BIOS power settings

[Guest]

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,

 

[Ted Zieglar]

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.

 

[Guest]

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