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January 12, 2004 7:35:44 PM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
After use, do you shutdown your computer? Use a screensaver? Set it on hibernation or standby? Turn the montior off? Or leave it as is? Or??
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Reply #1 January 12, 2004 7:51:18 PM
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I have a Flat Panel on my windows computer. I just turn it off and leave the computer running all the time. About the only time I reboot is when I install something new that requires it. Or, once in a while just because it's windows.
Wish it would become as stable as UNIX. My UNIX box has been up for over a year without the need to reboot. At least the recent versions of windows are improving in that area.
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Reply #2 January 12, 2004 7:53:05 PM
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I urn the whole thing off every night to make the processor last a little longer. I love my Pentium 3!
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Reply #3 January 12, 2004 7:55:49 PM
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I use hiberation on my laptop. Computer always off.

Hmm before I got laptop, I used to leave computer on, and windows xp had uptimes of over 3 months.
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Reply #4 January 12, 2004 8:01:03 PM
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I shut it down every night
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Reply #5 January 12, 2004 8:10:31 PM
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I bet you all Jafo leaves his on all the time. In fact I bet he sleeps next to it.

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Reply #6 January 12, 2004 10:03:17 PM
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I turn mine off when I'm done with it.



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Reply #7 January 12, 2004 10:34:43 PM
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Nope...don't sleep next to it...but I do leave it on....uptime can be considerable, but dependent on system mods, etc...

Current uptime is just on 5 days....[I had some house electrics worked on]...

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Reply #8 January 12, 2004 10:39:34 PM
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Well if we happen to see a screen shot of a new baby tower with a mustache, headset and tattoo we know he ain't sleeping!!
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Reply #9 January 12, 2004 11:05:13 PM
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Reply #10 January 12, 2004 11:28:39 PM
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I turn mine off every night.
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Reply #11 January 12, 2004 11:50:39 PM
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well, XP has little issues with Athlons.. along the lines of it falling asleep into..well, a coma.. also when it DOES come up from a sleep/hibernation, silly plug and play devices will stop working. so i just leave this machine on and turn the monitor off.. (and every now and then i check my fan speeds to make sure they arn't about to die out on me suddenly!)..

my laptop, i hibernate.
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Reply #12 January 13, 2004 7:59:34 AM
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I hibernate too - my pc gets turned off though
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Reply #13 January 13, 2004 8:26:21 AM
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I turn off my monitor and leave the computer running every night... I only reboot when I install something new or want to start anew. I'm not really fussed about uptime but I really hate rebooting. Like Rocky Admin, I also wish WinXP was as stable as Unix. Imagine seeing an uptime of over a year on an XP machine...
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Reply #14 January 13, 2004 12:50:14 PM
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My pewter is on 24/7 as much as posible
(Uptime: (4d 23h 43m 26s) Record: (7w 17h 2m 11s 15ms set on Tue Dec 02 09:22:48 2003))
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Reply #15 January 13, 2004 1:17:26 PM
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I leave my 'puter on, but lock it, so my pesky brother or his friends don't bother it...I also turn the monitors off...

The only time I reboot is when I install/uninstall a proggy that requires it, or when I've been working with huge images in PS and my ram is toast...
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Reply #16 January 13, 2004 7:17:39 PM
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For those that leaves it on, doesn't the fan sound annoy you?
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Reply #17 January 13, 2004 7:37:22 PM
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Mine doesn't make that much noise. My desk is an Oak Roll Top computer desk. The CPU sits inside the the desk behind a door. It has ventilation slots to keep it cool. I leave the door part way open most of the time. Some PC's make more noise than others. My son has a PC with a CPU fan and several other fans in it. It is a gaming machine. It sounds like a jet engine, so he turns it off at night, since it is in his bedroom.
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Reply #18 January 14, 2004 1:20:17 PM
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doesn't the fan sound annoy you?


nah. but then again, i recently vacated a situation where i slept in the same room as my computer.

my machine purrs.. which is pretty darn suprising, its built like a tank.. very simple, metal, and has 4 fans.

now what i DO hear is an additional 3 fans in one of my drive bays.. a harddrive cooler that is on its last leg.. it starts to chatter sometimes.. so i kick it.
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