-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Advice re leaving computer on 24/7

Thanks to you and to Robert and mjh for your responses.  It seems that 
the consensus is that it's okay to leave it on 24/7.  I do have Win98 
SE, but occasional rebooting should not be much of a problem???
Again, I appreciate your input.

Beverly

David J. Weaver wrote:

>I've read the other people's response to this, and I'm going to take a
>different tact.
>
>I leave mine running 24/7.  But the only reason I do is because I use Win
>2000 and XP.  The Win9x family has memory leaks which can lead to crashes
>over time so eventually you have to reboot.  2000 and XP don't suffer the
>same leaks.  I can leave mine running for days and never have a problem.  I
>do turn it off when I am going to be gone for extended periods of time but
>that's about it.
>
>Dave
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 6:00 PM
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>Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Advice re leaving computer on 24/7
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>
>
>Recently I read that it was a good idea to leave the computer on 24/7.
> Earlier I had read that this was not a good idea.  Leaving on 24/7
>would facilitate some task scheduling, but...  What do you experts
>recommend?
>
>TIA.
>
>Beverly
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