leave 'puter on, or turn off?

[nobody]

For many moons, it was said that it was better to leave computers running
24/7 rather than turning them off and on. This was supposed to extend the
life of the hard drive(s) and other hardware. Is this still the case. or
is it now safe to turn off the computer at night? Unlike the glory days
of FidoNet, when my board got calls for mail as well as voice callers
during the night, I now get very few calls, and mail arrives in the
morning. If it's safe, I'd like to turn off the computer at night (I
already turn off the monitor), and save some bucks on electricity.

Thanks,


Alan

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[philo]

For many moons, it was said that it was better to leave computers running
24/7 rather than turning them off and on. This was supposed to extend the
life of the hard drive(s) and other hardware. Is this still the case. or
is it now safe to turn off the computer at night? Unlike the glory days
of FidoNet, when my board got calls for mail as well as voice callers
during the night, I now get very few calls, and mail arrives in the
morning. If it's safe, I'd like to turn off the computer at night (I
already turn off the monitor), and save some bucks on electricity.

Turn the machine off when you are not going to be using it

 

[Rod Speed]

For many moons, it was said that it was better to leave
computers running 24/7 rather than turning them off and
on. This was supposed to extend the life of the hard
drive(s) and other hardware. Is this still the case.
Yes.

or is it now safe to turn off the computer at night?

Its always been safe to do that too.

Unlike the glory days of FidoNet, when my board got calls
for mail as well as voice callers during the night, I now get
very few calls, and mail arrives in the morning. If it's safe,
I'd like to turn off the computer at night (I already turn off
the monitor), and save some bucks on electricity.

Save when ready, Griddley.

 

[Michael C]

For many moons, it was said that it was better to leave computers running
24/7 rather than turning them off and on. This was supposed to extend the
life of the hard drive(s) and other hardware. Is this still the case. or
is it now safe to turn off the computer at night? Unlike the glory days
of FidoNet, when my board got calls for mail as well as voice callers
during the night, I now get very few calls, and mail arrives in the
morning. If it's safe, I'd like to turn off the computer at night (I
already turn off the monitor), and save some bucks on electricity.

Turn it off, the HDDs should power down anyway so any advantage that did
once exist no longer does. Either way you should be backing up, as HDDs do
fail.

Michael

 

[Rod Speed]

Turn it off, the HDDs should power down anyway

Not anymore. That is no longer the default with XP and Vista with desktop systems.

so any advantage that did once exist no longer does.

Fraid so.

 

[kony]

Not anymore. That is no longer the default with XP and Vista with desktop systems.

Do you use XP's default monitor resolution too? If not,
it's hardly relevant what the default is, given these last
few years when MS actually allows us to change anything on
our own PCs.

 

[Rod Speed]

Do you use XP's default monitor resolution too?

Irrelevant. I in fact always changed the default spindown of
hard drives with previous versions of Win, with desktop systems.

If not, it's hardly relevant what the default is, given these last few
years when MS actually allows us to change anything on our own PCs.

What matters is whether the OP changed the default or not, not me.

 

[nobody]

Save when ready, Griddley.

Thank you, and everyone else who replied. Power off it shall be.


Alan

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[nobody]

Irrelevant. I in fact always changed the default spindown of hard drives
with previous versions of Win, with desktop systems.

What matters is whether the OP changed the default or not, not me.

I rarely use my Windows partition, so I haven't changed anything re the
drives in XP. What must I do to change that setting?


Alan

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[Rod Speed]

I rarely use my Windows partition, so I haven't changed anything re the drives in XP.

Then it wont turn the drives off unless you shutdown.

What must I do to change that setting?

Its in the power settings in the control panel.

 

[Michael C]

Do you use XP's default monitor resolution too?

Yes, XP defaults to 1280x1024 when installing with my old fashioned Sony
CRT.

Michael

 

[kony]

Yes, XP defaults to 1280x1024 when installing with my old fashioned Sony
CRT.

Michael

No it doesn't. XP NEVER defaults to 1280x, unless you had
supplied (or it had plug-n-played) the hardware, which is
the opposite of "default".

 

[Rod Speed]

No it doesn't.

Yes it does.

XP NEVER defaults to 1280x,

Wrong, as always.

unless you had supplied (or it had plug-n-played) the hardware,

Funny that.

which is the opposite of "default".

Like hell it is. The default is what XP does with that particular setting UNLESS
YOU CHANGE IT MANUALLY, you pathetic excuse for a bullshit artist.

 

[kony]

Yes it does.


Wrong, as always.


Funny that.


Like hell it is. The default is what XP does with that particular setting UNLESS
YOU CHANGE IT MANUALLY, you pathetic excuse for a bullshit artist.

Nope, the default is what is used across all systems until
the uniqueness of a particular system causes that value to
change.

 

[Rod Speed]

Yep.

the default is what is used across all systems until the uniqueness
of a particular system causes that value to change.

Wrong, as always. The default is what XP does with that particular setting
UNLESS YOU CHANGE IT MANUALLY, you pathetic excuse for a bullshit artist.

 

[Michael C]

No it doesn't. XP NEVER defaults to 1280x, unless you had
supplied (or it had plug-n-played) the hardware, which is
the opposite of "default".

You'll argue anything kony. My system *defaults* to that resolution end of
story. I've installed it many times. XP will have different defaults for
different hardware.

 

[~misfit~]

You'll argue anything kony. My system *defaults* to that resolution
end of story. I've installed it many times. XP will have different
defaults for different hardware.

Exactly Michael, *your system* defaults to xxxx because XP finds the
hardware and sets it up accordingly. (Do you have to feed it a driver disk
when you're setting it up? If so, that's not a "default", that's a
user-supplied setting).

XP itself however defaults to 800 x 600 unless it "knows" the monitor (via
either a driver disk or PnP and drivers in it's cab files) and what the
resolution should be.

So not "end of story" at all.

 

[kony]

You'll argue anything kony. My system *defaults* to that resolution end of
story. I've installed it many times. XP will have different defaults for
different hardware.

No, I only argue when someone is wrong. "Default" is the
OPPOSITE of the non-default, the eventual setting XP uses by
plug-n-playing or having driver supplied.

The default would obviously have to be what is used _before_
the particulars of the system are taken into account, before
XP reconfigures itself to a unique state relevant only to
the hardware in a particular system which is decidedly a
NON-Default condition, which is obviously what is happening
to get 1280x1024. Hint- I didnt write that it wasn't the
default for "fun" or "good times", it was because it isn't
the default!

 

[Michael C]

No, I only argue when someone is wrong.

No, you'll argue anything, you've proved that before.

"Default" is the
OPPOSITE of the non-default, the eventual setting XP uses by
plug-n-playing or having driver supplied.

The default would obviously have to be what is used _before_
the particulars of the system are taken into account, before
XP reconfigures itself to a unique state relevant only to
the hardware in a particular system which is decidedly a
NON-Default condition, which is obviously what is happening
to get 1280x1024. Hint- I didnt write that it wasn't the
default for "fun" or "good times", it was because it isn't
the default!

You're really picking at hairs here for something that is really trivial. XP
will have different defaults for different hardware. Naturally if it can't
recognise the card or doesn't have a driver installed then it will of course
default to 640x480. But if it can find the card like mine then it will
default to 1280x1024. The FACT is when my system in installed from scratch
the res is 1280x1024.

Michael

 

[kony]

No, you'll argue anything, you've proved that before.


You're really picking at hairs here for something that is really trivial. XP
will have different defaults for different hardware.

It's trivial to argue, but quite crucial in order to get XP
up and running at a lowest common denominator that is not
too high for some hardware to handle. If XP's default were
actually 1280x, some people would only get "out of range"
types of error messages. XP only moves FROM the default TO
the non-default, AFTER it has detected specific hardware.
Since there is no default computer hardware configuration
that mandates having a 1280x LCD monitor, XP does not have a
default 1280x resolution, it has to use it's default
resolution then change to 1280 from that default after
having detected your monitor.

XP does not have different "defaults", when it plugs and
plays different hardware, in every case that it changes away
from it's original resolution that is a case where it
changes to a non-default resolution. If you instead wanted
to say each piece of hardware has it's own default
resolution, some having 1280x, that would be true, but that
is not XP's default, rather than hardware's default that XP
is changing to from it's default.