computer question?

Question

okay im trying not to waste electricty or w/e so what would waste more keeping my computer on ALL the time or turning on and off everytime i need it which is quite a few times a day





please and thank you

Answer 1

You should leave it one till the end of the day when you are done using it. By turning it on all the time it wears out you powerbutton, hard drive, and other internal componts. You could also set your compuer to go to stand by after like an hour so if you use it again in that hour you don't put the wear on the hard drive. Then when you wake up your computer don't do it by pressing the powerbutton. Press a key on your keyboard or wiggle the mouse.

Answer 2

Leaving a system on does use power but newer ones are muct more efficient. If you are really concerned about the amount, you can use power settings to turn the monitor off and hibernate the system between sessions. It is worth the wait time to power up everything? If you are restarting every half hour or so. I would set the monitor to sleep and set the drive to shut off after 15 minutes. That way your recovery time will be a lot less, and the amount of power you use is minimal. If you have a LCD screen, the power consumption is very low, about the same as a 75 watt light bulb. and the drive uses a small amount when just spinning.

Answer 3

If you are using your computer off and on all day, leave it on, till the end of your 'working' day..
The computer really doesn't use as much power as they used to, so, you're just wasting your time by turning it off, and then waiting for it to restart.

Answer 4

Well, how many times exactly is this. If you're talking about something like 4 or 5 times a day, then just turn it on and off (unless they're all within a few hours or something), if you are talking about 20 times a day, just leave it on, and turn it off when you are going to be away for more than a few hours (like when going to bed).

Answer 5

HIBERNATE IS BEST FOR ME
START UP OPTIONS
BUT I USE ALOT OF OPTIONS
TURNING OF MAKES IT WORK HARDER TO RELOAD
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 or performance and maintance options
for mac system preferences > energy saver
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
(hear is what logo picture on keyboard looks like)
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=ush-ans&va=windows+logo&sz=all
this will lock it. when you unlock it will ask for password
this will be your password as you are the administrator

Answer 6

Your computer is better off on and you turning it off and on. It has to do with wear and tear on the hard drive. Keeping it on reduces the starting and stopping of the spinning process.

The computer does not use that much electricity.

Answer 7

well if you have Windows Vista, go to Start & click that little arrow & click on "Sleep" by doing that, it "kepps your session inmemory & keeps your computer in a low-power state so you can quickly resume working"

Answer 8

I don't shut down much, I leave it on all the time, just put it into standby mode, and all your programs and users are all the same as when you put it into standby (its in the same spot as the shut down button)

GOod Luck!

Answer 9

Just turn it on when you need to use it and then turn it off when you finish your work.. that will save electricity..

Answer 10

Leave it on.