should i turn my computer off when i am not using it?

Answer 1

There's an old myth that to shut down a box being bad that seemed to start it's practice from professionals and the amateurs that heard about it back in the mid-1990s. There has been no justifiable evidence to say that it is harmful to a PC if you shutdown and power it up or leave it on all the time. It really is for power consumption preference.

Here's what PC World posted in response to the myth (with the frame of mind that the myth is that your PC should be shut down everyday in order to stay healthy :

"Your PC doesn't need to be shut down fully every day to stay healthy. Many people hate to wait for Windows to shut all the way down. And they really hate to wait for it to boot all the way up again. The more programs and utilities you have running, the worse that boot time becomes. One answer: Use Windows XP's Hibernate option (look for it in your Control Panel under Power Options). This will make your PC go to sleep instead of shutting all the way down."

Although it is a consideration for better practice in my opinion that a system that is regularly rebooted refreshes it's memory and system caches. In my opinion, regular reboots are healthy to a system regardless of the 30 seconds to a minute you have to wait.

Hope this helps...

Answer 2

It wud b a good practice to shut off your computer after yu finish the day's work. There are several reasons to substantiate this statement, but the simpler reasons are that this will conserve power, will avoid damages due to power surges(though yu have a power bar), avoid risk of virus/hacker attacks, will release flee power, none of the fans are over strained/heated, will ensure longer life of the machine.
Many times, yur computer speed or yur internet connection speed will reduce when yu leave your computer on for long durations. Then the general solution is to switch off the computer and power cycle(start one after the other for stability) the the modem and computer. Any electronic gadge, if not working, yu shut it down for a few minutes and restart it. It will begin to function.


Juz imagine leaving yur car in idel mode everynight or at yur office or at a mall. Will yu do that? Thatz a machine, so is this. :-)

Answer 3

I am no expert, but I did take a computer class. I was told that turning the computer on and off actually wears the computer quicker than if you just set it to hibernate, so that's what I always do. But if I am leaving for the weekend or a long period of time, I shut it off in case of a storm.

Answer 4

no
to little power being used
and to much work for the computer to do again
start up options - hibernate - shut down -screen saver password
go to start at bottom of screen in blue bar (task bar)
go to control panel
choose power options
choose never to all listed there or the settings you want
choose apply then choose ok
if you want to hibernate
then choose hibernate
click advanced choose hibernate
then click hibernate
click enable hibernate
make sure you click apply and ok to everything
also click advanced tab choose show icon on desk top
then you can push power button
windows will close
push button again and you are where you was again
computer does not have to do all that work again
password protected screen saver is good
i use it my self
do this by
close all windows
right click on open area of desk top
choose properties
choose screen saver
choose password protect on resume
this will be your password as you are the administrator
be sure to set the time for screen saver to come on
or and
press the windows key logo + L at the same time located on the key bord
to lock it. when you unlock it will ask for password
this will be your password as you are the administrator

Answer 5

Not unless you are leaving for a few days. The more you turn your computer on and off the faster is will brake on you.

Answer 6

Why attempt to repair something that may not broken? you're able to have in basic terms executed no longer something. Turning it off without notice could corrupt some information in the event that they're written to at that 2nd, yet basically once you notice atypical behaviour do you need to accomplish a device restore.

Answer 7

Google published their data on hard drive failures. The ones that lasted the longest were the ones left on without interruption.

Answer 8

If you trust you firewall and computer brand it can stay on.
I turn it off when i'm going away.

Answer 9

If you are not planning to use the computer for a long time, yes, but if you plan to use it many times between times, no.

Answer 10

set it to hibernate this means you can shut down during programs and it will start up a lot quicker not having to read the registry