    Why don't we go to school and work on the weekends and take the week off!
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  • ChrisInTempeChrisInTempe Member Posts: 15,562 ✭
    edited November -1
    Every day. I never leave it on when I go out for the day. Starts up fine in the evenings when I get home.


    Why?
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  • Spider7115Spider7115 Member Posts: 29,704 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Is it really possible to shut my computer down? Go figure...but don't tell my wife! [;)]
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  • fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    Restarting a PC degrades the OS...
    I was told to LEAVE IT ON....
    I shut down for a monthly cleaning of MOBO and all fans/heat sinks.
    Then it's POWER ON..


    NEVER,,EVER,,leave your PC with a page open!!!!
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  • ChrisInTempeChrisInTempe Member Posts: 15,562 ✭
    edited November -1
    Places I have worked required all computers be left on at the end of the day. So the IT department could run updates.

    Even so, all those places I would see updates pop up in the middle of the work day. Forcing me to stop working and allow them to run.

    So much for IT doing their thing overnight when it won't disrupt the work.
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  • Mr. PerfectMr. Perfect Member, Moderator Posts: 66,437 ******
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by fishkiller41
    Restarting a PC degrades the OS...
    I was told to LEAVE IT ON....
    I shut down for a monthly cleaning of MOBO and all fans/heat sinks.
    Then it's POWER ON..


    NEVER,,EVER,,leave your PC with a page open!!!!
    Restart does NOT and can NOT degrade the OS. Heat is what kills electronics and thermal cycling lowers life. So, from that stand point you're correct, but software is unaffected by restarts.
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    And fiery auto crashes
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    While sifting through my ashes
    Some will fall in love with life
    And drink it from a fountain
    That is pouring like an avalanche
    Coming down the mountain
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  • Marc1301Marc1301 Member Posts: 31,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Mr. Perfect
    quote:Originally posted by fishkiller41
    Restarting a PC degrades the OS...
    I was told to LEAVE IT ON....
    I shut down for a monthly cleaning of MOBO and all fans/heat sinks.
    Then it's POWER ON..


    NEVER,,EVER,,leave your PC with a page open!!!!
    Restart does NOT and can NOT degrade the OS. Heat is what kills electronics and thermal cycling lowers life. So, from that stand point you're correct, but software is unaffected by restarts.

    Yep. Actually most previous versions of Windows required a reboot every couple of days minimum just to keep the OS stable.
    "Beam me up Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here." - William Shatner
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  • skicatskicat Member Posts: 14,431 ✭
    edited November -1
    Mine stays on most of the time.
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  • armilitearmilite Member Posts: 35,490 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I shut mine down and restart it every couple of days or so. Some times it acts up and I have to do it more frequently.
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  • Rocky RaabRocky Raab Member Posts: 14,497 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I firmly believe that repeated hot/cold/hot cycles kill computers. FAR better in my experience to just leave them on all the time at a stable temp. I do a shutdown/reboot about once a month to clean the keyboard and fans, and to establish a hard setpoint I can go back to if I get an invader or screw up some setting or other.
    I may be a bit crazy - but I didn't drive myself.
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