-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Advice re leaving computer on 24/7
- From: Beverly Hahn <bhahn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 16:25:31 -0500
Thanks for your input. This is the other side of the coin that I had
heard/read some time ago. I do have Windows 98se, so the dilemma
continues....
Beverly
Wyatt M. Portendt wrote:
>I have been shutting them down for the last several years on different
>platforms and different machines and have had no problems. At one time it
>may have been good advice for older hardware and unix type systems, but I
>believe myself that the heat buildup and memory leak situation in Windows
>9.x makes it possibly more damaging to leave them running. This has been
>an ongoing debate for years, but experience tells me it doesn't hurt to
>shut them down. I've tried it both ways.
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>On 12/30/2002 at 5:59 PM a whisper was heard, and the one known as Beverly
>Hahn was rumoured to have uttered....
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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.
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> | Beverly
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