Ted, some good points thank you. I am trying to decide that if in our
environment with about 350 PC's in 20 locations if we want to set them to
"power on" or even "last state".
When PC's & laptops are not on they do not get updated, we then need to
determine why, which equals more work. Some are just turned off others may
have had a power outage and were never turned back on until we investigate.
There are some advantages to "power on", however I can also see some
problems, such as power going on and off a few times as you stated, which
does happen on weekends when the PC is unattended, could damage the drive.
I'll hope for more feedback.
Thanks
"Ted Zieglar" wrote:
> When your computer shuts down improperly, as when the UPS runs out, your
> software and hardware may get damaged. You may prefer to leave the
> computer powered off until you can be there to assess any possible damage.
>
> When the power comes back it may go off again shortly afterward, causing
> a second improper shutdown and further increasing the risk to your system.
>
> If you are not present when your computer restarts, and you have not
> adequately password protected your computer, anyone with access to your
> computer can use it.
>
> I'm sure there are other, even better reasons to "stay off" but those
> are a few I can think of off the top of my head.
>
> On the other hand, if you had scheduled some program to run while you
> were away -- a backup, say, or a virus scan -- you might not want a
> brief power outtage to interfere.
>
> ---
> Ted Zieglar
> "Backup is a computer user's best friend."
>
> Clindell wrote:
> > What are pro's & con's to setting the BIOS to "power on" or "stay off" after
> > a power outage and the UPS will no longer power the PC?
> >
> > Thanks,
>
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