Shutting down computer

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I have windows xp on a dell laptop. I hardly ever shut it down. I do restart it sometimes when needed but i keep it running throughout the night cause i use it first thing in the morning and use it constantly throughout the day.

Question: Does it matter that its never shut down

-i heard conflicting reports. Some tell me its bad while others say its good to leave it running all the time as it will cause less freezing....just want to know whether i should shut it down or not and why...

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I have windows xp on a dell laptop. I hardly ever shut it down. I do restart it sometimes when needed but i keep it running throughout the night cause i use it first thing in the morning and use it constantly throughout the day.

Question: Does it matter that its never shut down?
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If you don't mind it getting fried by a lightning strike if you get a
storm then it is OK!!

I always turn off and pull out both the power and phone plugs from the
wall when I am not using my computer or if a storm comes.

I have heard of too many people losing some or all of their equipment
in a storm or with power surges.

And don't think you are protected by a surge protector if you get a
close or direct hit by lightning!!!
 
Hibernate it. Electrical advantages of shutdown combined
with speed advantages of restart.

Lightning - does not matter whether computer is on or off.
Lightning will do damage either way - which is why AC electric
requires a 'whole house' protector and earth ground upgraded,
at minimum, to post 1990 NEC requirements. You still need
such protection (that plug-in devices cannot provide)
regardless of whether laptop remains on or off. Any protector
that does not protect from direct strikes was wasted money.
It is why so many suffer damage even though they have a
plug-in protector. Then rationalize that direct strikes
cannot be protected from. You need protection so that those
overhead power lines do not carry destructive currents into
building and through your powered 'on or off' computer.
 
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