Hibernate / Standby / HD off

[Happy]

Is there a way to know what to do with the various options under "Power
Management".
All things like Turn off HD, System standby, Hibernate, Advanced features
re. Power Button, -- how is one to know what is best?

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

What is best is what works for you. There is no other way to put it, set the
controls to what works for you.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Richard Urban]

These settings are "preferences". You can turn them on or leave them at
default. It will NOT affect the way the operating system performs. Choose an
option and see what it does. If you don't agree with it's action, turn the
option back off.

Trying is the best way to discover YOUR preferences.

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Happy]

OK, I get the picture. What I was wondering about though, was what was best
for the computer and operating system. (without opening up that never ending
debate about whether it is best to power the computer off, or leave it on
all the time)

 

[Richard Urban]

With the current state of technology, nothing you choose is going to affect
the computer in the least. Again, the choice is yours. Do as YOU like.

Personally, I power down the computer when I am not using it for a few
hours. That is MY choice. The reason I do this is because, over many years,
I have found that this simple act will sometimes clear conditions that just
do not seem to go away.

It is the same for printers. If it acts up, disconnect the power to it for a
minute or so. This will clear the printer memory and many abnormalities will
go away.

Whenever my sons call me with a problem, that just doesn't make any sense
what-so-ever, I have them turn off the computer and disconnect the power.
After powering back up the condition is gone. It is amazing how many
problems just seem to "go away" by doing this.

It pays to flush the RAM occasionally and I don't believe that a warm reboot
will successfully accomplish this in every case.

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Happy]

Thanks for this -- I will experiment with the options. I have been leaving
my computer on, unless going away for a few days.

 

[Happy]

Well, I tried the "hibernate" option for overnight, and upon checking in the
morning, the message was "computer recovering from a serious error". I had
to reboot. I am wondering if it had anything to do with overnight updates,
ie. virus checker, or Windows updates? Is there a way to deal with this?